1. I Need help with this Asap!!.......You have recently been made team leader for a complex and important school project in your economics class. Your teammates have been named by the instructor, but as a team leader, you are in charge of assigning roles, delegating tasks, keeping the team motivated, and staying on track to complete the project by the given deadline. You are familiar with all of the students on your team, but none of you know each other especially well. Identify the specific team-building skills and strategies that you would use to help the group members build trust, get to know each other, and stay focused on the project to complete it by the deadline. Explain how you would put these skills into action.
2. You have learned about the importance of teamwork as well as the many benefits that being part of a team offers to employees and businesses. Now, consider the growing trend of working remotely from home. How will this impact working as a team and the concept of teamwork for employees as well as businesses? How can managers encourage teamwork when all employees are working remotely?
3. What is your experience with teamwork? Why do you think that it is important for managers to facilitate teamwork in the businesses they manage? Explain and discuss examples of teamwork from your own personal experiences.
4. You are leading a team at work that has been tasked with brainstorming ideas for new products, conducting market research for new products that would be the most successful, and developing a prototype of the new product the team believes should move forward into production. The team you are on seems to disagree on every point, including who is responsible for each part of the project, how the work should be done, and which ideas are the best. As team leader, what strategies will you use to help reduce conflict on your team? What could be the result if you are not successful in creating a cohesive team? What could be the result if you are successful in creating a cohesive team? Consider both team dynamics and project outcomes.
5. You work for a construction company that has won a bid to build a new office building downtown. You have been asked to lead a team that coordinates the tasks for the contractors the company plans to hire, including an electrical team, an HVAC team, a plumbing team, a glass and window team, and a concrete team. Describe the strategies you would use to lead this team. Consider team unity, dynamics, communication, and accountability.