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Reading Assignment As you read through the resources and watch the videos consid

Reading Assignment
As you read through the resources and watch the videos consider the following:
Is it normal for a team to argue? 
Have you ever wondered why individuals and groups act the way they do within an organization?  
What do you think would happen if you called a team meeting and there were no chairs or places to sit?  
What happens to a team when one person tries to dominate the meeting with their personal agenda? 
Do an individual’s culture and ethical practices impact the team? 
Read
Read the following from your textbook, Organizational behavior. 
Chapter 9
Chapter 9.1: Teamwork Takes to the Sky: The Case of General Electric 
Chapter 9.2: Group Dynamics 
Chapter 9.3: Understanding Team Design Characteristics 
Chapter 9.4: Management of Teams 
Chapter 9.5: Barriers to Effective Teams 
Chapter 9.6: The Role of Ethics and National Culture 
Chapter 9.7: Green Teams at Work: The Case of New Seasons Market 
Chapter 9.8: Conclusion 
Chapter 9.9: Exercises 
Watch
Teamwork on the Fly (https://hbr.org/video/2226849431001/teamwork-on-the-fly)
Resources
1. Edmondson, A. (2012, April 26). Teamwork on the fly [Video]. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/video/2226849431001/teamwork-on-the-fly
2. Organizational behavior. (2017). University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/organizational-behaviorlicensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Discussion Assignment
In the discussion forum, you are expected to participate often and engage in deep levels of discourse. You are required to post an initial response to the question/issue presented in the Forum by Sunday evening and then respond to at least 3 of your classmates’ initial posts. You should also respond to anyone who has responded to you. 
Team norms are shared expectations about how things operate within a group or team. Many times, the teams implement team contracts. This is where the team can articulate and agree on established ground rules, goals, and roles. The contract does not mean everything will be successful but leads the team on the path to a successful start.  
For this discussion assignment, respond to the following questions: 
If you had the opportunity to lead a team in developing a team contract, what questions would you ask the group? Explain?  
How would you determine the team members’ ground rules, goals, and roles? 
Your Discussion should be a minimum of 200 words in length and not more than 500 words. Please include a word count. Following the APA standard, use references and in-text citations for the textbook and any other sources. 
Part 2 will be uploaded once Part 1 is complete. Part 2 is only to comment on the 3 student’s discussions.

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