Management Fundamentals 5th Edition by Robert Lussier

Exercise 7

Objectives
To use your experience to better understand what makes teams successful and to better contribute to team performance.
Skills
The primary skills developed through this exercise are:
1. Management skill - interpersonal
2. AACSB competency - analytic
3. Management function - leading
Preparation
Select the best and worst group (work, school, sports, club, etc.) of which you are/were a member and answer the following questions:
1. What was it about the best group that made you select it? Be sure to incorporate the chapter's discussion on groups and teams in your answer.
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2. What was it about the worst group that made you select it? Be sure to incorporate the chapter's discussion of teams and groups in your answer.
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Best group factors:
1._____________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________
3._____________________________________________________________
Worst group factors:
1._____________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________
3._____________________________________________________________
Groups may share their answers with the class.
Apply It
What did I learn from this exercise? How will I use this knowledge in the future?
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Procedure
In groups of 5-7, share your answers to the Preparation questions, and identify the three major factors making a group the best and worst.