- Compare and contrast a work group, team, and self-managing team in terms of power, leadership, decision making, and activities or tasks.
- What are the five characteristics of successful teams? How have researchers investigated these characteristics? Why have these researchers found different results and how are their results different from one another?
- Discuss what can be done at the beginning of a team’s life together to set it off to a good start. Discuss how this sets a team off to a good start and why it is important.
- Explain why group cohesion is important and how to build it. Provide examples.
- What are the benefits and problems of cooperation? How would you as a leader ensure your team cooperates efficiently?
- Why is team emotional intelligence important? How can a team leader improve their team’s emotional intelligence?
- When is conflict good for a team? When is it bad for a team? What can teams do to prepare for conflicts?
- What is empowerment? What problems does an organization encounter when trying to empower teams? What should an organization do to increase the possibility of success in creating empowerment programs?
- Compare, contrast and provide examples of consultative, democratic, and consensus decision making in terms of time, quality, and acceptance.