a. Organize at  http://h.web.umkc.edu/heimovicsr/
c. For Next class: Analysis of My Behavior in Group

Take pictures: Point person,  email me your group name and  a list of members, left to right, as one views the picture. Send the list the following way so I can easily cut and past it to Pictures

Sally (the first name you want to be called) Smith, Bob Mann, Bill Keller*,
asterisk* after point person,  etc,

Add/Drops names
Questions about the Course

Shared Inquiry Session 1: Leaders, Group 1   Submit Shared Inquiry

Topic: The Challenge

Shared Inquiry The Challenge Hackman Part I  Chapter 1, 3-36 (Note: This is a short reading assignment; others are longer. This will "get us started." )

An example of a good shared inquiry  question: what is the challenge and how can one deal with the paradox?

(When you submit your shared inquiry questions,  please  specify your name, class date, and  session 3 e.g.  George Brett, Jan.  __ "Session 1")

Other Class Activity

Class preparation:

(Note the changes I made here 9:30AM on Aug 24, after the first class. Read the explanation why these changes were made in the Aug. 24 entry on Bulletin Board.)

New preparation assignment for Aug 24 class "Other Activity":

1. See the Bulletin Board first then look at and think about this CNN article and the Power Point: Intro to Making Sense of Behavior and also take a brief look at Job Design .
 
2. Complete and bring to class the results of Analysis of My Behavior in Group  and identify the behaviors you wish to "work on" this semester.  You will not need to "turn this in."  It's yours to reflect on all semester. You will have an opportunity  to talk about these personal change goals in your small group Aug 24, find ways to work on these personal goals throughout the semester, and then, later, write about these personal behavioral learning goals in in the Final paper. Keep a personal log of your efforts to address these personal behavioral change goals.
 

Shared Inquiry Session 2: Leaders, Group 2 Submit Shared Inquiry

Topic: Defining a Real Team

Key Concepts: The Real Team, Interdependencies, Accountability/Delimited Authority, Boundaries, Group Levels of Analysis, Stability

Shared Inquiry: The Real Team Hackman Part II ,37-60 Teams in Organizations Thompson , 1-20

Other Class Activity

Discuss
from last time
Intro to Making Sense of Behavior  Analysis of My Behavior in Group   Final paper

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Group process Norms and Role

Key Concepts: Direction, Dealing with Paradox, Style, Power, Participation (Contingency Theory)
      
Shared Inquiry Compelling Direction Hackman Chapter 3 61-90; Leadership: Managing the Paradox Thompson Part 10 232-257

Other Class Activity

Discussion about various leadership theories in general and specifically leadership in groups. See: A Brief History of the Study of Leadership: Trait, Behavioral, Contingency and More Contemporary Theories.
 

Here are a couple of the sources for the assertion that height and and salary are positively correlated that have been picked up by various news media.  It is the work of economists and is not published in referred journals in which these questions have been addressed in the past.
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12466

As the economists continue to wrestle with the question, they are finding contradictory results:

http://www.nber.org/papers/W10522

Shared Inquiry Session 4: Leaders, Group 4 Submit Shared Inquiry

Topic: Build Structure to Foster Not Impede Teamwork

Key Concepts: Design, Core Norms, Relationships, Composition, Decision-Making, Size, Interpersonal Competencies, Cohesion, Trust, Decision-Making Structure, Groupthink, Commitment

Shared Inquiry: Enabling Structure Hackman  Chapter 4, 93-132; Building the Team Thompson  Chapter 4 ,71-97; Team Decision Making Thompson Chapter 6 126-155

Other Class Activity

Skillful Feedback

Meet in your group to discuss your progress  with your personal behavioral goals and how you can give each other helpful feedback.

• I have been working on ______
• Here's what I think about my progress.
• What can you share with me about my behavior in this group

Shared Inquiry Session 5: Leaders, Group 1 Submit Shared Inquiry

Topic: Tweak to Provide Organizational Support and Resources

Key Concepts: Rewards,  Performance Measures, Social Loafing and Free-riding, Organizational Networks and Intergroup Relations, Info Systems,  Team Communication

 Note: Long Reading Assignment

Shared Inquiry:  Supportive Context Hackman Chapter 5 133-164; Rewarding Teamwork Thompson Chapter 3 42-68; Performance and Productivity Thompson Chapter 2 21-41; Sharpening Team Mind Thompson Chapter 5 98-125; Networking , Capital Integration Thompson Chapter 9 209-231;

Other Class Activity

Prepare for next time: Twelve Angry Men An exercise is observing  Group Process  Bring copies to class:  1) Assignments Twelve Angry Men  2) Twelve Angry Men Decision Making Acquittal Form;  3) Review and become familiar with: Role Sheets 4) Pictures of characters: http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/elective/film/AngryMen/people.html   

Decision Making and Leadership in Groups  

What's Leadership in a Team? This is not a shared inquiry session. Note: you do not have a reading assignment for two week. This is a good time to get started on your application paper.
 
       Twelve Angry Men         

Goals

• To provide an opportunity to explore more directly and personally group dynamics, as  portrayed in the film, Twelve Angry Men (Henry Fonda version), and as they occur in participant groups;
• To explore the efficacy of individual as compared to group productivity in the making of decisions;

To provide an opportunity to test out the validity of several principles of group dynamics as these pertain to group productivity.

Bring copies to class:
            1) Assignments Twelve Angry Men  2) Twelve Angry Men Decision Making Acquittal Form;  3) Review and become familiar with: Role Sheets  ; 4) Pictures of characters: http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/elective/film/AngryMen/people.html         

• Read "Decisions Decisions" handout. The author provides  a definition of consensus. Is it a good one? How might you improve upon the definition?  How hard did your group try to find consensus? Deal with differences/conflict? How would you explain the findings of the research reported?
• Tell us what you think  was going on in the jury? In your group? The juror you watched?
• See  Socio Metrics:  12 Angry: Example Influencer 
  
  Group Decision Making

        Kristi

Prepare Learning Activities