Alive Movie Report: Group Dynamics
1) Baseline Description Early After the Crash
The first few days following the crash of the Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying 45 passengers en route to Chile was surely made out to be some of the hardest days throughout what would become an amazing 72 day fight for survival. In the first few days the team had to fight through anxiety, mental instability, chaos, and perhaps the most important barricade—the fight to stay unified, positive and team-orientated. This is what makes it such an amazing story because without the strong team development and commitment, survival would not have been possible.
Prior to the announcement that the search party had ceased its efforts, the group was just waiting and depending on the search party to find them. Initially, the group was fragmented even though they worked together to help the injured people under the direction of two noticeable leaders, namely Antonio and Canessa. Team bonds were weak as a whole and there was some dissatisfaction of Antonio’s bossiness from a few individuals. Together, the group was faced with many casualties, chaos, and severe cold weather. There were great ideas from several individuals, such as using airplane seat covers as blankets, melting snow for water, and insulating the plane with suitcases. Antonio, the rugby team captain, tried to pull the group together as a team and motivate everyone by being optimistic about the search party finding them and creating a food rationing plan. The events of the initial days after the crash show the team’s competency level and normative level of functioning.
When appraising the level of competency of the amateur rugby team based on the behaviors of the team and individuals in the first few days using the diagnostic assessment tools provided in Developing Management Skills (Whetten & Cameron, 2011), one can observe the definitive need for team building by assessing the circumstances that they were in and by understanding what they needed in order to rescue
The first few days following the crash of the Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying 45 passengers en route to Chile was surely made out to be some of the hardest days throughout what would become an amazing 72 day fight for survival. In the first few days the team had to fight through anxiety, mental instability, chaos, and perhaps the most important barricade—the fight to stay unified, positive and team-orientated. This is what makes it such an amazing story because without the strong team development and commitment, survival would not have been possible.
Prior to the announcement that the search party had ceased its efforts, the group was just waiting and depending on the search party to find them. Initially, the group was fragmented even though they worked together to help the injured people under the direction of two noticeable leaders, namely Antonio and Canessa. Team bonds were weak as a whole and there was some dissatisfaction of Antonio’s bossiness from a few individuals. Together, the group was faced with many casualties, chaos, and severe cold weather. There were great ideas from several individuals, such as using airplane seat covers as blankets, melting snow for water, and insulating the plane with suitcases. Antonio, the rugby team captain, tried to pull the group together as a team and motivate everyone by being optimistic about the search party finding them and creating a food rationing plan. The events of the initial days after the crash show the team’s competency level and normative level of functioning.
When appraising the level of competency of the amateur rugby team based on the behaviors of the team and individuals in the first few days using the diagnostic assessment tools provided in Developing Management Skills (Whetten & Cameron, 2011), one can observe the definitive need for team building by assessing the circumstances that they were in and by understanding what they needed in order to rescue