Human Relations in Organizations: Applications and Skill Building 8th Edition by Robert Lussier

Exercise 26

Objective: To experience the need to participate in this course.
AACSB: The primary AACSB learning standard skill developed through this exercise is teamwork.
Experience: You will play catch with and without participation.
Break into groups of two, with one group of three, if needed. The instructor gives each group an object to catch.
The person with the object throws it to the partner, and the partner does not catch it. The same person picks the object up and throws it again, without its being caught.
The other person picks up the object and throws it back as the two play catch.
Questions:
1. How did you feel playing catch without participation?
2. How did you feel playing with participation?
3. How does the issue of participation relate to this course?
Conclusion: The instructor may make concluding remarks.