First, review the articles on the Readings and Resources page. These highlight some of the complex dynamics that occur when building and managing teams of people. Managing groups and teams is an essential element of the leading facet of the P$-$O$-$L$-$C framework.

As you read these articles, reflect on your experience working in groups and teams, and then address the following prompts:

Think about a positive experience when you worked in a group or team. Identify the principles in the articles that your group or team exhibited. Explain how these principles helped the group or team succeed.

Think about a negative experience when you worked in a group or team. Identify which principles from the articles were lacking. Explain how the lack of these principles led to poor performance of the group or team.

If you were the manager of that group or team, how would you correct the issues that caused the poor performance? Consider the information in the accompanying course text and additional materials.