...what their opinion is. Try to incorporate them whenever it's feasible. You aren't a dictator. Take in others' suggestions: When someone gives you an idea, work on it. Think of how you can improve on it. A good leader is one that listens and not just talks. Show the team you are flexible to consider their thoughts. Include everyone on the team: Include everyone. If some people are a little left behind, help them. Always try to include them. Find a task for everyone no matter what their skill or level. Encourage your team: Sometimes people are scared to try something and this is where the leader comes in. You have to encourage your team mates and show them that the task is possible, even if difficult, and try to make it fun for them. Show them the positive results of their work. Know what you are talking about: If your teammates are as confused as you are, how will they know what to do? As the leader, you must do the research first, or have the most information. A team working together: Enjoy being a leader. Even though leaders have to take things seriously, there is no reason you can't have fun. Just don't get too carried away. Balance the serious business at hand with regard for the morale and spirits of the team. Pay attention to morale: A demoralized team won't function. You must set the positive spirit, make the goals clear; show how the job is feasible and possible. No one will work for an impossible goal. Extras:- Don't try to act too dominant....
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...CLEARINGHOUSE 375 East McFarlan St., Dover, NJ 07801 * 1-800-367-6274 or 973-989-1122 * www.njgroups.org SOME COMMON GROUP PROBLEMS The "Pity Party" Symptoms: Meeting Turns Into a Complaint Session: Members "dump" their problems on the group and other group members don't offer solutions or support; they just offer more complaints. There is no balance of people talking about their problems and others relating their own experiences in dealing with similar problems or offering solutions. This can have an avalanche effect that is difficult to stop. Possible Solutions: Don't move on to another person's problem until the first one has been addressed. This will stop the "snowball" effect of other people jumping in with the same complaints. It also reinforces the idea that a support group is a place to get ideas on how to deal with problems rather than just a place to talk and not do anything about those problems. Remind group that support groups should be positive, and members should mention the progress that they are making. Sometimes people don't want to take time away from someone who is having difficulty, but talking about progress is a very important part of a support group. They can offer others suggestions and strategies for improvement. Put something in the ground rules that each member must state something positive that happened to them since the last meeting. If many people in the group have the same specific problem, ask them to think about possible ways to deal with the problem...
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...group but, also by myself at times. When I applied to the job, I was the new member in the group. Everything went smoothly and I got along with everyone, and we all become friends. I ended up being released from my work-study job, because I had worked all my hours that was provided for me. Overall, it was a good experience. With me being a part of a group, Moreland and Levine’s Model of Group Membership was involved. Moreland and Levine’s Model of Group Membership has five phases which are investigation, socialization, maintenance, resocialization, and remembrance. In the Investigation phase, the group seeks people who seem likely to attain group goals, and prospective members seek groups that provide the opportunity to satisfy personal needs (Franzoi, 2009). This phase is all about a potential member entering the group. A potential member enters the group if both individual’s and the group’s commitment levels are strong (Franzoi, 2009). I experienced this phase because; before I got the work-study job I had to go to an interview. During the interview, the supervisor asked me several of questions asking me why I would be perfect for this job, am I good with working with people, and etc. I was the “potential member” entering the group, because my supervisor hired me because he saw potential in me, where I could improve the group’s ideas and work ethic. Socialization phase, is when the group tries to shape the new member’s thinking...
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...for a certain band. The agent may want to see a list of all band members and the instrument each person plays, or a list of all bands that have three members. Suppose that you have talked to the agent and have observed the agency’s business operation. You conclude that your database needs to reflect the following facts: 1. A booking is an event in which a certain band plays in a particular club on a particular date, starting and ending at certain times, and performing for a specific fee. A band can play more than once a day. The Heartbreakers, for example, could play at the East End Cafe in the afternoon and then at the West End Cafe on the same night. For each booking, the club pays the talent agent. The agent keeps a five per cent fee and then gives the remainder of the payment to the band. 2. Each band has at least two members and an unlimited maximum number of members. The agent notes a telephone number of just one band member, which is used as the band’s contact number. No two bands have the same name or telephone number. 3. Band member names are not unique. For example, two bands could each have a member named Sally Smith. 4. The agent keeps track of just one instrument that each band member plays. For the purpose of this database, “vocals” are considered an instrument. 5. Each band has a desired fee. For example, the Light metal band might want $700 per booking, and would expect the agent to try to get at least that amount. 6. Each nightclub has a...
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...personalities, values, and behaviors of others in a group like setting. The purpose of this game is to essentially discover how far people will go to find out whom the secret Santa is in each group and how beneficial or worthy the rewards are for those individuals who go to great lengths to either manipulate each other or stay true to other team members. Individual personality differences are highlighted and explained as the game unfolds and teams are evaluated for their ability to stay faithful to their team members. Santa’s Secret Purpose of the Secret Santa Game I work in a hospital where we have holiday gatherings and parties every year. Nurses and other healthcare professionals traditionally take part in the secret Santa game and buy gifts for each other. Because the holidays are quickly approaching, I decided to devise a game based on the prisoner’s dilemma called Santa’s secret. There are four individuals in each team with a total of three teams, one for each shift-morning, evening, and night shift. One person from each team is the designated “secret Santa” in which their role is to think of a gift to buy for the other team. The members of a team all know who their own secret Santa is but do not know who the secret Santa is on other teams. My manager will be the outsider and will decide who the secret Santa will be for each team and later evaluate the teams. I will give each team rules that they have to abide by and will also be assigning rewards/punishments based on the...
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...Structure of the British police In this assignment I will be explaining about the structure of jobs in the police and then appraise my performance and then compare it to the perfect team member’s performance. Response officers: These are the men and women who respond to 999 calls they can be urgent or just silly calls everyone starts of here in the police force. its often considered the hard part of policing because it has such harsh shifts and typically the more dangerous role as well. They do house raids they have very mixed activities they can do different levels of driving for example pursuit driving class 1 and some plain clothes work. They can also be sent to assist ambulances in case of disorder. Safety neighbour teams: These are policemen or women who are responsible for looking after and patrolling a small geographic area the police need to know this area well so they know where they are and where the criminal might be or go if they did a runner. This group of police officers can conduct house raids in their designated area and will also do some work in plain clothes work as well. Traffic officers: Traffic officers are the police that provide road policing they use a special piece if tech it's called a ANPR automatic plate recognition camera it finds cars that have no insurance or outstanding ticket or violations. They are mainly responsible for the car pursuits because these men and women have trained and passed their level 1 or 2 pursuit driving class test. Most...
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...CASE STUDY- The Forgotten Team Member The case presented in The Forgotten Team member is a great example of team development as well as developing leadership skills. Christine is faced with a group member whose personality fits well with the teams but because of time commitments, does not feel included in the overall team atmosphere. This causes him to not contribute as much to the team, which would be extremely beneficial to the team as a whole. During the weeks that the group was together for this class project, Christine was aware of the distancing of Mike from the rest of the group. Each week provided different cases of this distancing, from Mike unable to meet with the group due to other commitments to his reaction to not joining the group when he saw them all together. Yet, even though Christine was aware of this issue, she did not address it. If Christine had known of the stages of group development, she would have realized that most of the team had already past the norming stage, and moved onto the Performing stage, however Mike had not successfully made it through the norming stage He was unable to build relationships or work together with the team and the team did not make any effort to try and make sure he caught up with the group in their group development. By knowing the stages, Christine could have made the group aware of the issue, and try and get them to accommodate their schedules to try and include Mike more. She could have also addressed the issue with...
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...1 Week 3 Case Study The Forgotten Group Member Janail Richard-Brown 8565 W Sam Houston PKWY S Houston, Texas 770?? Jrich_26@yahoo.com 713-988-1038 GM 591 Leadership Organizational Behavior Kim Nugent January 23, 2012 Group Development As of right now, the group is somewhere between norming and performing-this stage is actually called storming. My reason for using the two stages is that one group member is still not performing up to standard (Mike). I find that this has occurred and been encountered quite often in my experience at DeVry. Most members will be onboard and one will just do the lease amount of work necessary to pacify other members. Christine having and understanding of the stages of group development would better suit her in two ways. First she would be aware of how the group is functioning and the dynamics of a group activity. Then secondly, she would see that Mike was not falling under any of the developmental practices in the stages. Also, I think it would give her a better idea on how to obtain Mike’s full efforts on the assignment. Problem Identification Christine is first facing the lack of participation by one of the group’s members. Secondly the group is at a critical point because the assignment is nearing a close. Christine needs to understand how to motivate each member to be the best at giving a total effort to the assignment. People are a very delicate lot. She needs to have each member perform at a high standard and at the same time...
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...of a life? Even though the family members of any tragety agree with the fact that you can't put a monetary value on life of a victim, the U.S.government, and some citizens including myself, feel differently. An example from Amanda Ripley’s article “WTC Victims: What's A Life Worth?”. The concept of...
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...Bethany Gavins A&P Mr. Schroeder My Sister’s Keeper When an individual is affected by an illness and death, the people that know the individual, usually the family, are affected, too. In My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Kate Fitzgerald is diagnosed with Leukemia, which affects every member of her family. The Kubler-Ross’ cycle of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance explains how each family member deals with Kate’s death and grief. Each member has a different way of dealing with Kate’s death. A chronic illness doesn’t affect just the person who has it, but also the people around the person. The Fitzgerald’s are all devastated and are full of grief throughout Kate’s struggle and death from Leukemia. The main character, Anna Fitzgerald, shows her acceptance of the Kubler-Ross cycle. Anna hates to admit that her sister will die regardless of what the family tries to do. Therefore, she tries to save herself and Kate from any more suffering by gaining legal rights to do what she wants to do with her body despite what her parents tell her. Anna knows that her parents, especially her mother, Sara, will go to any extremes to make Kate win the battle against cancer or at least live longer. Anna feels like winning the case will make her parents realize that Anna, too, has a right to live a normal life with a normal childhood. She’s accepted that Kate will soon die and doesn’t want to see Kate suffer any longer. Anna also feels that she’s doing Kate a favor...
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...FORGOTTEN GROUP MEMBER The given case clearly describes possible problems that we (students) can face during group work. Disunity, misunderstanding, lack of time, failure of given tasks and arguments are the points that can be met during the work in the group. Mr. Rasmussen’s approach of teaching isn’t innovative but it is very effective. And it needs a lot of effort as from the instructor’s side and as from the students’ side. In this case we can see how group members communicate with each other, which problems occur in the process of group development and also we can see how it is important to pass through the stated stages (forming, norming, storming and performing) accurately and coherently. While reading this case I brought a few issues, I would divide them into 3 groups according to the source of its origin: I. Janet a. Janet had a lack of time b. She didn’t range her priorities c. She didn’t always inform the group that she would be absent d. She didn’t even try to improve her relations with the group mates e. Without fixing problems with the group mates she went straightly to Mr. Rasmussen II. Christine f. Christine didn’t pay a lot of attention to the group cohesion g. After recognizing that the environment in the group is kind of stressful she just stated it and didn’t try to fix h. She skipped the first stage of group development (establish relationship) III. Group members (Diane, Mike, Steve) ...
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...feel if we would just stop using as of this political party nonsensical thinking we would get so much more. Well in the book “The Liberty Amendments” written by Mark Levin he states how he feels about what is going on and it seems like him and I have a lot of the same views. Throughout this report I will list some examples of what I am talking about and compare them to how I feel about them. In the early parts of the book he mentions of manipulative Congress can be with all of the bills, laws, and benefits the try to pass “under the radar” I agree with him on most of that, they do try and pass a lot of bills through Congress but I don’t think they are under the radar. Everyone has access to pretty much anything the government tries to pass the problem is they do not even try to put them in terms we can understand. They put it in all technical terms that I’m not even sure they know what it means. I feel as if the Congress should have to try and put anything they try to pass in laments terms. In the upcoming pages of this paper I will explain to you some of the amendments of the constitution known as the Liberty Amendments that will hopefully help our country in its time of need during what is known as a convention process. I will let you know if I agree or disagree with what Mark states and tell you why we both feel the way we do. I will start as he did with the amendment for term limits. Mr. Levin says he feels that there should be term limits with any member of Congress rather...
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...and 10 * Deadline for the complete file (hard copy; so, print out everything): to follow on BlackBoard and via your lecturer ------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1: surprising facts about leaders 1. your turn, page 3 Already done in the first session 2. your turn, page 4 The idea that leaders differ in personal traits makes me realize that every leader has a different view on things and that it does not have to matter for the quality of the leader. Everybody is able to be a good leader, as long as they the right training 3. your turn, page 7 I think Hesse portrays Leo as a servant to make the point that good leaders are not only leaders but also servants. To achieve a goal the leader needs his members and will do as much as he can to fulfil the needs of the group or company. This means for instance that a boss of a jewellery shop also needs to stand in the shop from time to time to see if everything is going well with his customers and employees. 4. your turn, page 8 I consider Peter Coffeng as a servant-leader. I work in the workplace of a jeweller in Amsterdam and he is the head of the workshop. Normally he sits behind his desk helping customers and he makes sure everything goes well in the workplace but when it is very busy he helps us out by also sitting behind the workbench repairing jewellery. Fill out the ‘instrument for reflection’ part from page 11-13 1. C, ability to inspire others. 2. B, will power. 3. J, humility...
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...managerial prowess. He often expressed how hard it was to manage the gang, to keep the drug economy running smoothly, and to deal with the law-abiding tenants who saw him as an adversary. Sometimes he spoke of his job with the same dispassion as if he were the C.E.O. of some widget manufacturer — an attitude that I found not only jarring but, given the violence and destruction his enterprise caused, irresponsible. He fancied himself a philanthropist as much as a leader. He spoke proudly of quitting his mainstream sales job in downtown Chicago to return to the projects and use his drug profits "to help others." How did he help? He mandated that all his gang members get a high-school diploma and stay off drugs. He gave money to some local youth centers for sports equipment and computers. He willingly loaned out his gang members to Robert Taylor tenant leaders, who deployed them on such tasks as escorting the elderly on errands or beating up a domestic abuser. J.T. could even put a positive spin on the fact that he made money by selling drugs. A drug economy, he told me, was "useful for the community," since it redistributed the drug addicts' money back into the community via the gang's philanthropy. I have to admit that J.T.'s rhetoric could be persuasive, even when I tried to play the skeptic. The fact was, I didn't yet have a good grip on how his gang really affected the broader community. On an even more basic level, I didn't even really know what J.T. did on a day-to-day basis...
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...better as the class progresses. As for the group, I noticed that there were others that did what I did and just say yes to all of the ideas the on of the members of the group were talking about. Our group had some very effective ways in which we handled the Dracula exercise. From the begging of the exercise, we all knew what our goal was. We were all in the same page. The group understood what the task was and we went and discussed what we thought were our goals. Each member in the group had a chance to make a claim and defend their point of view. No one got angry with anybody and the discussions were civilized. No one got yelled at or made fun of for stating their point. Everybody had an idea on how to kill Dracula and the discussions sometimes ended just being funny. When we couldn’t agree on certain items on the table, we all went around and made a general consensus of what could be the best possible solution. As with any group discussions, not all sides agreed with the order that we decided for the table. As an observer and participant in this group, I did notice that there is always someone that tries or wants to be the leader of the group. This person always tries to have his way in the thinking on the other members of the group. He wasn’t forceful on his ideas, but at the end he always was the one pushing for his point of view. I did notice some of the members giving in to his way of thinking, but overall no one else wanted to take the...
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