Assignment 2: Analysis Of Groups And Experiences
MGMT 1001
Assignment 2—Everest Report
Student Name: Lu Zhang
Student ID: z3489372
Course: MGMT1001
Tutorial Time: Wednesday 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Tutor’s Name: Dhamnika Abeysigbe
Lecturer’s Name: Hugh Bainbridge
Due date: 20 May 2014
Table of Contents
Table of contents
Executive summary
Introduction
Analysis of Leadership and Experiences Leadership trust Leadership effectiveness
Analysis of Groups and Teams and Experiences Roles and status system Conformity Group cohesiveness and group tasks
Analysis of Communication and Experiences Disinhibition
Methods of communication interpersonally Conflict …show more content…
Group members have to complete a virtual climbing game to reach the summit of Mount Everest. And at the same time, it is also necessary to record about the team performance and organizational environment. This game is aimed to establish a virtual scene and give students opportunities to experience the mediums of communication and teamwork challenges. By continue analyzing and practicing, students improve the ability on leadership, teamwork and communication. In retrospect, different approaches were used during the two simulations. Since the team members were unprepared and passive, we used a conservative and self-centered approach in the first simulation, which leaded to low team scores of 26%. So this report will have a present a critical analysis of the team’s Everest experience on the observer’s opinion regarding leadership effectiveness, groups and teams via virtual and physical, and the disinhibition phenomenon in communication. All of the 3 aspects will attach management theories and concepts as well as the …show more content…
Our first simulation was governed under virtual team，which all group members worked together via internet in order to achieve common goals. On account of geographical dispersion as well as lacking of face-to-face communication, it was important to have someone performing the proper roles such as task-related roles, which help the group to focus on the task at hand, and the maintenance-related roles, which help the group to maintain good interpersonal relationships within the group (Hoch and Kozlowski, 2014, pp. 390-403). Most of the time, in my opinion, it is leader’s responsibility to play these roles. However in practice, our leader is passivity and inability, he could not settle the conflict when the environmentalist had a critical healthy and argued to stay at camp while the photographer consist going, which result in team`s dissatisfaction. After few conflicts for power and dominance, the leader, photographer and marathoner concentrated on self-oriented role (Benne and Sheats, 1948, pp. 41-49). In addition, we achieved 0/3 of bonus scores in the first simulation indicated the destructive effects of the dysfunctional
Assignment 2—Everest Report
Student Name: Lu Zhang
Student ID: z3489372
Course: MGMT1001
Tutorial Time: Wednesday 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Tutor’s Name: Dhamnika Abeysigbe
Lecturer’s Name: Hugh Bainbridge
Due date: 20 May 2014
Table of Contents
Table of contents
Executive summary
Introduction
Analysis of Leadership and Experiences Leadership trust Leadership effectiveness
Analysis of Groups and Teams and Experiences Roles and status system Conformity Group cohesiveness and group tasks
Analysis of Communication and Experiences Disinhibition
Methods of communication interpersonally Conflict …show more content…
Group members have to complete a virtual climbing game to reach the summit of Mount Everest. And at the same time, it is also necessary to record about the team performance and organizational environment. This game is aimed to establish a virtual scene and give students opportunities to experience the mediums of communication and teamwork challenges. By continue analyzing and practicing, students improve the ability on leadership, teamwork and communication. In retrospect, different approaches were used during the two simulations. Since the team members were unprepared and passive, we used a conservative and self-centered approach in the first simulation, which leaded to low team scores of 26%. So this report will have a present a critical analysis of the team’s Everest experience on the observer’s opinion regarding leadership effectiveness, groups and teams via virtual and physical, and the disinhibition phenomenon in communication. All of the 3 aspects will attach management theories and concepts as well as the …show more content…
Our first simulation was governed under virtual team，which all group members worked together via internet in order to achieve common goals. On account of geographical dispersion as well as lacking of face-to-face communication, it was important to have someone performing the proper roles such as task-related roles, which help the group to focus on the task at hand, and the maintenance-related roles, which help the group to maintain good interpersonal relationships within the group (Hoch and Kozlowski, 2014, pp. 390-403). Most of the time, in my opinion, it is leader’s responsibility to play these roles. However in practice, our leader is passivity and inability, he could not settle the conflict when the environmentalist had a critical healthy and argued to stay at camp while the photographer consist going, which result in team`s dissatisfaction. After few conflicts for power and dominance, the leader, photographer and marathoner concentrated on self-oriented role (Benne and Sheats, 1948, pp. 41-49). In addition, we achieved 0/3 of bonus scores in the first simulation indicated the destructive effects of the dysfunctional