Small Group Communication
Small Group and Team Communication
SOC/110
7/7/2010
Small Group and Team Communication
The barrier to creativity and communication in regards to the Going Green Initiative at Riordan Manufacturing is perceptual barriers, which is causing the employees to overlook the real problems that are there. Perceptual barrier blind the team to hidden issues, it includes difficulty in location or isolating the issue or focusing so much on one issue that the teams only see the initial high cost of going green and not the long term saving and benefits it will have for the environment and community. Because the team is going off their previous experience they prejudge the going green program before it is even off the ground without giving the program …show more content…
This technique includes both the buzz groups and the nominal group technique. I will present a solution in detail on a dry erase board and encourage the team to think of any risk or issues that may come up if we proceed with the project. All the concerns are then wrote down on a flip chart, all concerns are welcome as that will help us role play the scenarios out in the meeting in order to find the best solution to any potential issue that may come up. Some concerns that– Jodi Gray, Director Financial Planner/Budget Specialist (Albany) has is the cost of the Green program and the effect it will have on bonuses. This a valid concern as we want to get the done well while keeping cost down. But like anything you must spend money in order to make money; however we will look into finding the most cost effective way of doing the reconstruction of the new recycling machines that will be in place at the plant. Another concern that Ed Ledford, Team Superintendent (Albany) has is that we will not be using any of the scarp plastics in the medical supplies that we make as it has been found that it makes the medical supplies inferior and possible defective, which could put people lives in danger. This concern will be reviewed using PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique). We will make sure that suits in the corp. office are aware of the concerns about the scarp plastic being used in medical
SOC/110
7/7/2010
Small Group and Team Communication
The barrier to creativity and communication in regards to the Going Green Initiative at Riordan Manufacturing is perceptual barriers, which is causing the employees to overlook the real problems that are there. Perceptual barrier blind the team to hidden issues, it includes difficulty in location or isolating the issue or focusing so much on one issue that the teams only see the initial high cost of going green and not the long term saving and benefits it will have for the environment and community. Because the team is going off their previous experience they prejudge the going green program before it is even off the ground without giving the program …show more content…
This technique includes both the buzz groups and the nominal group technique. I will present a solution in detail on a dry erase board and encourage the team to think of any risk or issues that may come up if we proceed with the project. All the concerns are then wrote down on a flip chart, all concerns are welcome as that will help us role play the scenarios out in the meeting in order to find the best solution to any potential issue that may come up. Some concerns that– Jodi Gray, Director Financial Planner/Budget Specialist (Albany) has is the cost of the Green program and the effect it will have on bonuses. This a valid concern as we want to get the done well while keeping cost down. But like anything you must spend money in order to make money; however we will look into finding the most cost effective way of doing the reconstruction of the new recycling machines that will be in place at the plant. Another concern that Ed Ledford, Team Superintendent (Albany) has is that we will not be using any of the scarp plastics in the medical supplies that we make as it has been found that it makes the medical supplies inferior and possible defective, which could put people lives in danger. This concern will be reviewed using PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique). We will make sure that suits in the corp. office are aware of the concerns about the scarp plastic being used in medical