Questions chosen for Sept. 6
 

Good afternoon.  Our group, The Roo Crew, is leading the shared inquiry discussion in tomorrow night's class.  We would like to post the questions that we have selected to discuss on the bulletin board.  We hope that this will give everyone more time to think about how they will respond to each of the questions.  Would you be able to post this on the bulletin board for us?  I have attached the selected questions. 
 
Thank you,
Jennifer

SELECTED SHARED INQUIRY QUESTIONS FOR 9/6/06

Kevin Jones:

Hackman suggests that teams of front-line individuals are more inclined to step up to the challenges of clearly defined team boundaries than are teams of managers and professionals. Since such people often excel in their normal work environment, what is it about a team environment that stirs their unwillingness to meet these challenges?

Kristi McKee:

Hackman refers to 4 features that real work teams in organizations have: a team task, clear boundaries, clearly specified authority to manage their own work processes and membership stability over some reasonable period of time. Think of your past experiences with teams. Have you experiences these 4 features on a team? If so, elaborate for us your experience. If you were on a team that lacked 1 or more of these features, explain whether or not your team was successful.

 Joshua Key:

In the Thompson text on page 11, she states that teams are not always the answer. What are the signs and circumstances that a team is not appropriate?

Audra Robinson:

Referring to Thompson’s text on page 12 and 17 – Managers frequently take the easy way out and blame external factors or individuals’ flaws for a team’s failure. Why is it so difficult to identify what is causing a group to fail?

 Daphne Tabbytite:

In Making the Team, Thompson seems to use the terms “manager” and “leader” interchangeably. Is there a difference between a manager and a leader? If so, what do those differences entail?