CH 5 Assignment: Team Project
COLLABORATION: team project, meeting facilitation, and presentation
The purpose of this assignment is to practice and improve the teamwork skills necessary in today’s workplaces.
ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW:
Team Project:
The theme of your project must center around one of the options below:
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- OPTION 1: In your teams, come up with an idea for a new product or service and pitch this idea to the class in your final presentation. Your project should focus on what the product/service does, why the consumer should buy your product/service, what makes it unique, why we should fund your product/service, etc. You DO NOT need to actually make this product, though feel free to be creative.
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- OPTION 2: In your teams, suggest an improvement in a workplace (real or made up). Some examples could include hiring a new position, implementing a campaign within the workplace (i.e. recycle more, exercise during lunch, etc.), allowing for a day off to volunteer, etc.
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- OPTION 3: In your teams, suggest an improvement in our community. The community could be Albany, Corvallis, Lebanon, Linn Benton Community College, Oregon State University, etc. This improvement should address a need in the community that your group identifies. Some examples include developing a new park, building a new public building, improving roads or schools, etc.
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Team Selection:
You have the opportunity to create your own team based on the skills you value in accomplishing this assignment. Teams will be about three people in size. You must stay with this team throughout the entirety of the term. If problems arise, try to apply what you’ve learned in Chapter 5 regarding successful collaboration, as well as in Chapter 2’s cultural understanding and culturally-sensitive terminology sections to work through issues before coming to your instructor. Additionally, since this is a professional course, like in all workplaces, if a team member is not pulling their weight after multiple interventions, it is possible to “fire” them from your group. Please note that this is a LAST RESORT option and you must discuss it with your instructor prior to any decision or action.
Your group will be expected to meet a minimum of three times throughout the term. During these meetings, each group member will serve in one of three roles (listed below). By the end of the term, you will have served in every role and will have turned in documentation for each using the guidelines below. If you miss a meeting or fail to turn in materials for a certain role, you may not make it up during a later meeting.
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- Agenda Creator – Create a typed meeting agenda prior to your meeting to help guide the meeting forward and keep things moving. You will turn in the agenda you created for points. Both of your group members must sign somewhere on the agenda to verify it was used during the meeting. The date, time, and who was in attendance must also be included on the agenda. Agendas