Topic 1: During the course of your employment you may have experienced working for both a male and female supervisor. Discuss from your personal point of view the advantages/disadvantages and like/dislike of working for each gender. Use real life experiences if applicable. Topic 2: Communication and Team Decision Making Part 1: Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective Intelligence A.    What are some of the possible biases and points of error that may arise in team communication systems? In addition to those cited in the opening of Chapter 6, what are some other examples of how team communication problems can lead to disaster? B.      Revisit communication failure examples in Exhibit 6-1. Identify the possible causes of communication or decision-making failure in each example, and, drawing on the information presented in the chapter, discuss  measures that might have prevented problems from arising within each team’s communication system. Part 2: Team Decision-Making: Pitfalls and Solution s A.    What are the key symptoms of groupthink? What problems and shortcomings can arise in the decision-making process as a result of groupthink?  B.    Do you think that individuals or groups are better decision-makers? Justify your choice. In what situations would individuals be more effective decision-makers than groups, and in what situations would groups be better than individuals? Topic 3: Part 1: Conflict within Teams Think of a conflict that occurred in a team you were a part of and analyze it. What were the main sources of the conflict? What interventions can be used to improve the quality of conflict a team? Part 2: Creativity in Teams Evaluate yourself using the three indices of creativity. What strategies can you use to enhance your creativity? Topic 4: NETWORKING: A KEY TO SUCCESSFUL TEAMWORK A.     Consider the different teams presented in your reading assignment. How do the teams manage their team boundaries? What are the trade-offs between internal cohesion and external ties within each type of team? Support your discussion with at least two (2) external sources. B.     Consider the list of common roles for team members which of these roles do you think you play in your own team or group? Why? Topic 5: Leadership Paradox and Inter-team Relations A.     What is the leadership paradox ? Give some reasons why a leader can encounter difficulty in newly formed teams or groups using a participative management system. Support your discussion with at least two (3) external sources. B.     Present a discussion of the strategies for encouraging participative management in the workforce, and how to implement each of these strategies. Support your discussion with at least two (3) external sources. C.    What serious biases or misassumptions do groups that are involved in inter-team conflict sometimes experience? How do these biases and prejudices affect the ability of teams to accomplish their goals? ...

1. Topic 1:
During the course of your employment you may have
experienced working for both a male and female supervisor.
Discuss from your personal point of view the
advantages/disadvantages and like/dislike of working for each
gender. Use real life experiences if applicable.
Topic 2:
Communication and Team Decision Making
Part 1: Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and
Collective Intelligence
A. What are some of the possible biases and points of error
that may arise in team communication systems? In addition to
those cited in the opening of Chapter 6, what are some other
examples of how team communication problems can lead to
disaster?
B. Revisit communication failure examples in Exhibit 6-1.
Identify the possible causes of communication or decision-
making failure in each example, and, drawing on the
information presented in the chapter, discuss measures that
might have prevented problems from arising within each team’s
communication system.
Part 2: Team Decision-Making: Pitfalls and

2. Solution
s
A. What are the key symptoms of groupthink? What problems
and shortcomings can arise in the decision-making process as a
result of groupthink?
B. Do you think that individuals or groups are better decision-
makers? Justify your choice. In what situations would
individuals be more effective decision-makers than groups, and
in what situations would groups be better than individuals?
Topic 3:
Part 1:
Conflict within Teams
Think of a conflict that occurred in a team you were a part of

3. and analyze it. What were the main sources of the conflict?
What interventions can be used to improve the quality of
conflict a team?
Part 2:
Creativity in Teams
Evaluate yourself using the three indices of creativity. What
strategies can you use to enhance your creativity?
Topic 4:
NETWORKING: A KEY TO SUCCESSFUL TEAMWORK
A. Consider the different teams presented in your reading
assignment. How do the teams manage their team boundaries?
What are the trade-offs between internal cohesion and external
ties within each type of team? Support your discussion with at
least two (2) external sources.
B. Consider the list of common roles for team members

4. which of these roles do you think you play in your own team or
group? Why?
Topic 5:
Leadership Paradox and Inter-team Relations
A.
What is the
leadership paradox
? Give some reasons why a leader can encounter difficulty in
newly formed teams or groups using a participative management
system.
Support your discussion with at least two (3) external sources.
B. Present a discussion of the strategies for encouraging
participative management in the workforce, and how to
implement each of these strategies. Support your discussion
with at least two (3) external sources.

5. C. What serious biases or misassumptions do groups that are
involved in inter-team conflict sometimes experience? How do
these biases and prejudices affect the ability of teams to
accomplish their goals? Support your discussion with at least
two (3) external sources.
Topic 6:
Reflection/Critical Evaluation of Your Learning Outcomes
Write a critical evaluation of your learning outcomes. In your
response, consider:
1. The content of this class as they relate to Team Management
and managerial decision making.
2. Base on the course content, discuss new skills you acquired
from this class? How relevant are the new skills to your current
and/or future profession?
3. How would you apply your new knowledge?

6. Note: No Plagiarism, Each topic 400 words and Strictly follow
attached discussion guidelines .