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Individual Paper on Team Dynamics Instructions
Over the coming weeks of this course students will complete a short research paper examining one aspect of team dynamics. The final version of studentsÂ’ Individual Paper on Team Dynamics will not be due until Week Five. However, students will begin the writing process this week by selecting a topic, performing prewriting techniques, and creating a rough draft of the final version of the paper.
PART ONE: SELECTING A TOPIC
Select one of the following aspects of team dynamics to serve as the basis of the Individual Paper on Team Dynamics. Possible topics include:
1. Project planning in teams
2. Team communication
3. Conflict resolution strategies
4. Team membersÂ’ roles
PART TWO: PREWRITING
In the prewriting stage, students will need to begin reading and gathering information for the Individual Paper on Team Dynamics. The following readings in the Learning Team Toolkit are highly recommended as a starting place for researching team dynamics:
1. Team Basics section Â– Â“Teams in the WorkplaceÂ”
2. Getting Started section Â– Â“Group DynamicsÂ”
3. Getting Started section Â– Â“Synergistic Team RelationsÂ”
4. Getting to Results section Â– Â“The Team Working TogetherÂ”
After completing preliminary research students will need to complete the following prewriting activities:
1. Describe the assignmentÂ’s general topic as well as the paperÂ’s purpose and audience.
2. Use one or more of the following techniques to narrow the topic:
a. Use the University of Phoenix Material Â“Brainstorming TechniquesÂ” to generate ideas.
b. Freewrite what is known about the topic and look for threads of an idea.
c. Ask the six journalistsÂ’ questions to focus on possible writing topics:
1) Who?
2) What?
3) When?
4) Where?
5) Why?
6) How?
3. Using the outcomes of the previous activity, develop some potential paragraph topics.
PART THREE: DRAFTING
Create a rough draft of the Individual Paper on Team Dynamics. Include a thesis statement, introduction, supporting details, and a conclusion. Be sure to address the benefits and challenges of working in teams in relationship to the selected topic. Also, examine how teams can enhance their performance in and realize more benefits in the selected topic area.
Remember, this draft will be a starting place. In all likelihood, students will makes changes to it as they refine their paper and work towards a final version of the Individual Paper on Team Dynamics due in Week Five. Submit the draft and results of the prewriting activity to the faculty member.

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Preview: ... team environment, whether that be a two person team or a two hundred person team. The key to conflict lies in the willingness of the team members to resolve it. <br>Detention facilities are, by their very nature, stressful, demanding environments for both the inhabitants and employees. The facility that I worked in chose to be proactive about conflict. Each day, the children that were housed together were given the opportunity to sit down as a group and voice both their frustrations about the other members of the group and the accomplishments of the group in a structured, respectful way. The voicing of these frustrations allowed everyone a chance to be heard and to keep conflict, both verbal and physical, to a minimum. <br>What exactly is conflict? “Conflict exists when two people wish to carry out acts which are mutually inconsistent. They may both want to do the same thing, such as eat the same apple, or they may want to do different things where the different things are mutually incompatible, such as when they both want to stay together but one wants to go to the cinema and the other to stay at home.” (Nicholson, 1992:11) There can be many underlying issues that result in conflict. If one team member feels ignored, or possibly even unfairly criticized, then that person is going to harbor feelings of anger or frustration. Conflict can also happen when one team member feels as if they are doing most of the work for the team without being properly recognized for his or her efforts. Once open conflict begins, the team must act to bring about a resolution for the parties involved.<br>Be ...

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