4.3 Assignment: Groups and Teams

Resources

• Textbook: Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience

Background Information

In the introductory comments to Chapter 12, "Groups, Teams, and Their Leadership," the authors of the Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience text write:

Certainly, leaders need to understand some things about themselves. Their skills, abilities, values, motives, and desires are important considerations in determining their leadership style and preferences. Leaders also need to understand, as much as possible, the same characteristics of their followers. But if you could know characteristics of both yourself and each of your followers, that would still not be enough. This is because groups and teams are dierent than solely the skills, abilities, values, and motives of those who compose them. Groups and teams have their own special characteristics. (Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2021, p. 416)

This assignment incorporates what you learn in Chapter 12 of the Hughes, Ginnett, and Curphy's (2021) text and applies those lessons to a case study.

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. Read Chapter 12 of our textbook, including all Proles and Highlights for added perspective on the chapter's content.
3. Read the minicase at the end of Chapter 12, "Integrating Teams at Hernandez and Associates."
4. Write a paper in response to the two questions listed below, with a minimum of six citations from the assigned reading (not the case) in Hughes, Ginnett, and Curphy (2021). (Note: It is not necessary to do any outside research beyond the information in the minicase and the assigned reading.)
5. Make certain that you utilize the Team Leadership Model (TLM) to respond to Question (a)(i) below.
6. Provide a detailed explanation for your evaluation that demonstrates clear, insightful critical thinking.
   1. Like many leaders, Marco has a team in place and does not have the luxury of building a new team to adapt to the changing business environment his firm now faces. Use the TLM to help Marco diagnose the problems faced by the firm and identify leverage points for change.
      1. Consider the major functions of the TLMinput, process, and output. Where do most of the firm's challenges fall?
      2. What are the team's goals for outputs?
   2. Identify potential resources and tools from the content in Chapter 12 of Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience that Marco and his team could use in assessing term performance and developing a strategy to change the way they conduct business at Hernandez & Associates.
7. Your paper should be 500-600 words in length. Use proper spelling, grammar, and APA style in your paper and for any sources cited.
8. Use Academic Writer to write your papers in APA Style or go to the OCLS APA Style Page and scroll down to the APA 7th Edition Paper Template.

Preview Rubric 4.3 Assignment (70 Points)

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Criteria	Level 4	Level 3	Level 2	Level 1	Criterion Score
Response to minicase Q1 - Problem Diagnosis	25 points You demonstrated clear, insightful critical thinking in analyzing and responding to the minicase questions.	21 points You demonstrated competent critical thinking in analyzing and responding to the minicase questions.	17 points You demonstrated limited critical thinking in analyzing and responding to the minicase questions.	16 points (0-16 points) You demonstrated little to no critical thinking in analyzing and responding to the minicase questions.	Score of Response to minicase Q1 - Problem Diagnosis, / 25
Response to minicase Q2 - Available Tools	20 points You demonstrated clear, insightful critical thinking in identifying resources available to Marco and his team.	17 points You demonstrated competent critical thinking in identifying resources available to Marco and his team.	14 points You demonstrated limited critical thinking in identifying resources available to Marco and his team.	13 points (0-13 points) You demonstrated little to no critical thinking in identifying resources available to Marco and his team.	Score of Response to minicase Q2 - Available Tools, / 20
Organization and Writing	20 points You demonstrated exceptional simplicity, clarity, and conciseness in your writing. You used a logical and coherent sequence in structuring your responses.	16 points You demonstrated sucient simplicity, clarity, and conciseness in your writing. You used a logical sequence in structuring your responses.	12 points You demonstrated limited simplicity, clarity, and conciseness in your writing. You used an illogical sequence in structuring your responses.	11 points (0-11 points) You demonstrated a lack of simplicity, clarity, and conciseness in your writing. You used an illogical and incoherent sequence in structuring your responses.	Score of Organization and Writing, / 20
Grammar, Spelling, Length and Citation	5 points Your sentence structure is complete with correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization and varied diction and word choices. Your assignment length is correct with sources correctly cited.	4 points Your sentence structure has minor errors (fragments, run-ons) with correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization but limited diction and word choices. Your assignment length is correct with sources correctly cited.	3 points Your sentence structure has several errors in sentence uency with multiple fragments/run-ons, poor spelling, punctuation, and/or word choice. Your assignment length is inappropriate with several format and citation errors.	2 points (0-2 points) Your sentence structure has serious and persistent errors in sentence uency, sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, and/or word choice. Your assignment length is inappropriate with several format and citation errors or sources not cited.	Score of Grammar, Spelling, Length and Citation, / 5

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Score of 4.3 Assignment (70 Points),

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Overall Score

Level 4

11 points minimum

Level 3

8 points minimum

Level 2

5 points minimum

Level 1

0 points minimum