Informal groups exist in almost every form of social organization. What types of informal groups exist in your classroom? Why are students motivated to belong to these informal groups?

A software engineer in Canada must coordinate with four team members in geographically dispersed areas of the world. What challenges might the team experience, and how will they affect the team design elements?

Under what conditions, if any, do you think it is appropriate to use email to notify an employee that they have been laid off or fired? Why are text messages and other digital written communication channels usually considered inappropriate for conveying this level of information?

Under what circumstances should communication messages be somewhat ambiguous? Under what conditions is ambiguous communication dysfunctional?