...and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable” (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013, p.300). The team exercise was a simulated climb of Mt. Everest, with each member having a unique role during the simulation. According to Psychologist Bruce Tuckman, there are five stages in group development including forming, storming, norming, performing, and a later added adjourning (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013). Not only was the Harvard Publishing Leadership and Team Simulation: Everest V2 a simulation in climbing Mt Everest, it was a lesson in executing a group challenge. The formation of the team began with the team assignments from the professor. There was some confusion as to who was on what team but after a few days; one after the other was present for the forming processes. It took a few days for everyone to collaborate and get their schedules all to work out to complete this task. Communication between team members was initially challenging trying to figure out the best method of communication between group members. Some members communicated more than others in the discussion board. A slower method of communication was utilized when two members, Terry and Jackie, had technical issues accessing the Chat room. In the process of developing the team charter, behavioral characteristics such as procrastination became apparent, which made it difficult to write portions of the team charter for everyone’s review. The lack of communication made the final product miss...
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...about leadership and decision making from the unfortunate events that took place on Mount Everest several years ago. Survivors have offered many competing explanations for this tragedy. While they have focused on the tactical blunders, this research examines the underlying cognitive, interpersonal, and systemic forces that played a role in the incident. This conceptual analysis suggests that cognitive biases, team beliefs about interpersonal risk taking, and system complexity interacted to create a fatal disaster. Incredible achievement and great tragedy unfolded on the treacherous slopes of Everest on May 10, 1996. TVventy-three people reached the summit along the South Col route in Nepal on that day, including Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, two of the world's most skilled and experienced high-altitude climbers. Unfortunately, Hall, Fischer, and three members of their expeditions died as a storm enveloped the mountain during their descent. Others barely escaped with their lives after many hours wandering in the dark while braving subzero temperatures. Hall, the leader of the Adventure Consultants expedition, had established an impressive track record of Everest ascents, guiding thirty-nine climbers to the summit over the previous six years. Fischer, the leader of the Mountain Madness team, also had an impressive reputation as a high-altitude climber, though he had only reached the Everest summit once. Each expedition included the team I am grateful to David Ager, Ralph...
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...Question 1. After understanding and analyzing the tragedy of Mount Everest , May 1996 that took lives of eight climbers during summit attempts, we can conclude that the tragedy may occur due to several root causes whether it is by nature or human error. The major factor that leads to this tragedy is that all the climbers are lack of team work and communication. Even though they are in the same expedition but they have their own individual’s goal, eager to reach at the summit. For example, Jon Krakauer one of the clients of Adventure Consultant said that he felt disconnected from the climbers around him, they were a team in name only. Supposedly, during the acclimatization exercises, the climbers should take time to get to know each other, learn their responsibilities as a team build their confidence and trust to their teammates, instead they were doubting each other whether they could rely own their team member during difficult times. That also might cause this tragedy, which is lack of trust towards team member. One of the potential causes of the tragedy was overconfidence. Overconfidence occurs when leaders believe that their experience, abilities, skill, or maybe even luck, will allow them to overcome any challenge they face. Research has shown that such overconfidence can lead to poor decision making as leaders substitute their own personal skill for careful analysis of the situation and planning. Hall, in particular, may have been prone to overconfidence. He had reached...
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...Informational Analysis Exploring the Deep By: Savanna Wills For the final literary analysis that was assigned, I went into writing this paper with the notion that this might just be the least exciting analysis of Children’s Literature that we were ever going to have to do. To my surprise, I gained much knowledge from taking the time to read an informational non-fiction children’s book. I realized that if I were to find a concept in a children’s informational book that interested me, I would gain knowledge I didn’t realize I wanted or needed as a sophomore in college. For our final analysis, I chose the book Exploring the Deep by Chloe Rhodes. In all honesty, I didn’t have a lot of choices for books that I really wanted to read, but Exploring the Deep stood out to me because I realized that our oceans are wondrous and full of mystery. This strange and interesting piece is a fantastic non-fictional book for children who want to learn about the planet’s oceans and everything that occurs, lives, and is found within it. As soon as I began reading I found the book very intriguing. It captivated my attention, and taught me things I probably never would have learned in the rest of my years living. This book was filled with interesting facts about our planet’s oceans. It gave significant details of some living creatures that make the Earth’s oceans their home. Along with giving detailed facts, there were very real pictures of the wildlife that lurks beneath the waves, allowing...
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...Into Thin Air Have you ever read “Into Thin Air”? I am going to talk about a chapter from the book that I have read. The chapter talks about Jon Krakauer’s journey climbing Mount Everest. Along with his journey, it talks about the events that went with his journey. “Into Thin Air” is a good story that I would recommend to anyone because it teaches you to never give up, to help others, and what it is like to climb Mount Everest. My first point of why “Into Thin Air” is a great story to read is that it teaches you to never give up. My reasoning for this is that Jon Krakauer faced many challenges while climbing Mount Everest, but he never gave up. One challenge that he faced was when he reached Hillary Step.(Krakauer,page 358). Jon reached the top of...
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...There aren’t a lot of people in this world who can say “they climbed Mount Everest”, but me and three others: Grace, Anthony, Bob, Lauren are ones who can. It took us eight weeks to complete our mission, in those eight weeks, we experienced some good times and some hard times, but it was worth it. Although it took us weeks to complete our mission, it was so enjoyable it didn’t seem like it at all. It took a lot of self-confidence, time management, and most importantly it required exuberant amounts of strength to climb Mount Everest. One of the most exciting parts about the climb was the preparation; you have to prepare yourself physically. During training each morning we would run three miles and we made sure that we drank plenty of fluids. Mentally we had to commit, remain positive and stay confident. Overall, we had a blast. Preparing for the climb was very tedious, that was my favorite part. It took approximately two to three weeks to gather all our supplies. Even though we were all experienced climbers, except for one of us, we still hired a Sherpa, his name was Bob. We met up with him two days prior to our climb to discuss details. When we first met with...
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...Jon Krakauer, author and climber, is employed by Outside Magazine to write down an article about the commercialism on Mt. Everest. Krakauer joins the most fatal Mount Everest expedition in history. Krakauer joins the climbing service referred to as adventure Consultants, guided by Rob Hall. The guide service is meant to speed up the adjustment method and guide the climbers with success to the summit of Mt. Everest. The climb is broken into camps: Base Camp, Camp One, Camp Two, Camp three and Camp Four. After spending weeks at Base Camp preparing for the gruesome climb ahead, the group makes several journeys up to the other camps to hurry up the adjustment method. Then, the group makes a summit push. Throughout the climb, Krakauer describes...
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...The Old and The New When first reading Harryette Mullen’s tanka on page 101, we can see in our mind’s eye climbers hiking beside dead hikers on Mount Everest. Looking further into the tanka, more meanings are excavated. The climbers represent a new generation of people while the dead represent the past generations that they are trying to surpass. The peak of Everest is the goals, ideals, and innovations the new generation are hoping to achieve, while Everest itself is the journey the climbers go through to achieve their goals. The fatigue represents the old ideals that the newer generation is trying to overcome, while the frozen dead indicates the way the old generation are frozen in their antiquated beliefs and ideals. The first three words in the poem are “Climbers on Everest” (Mullen 101), which initially gives the reader a vision of a rough and turbulent journey for the climbers. The groups that the climbers are referring to are the...
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...Around 35,000 travelers endeavor to climb Kilimanjaro consistently about portion of them make it to its top. By and large, three to seven bite the dust yearly on the trek. Mount Kilimajaro is the tallest peak in Africa, rising 19,340 feet (5,895 meters) above sea level. Mount Kilimanjaro courses and their varieties take between five to nine days to finish. In spite of the fact that Mount Kilimanjaro is known as a stroll up mountain, you ought not think little of it and its dangers. The general measurements demonstrate that not as much as half of all climbers achieve the summit. Climbing Kilimanjaro is likely a standout amongst the most hazardous things you will ever do. Consistently, around 1,000 individuals are cleared from the mountain,...
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...climb Mt. Everest drew the minds from interested climbers. Jon Krakauer recorded the monstrous climb. The Sherpa’s were familiar to the area, helped the alpinists by bringing them supplies, and helped carry people down to take them to the doctors down to the summit. During the expedition in May of 1996, Rob Hall led a group of willing people up Everest. With the occurrence of harsh weather, many people suffered from HARPE and frostbite, and some of these conditions were so devastating that some died or have never been found. III. a. Rob Hall – A New Zealand head guide, Without Rob Hall, there wouldn’t have been a team with lots knowledge and could accomplish the tasks as efficiently. i. Determined ii. Counselor iii. Knowledgeable iv. Willing v. Dare-Devil a. Jon Krakauer- He is one of the luckiest men to survive the Mt. Everest disaster. Luckily as a journalist he was determined to tell the truth about this occurrence. vi. Gambler vii. Detective viii. Lucky ix. Sensitive x. Descriptive b. Scott Fischer- The head guide for the Russian Team. He had a huge interest in leading this team. He knew the routes and procedures that needed to be taken to insure safety. xi. Leader xii. Driven xiii. Smart xiv. Athletic xv. Compassionate c. Dr. Beck- She saved many lives by treating sick humans from Everest, or was...
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...In the text, Beck Weathers is described as having love and passion towards Mt Everest and climbing in general. Many people wonder why someone would to do something that has an average chance of survival of 1:4 – one death for every 4 people that summit. In Beck Weathers case like many other climbers it was his obsession to conquer her, “her” because in the text Into Thin Air, the mountain is a very important character and is portrayed as a volatile female. Jon Krakauer says in the book “Beck seems to lack in skill, but he makes up for it with sheer determination”. I cannot understand this’ drive beyond logic to conquer’ either but I think it’s something that only those who want to have attempted to or have summited Everest before (and lived to tell the tale) can understand. Mt Everest is supposedly not a very challenging climb and doesn’t allow climbers to show their skills, but It is stereotyped that it’s what “real” climbers should do. Being on top of the world is big deal for some people and we need to respect their dreams just as they do ours.// Beck Weathers first encountered his own problems in Mt Everest’s “Death Zone” when the altitude (close to 29,000 feet at this stage) started to affect his surgically repaired eyes. It only got worse for Beck from this point, he got caught in the storm along with many of his fellow climbers. The storm was not for the mountain to “pick it’s victims” but to test them to their mental and physical limits. Five people that were...
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...Our team performed a team building exercise. We were part of a simulation to climb Mount Everest. We were given 6 days to make it up 5 stages. Our team consisted of 6 members, the leader, doctor, environmentalist, marathon runner, photographer, and an observer. The roles were determined randomly by the simulator, so there were no factors used to determine which member received which role. As the physician for the team it took a few days for everyone to collaborate and get their schedules all to work out to complete this task. Once we were able to get together we all were able to feel out what was going on. As the physician I wanted to make sure everyone was healthy and ready to go out and accomplish this goal. I do not think there were any weaknesses within this team. Everyone was able to help everyone out and those within the group showed leadership when they reached out to the other members to make sure we all could meet up at the same time. As the observer for the team, I identified several good teamwork qualities once the team actually was formed. There was some confusion as to who was on what team but after a few days; one after the other was present for the forming processes. The first day (before starting) only two members were present for the forming processes then shortly after that two more. Once the three of us were together, we noticed that there was confusion to who was on what team. At this time a plan was concocted to contact the team members signed...
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...Where there is a will , there is a way `If there's a will, there's a way' is one motto I would like to make my own. The saying means that if anyone was determined enough to get something done, that person would always find a way to do it. . In other words nothing is impossible in this world provided it is backed by a strong will, constant efforts and unshakable faith. I believe that determination is the fighting spirit of a person. Without determination, a person would tend to give up too easily in getting what she or he wants. Man is different from other living beings. His desires are innumerable and ever increasing. He undertakes a number of activities in order to satisfy his desires. But in our practical life we see that all our desires are not fulfilled . A close examination will reveal that we did not make sustained efforts to fulfil those wishes .If a student is lack of determination for his examination, he cannot get the higher education .This motto is also true for the students .They say that matriculation exam is not easy at all .But the reason why some students fail in the examination is not that the examinations are difficult to pass. In fact they do not possess the determination and work hard for their objectives. A student can get the distinctions if he has a strong desire to do so. And I also have a constant desire for my coming matriculation exam. I study my lessons and homework regularly, attend my classes punctually and do the exercises in my free-time .I have...
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...Mt. Everest Simulation- Personal Reflection Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction to Mount Everest team and Leadership simulation 2 2.0 Our Team Process Efficacy 3 2.1 The role of the leader 3 2.2 Psychological Safety 5 2.3 Group Thinking 7 3.0 Conclusions 8 4.0 Reference 9 1.0 Introduction to Mount Everest team and Leadership simulation Climbing Mount Everest is a dangerous undertaking, a Herculean task fraught with difficulties, danger, complexities and volatile weather conditions. Disaster can strike without warning, leaving the most competent and experienced professional high altitude mountain climber gasping for breath, and desperately fighting to stay alive. Death is not uncommon to mountaineers who ascend Mt. Everest, a simple mistake, faulty judgments, miscommunication, wrong decisions or complacency can lead to disastrous consequences. Indeed, climbing Mt. Everest cannot be accomplished alone, individuals need to work together as a team, cooperate and collaborate with one another, and rely on one another's capabilities to ascend the mountain summit successfully. Everest leadership and team multimedia simulation is an attempt to help the participants experience and understand team dynamics and leadership. It requires participants to work as a unit, a cohesive entity, collaborating and communicating essential information in order to make effective decisions that will benefit individuals and the group in achieving their goals. The interactive...
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...[pic] Executive Summary: The Mount Everest case can be summed up as inefficient distribution of leadership, skills and resources in the face of imminent natural disaster. Teamwork consist of interdependency, mutual accountability and understanding common goals and working with respect to each other’s complementary skills. Effective team’s consist of understanding perceptions of others and help motivate each other to continually work towards the common goal. Working towards a goal in a team usually does not run a straight course. In order to offset these issues that can come into play one may need to optimistically receive suggestions, abstain from narrow perceptions and outlook and trust on the team. Trust helps to create path for communication, collaboration, competence, commitment and ideas. Problem Statement: The goal was to reach the summit of Mount Everest and return safely. However the teams were unable to accomplish the task and this failure eventually led to human casualties. Causes: In the case Mount Everest -1996, Roberto and Cardioggia, factors that contributed to failure would include 1. Ineffective leadership (overconfidence, ego, and personality issues) 2. Lack of planning, 3. Poor communication 4. Poor teamwork. Precisely in this case, one of the main cause of catastrophe was that both Mountain Madness and Adventure Consultants proved to be a group but not a team. The members of the team did not share...
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