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Creating Effective Work Groups. Today Group Exercise Video – a real life example Next Class Managing Group Processes. Group Exercise Group Ranking Task: Winter Survival. See me if done exercise before?. Instructions. Work in project groups. Steps 1 & 2 Completed Group Rankings
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Creating Effective Work Groups Today Group Exercise Video – a real life example Next Class Managing Group Processes HBO - 45-792
Group ExerciseGroup Ranking Task: Winter Survival See me if done exercise before? Instructions Work in project groups Steps 1 & 2 Completed Group Rankings Expert’s Rankings Group Scoring Comparison of Groups Observer Comments & Discussion If not, please do right away. Don’t leave any blank. Once done everyone copy to “group rankings” 30 minutes Then we’ll compare to expert’s ranking and analyze effectiveness of your group as well as compare to other groups Then we’ll get some comments from observers and discuss the results HBO - 45-792
Discussion Questions Accuracy of groups vs. individuals? Better than individual best? Most influential? Basis of influence? Effectiveness of influence? Differences among groups? Process? Leadership? HBO - 45-792
When to Use Groups? Type of problem or task Acceptance Distribution of knowledge Relational Quality Time HBO - 45-792
Tradeoffs • Pros • Range of KSE • Acceptance • Comprehension • Cons • Social Pressure • Risky Decisions • Time HBO - 45-792