COMMUNICATION-Team Communication Assignment:

A white paper is a document that advocates for a position or a solution for best outcomes in a given situation. Create a white paper that outlines and advocates for a set of strategies/actions that lead to effective team functioning for academic project teams in college settings. Many college students struggle with team work and find it challenging to create effective and positive team experiences in class projects. The goal in this white paper is to inform and advise fellow college students on how to manage teams effectively in class projects. By integrating and applying specific strategies or action items, generate 4-5 strategies or action items that would help other work teams in college settings succeed, backing up each proposed strategies with theoretical and conceptual frameworks. Give specific examples for support.

1. Keeping the particular audience in mind, directly address them (e.g., My fellow college students, I would like to offer you a few key strategies...) and developing/communicating advice that is appropriate for this audience and context.
2. Advice must include a minimum of 5 strategies or action items that would help other work teams in college settings succeed. The proposed strategies or action items must offer concrete and actionable suggestions that the audience can realistically implement in their work teams.
3. The strategies and action items must be supported by strong rationales (why it is important and critical) and concepts and theories regarding Team Communication such as Poole's Structuration Theory; team norms, role development, communication patterns, Symbolic Convergence Theory, Social Identity Theory, Group Decision Making Methods; Errors: Groupthink, Hidden profiles, group polarization, Idea Generating Techniques, Nominal Group Technique, Leadership Models (traits, styles, situational, functional, transformational, distributed), and Conflict Management & Negotiation (3 types of conflict and 5 strategies).