The purpose of this letter is to communicate how our group meetings went throughout the semester, process gains and losses, and effective and ineffective performance, communication, and management. Our team completed the first three group projects using an efficient process. With each meeting, we had a clear understanding of what needed to be done and what was expected of each member. Through our team’s work process, we were able to work efficiently and achieve our team goals. Throughout each project, meetings were emphasized and communication was vital. This process was designed to help organize, share workloads, create team chemistry, and to meet each other 's standards and project deadlines.
At the beginning of each project, we came up …show more content…
The first project allowed our group to establish team norms and act immediately on any opportunities the assignment offered, so when Karly made the conscious decision to provide applicable research for Taylor’s and Micah’s sections, her efforts surpassed initial expectations of the group. Karly’s motivation to provide research for the group can be explained by the need for achievement described in McClelland’s Learned Needs Theory. He suggests that people are motivated by the need for achievement, so they must accomplish challenging goals to meet this (Williams, 2016). In other words, people are incentivized by their personal desire for accomplishing difficult tasks. Karly’s need was to provide quality sources for her group members, and this challenging research goal motivated her to follow through, and serving as an example of a successful …show more content…
Taylor seemed to be on top of things, but when we came together to meet as a group she did not speak up much or share her thoughts. As manager, her initiating structure, which is, “the degree to which a leader structures the roles of followers by setting goals, giving directions, setting deadlines, and assigning tasks” should have been stronger (Williams, 2016, p. 294). What this means is that a manager or leader provides structure to the group and keeps them on track, leading them throughout the project or task. During one of our meetings for project three, we evaluated the resumes of our candidates, but Taylor failed to interject how we would go about this process or what our goals were. All we knew was that we would read through each resume and critique them, but Taylor did not tell us what we should specifically be looking for. According to Barbara Kellerman, a professor at Harvard University School of Government, ineffective leadership happens, “For reasons that include missing traits, weak skills, strategies badly conceived, and tactics badly employed” (Kellerman, 2004). There are many ways in which a leader or manager can be unsuccessful with their job, which is what Barbara Kellerman is stating. Taylor had “weak skills” because she was unable to structure meetings and tell her teammates what the goals or tasks for those meetings were. To be a more effective
At the beginning of each project, we came up …show more content…
The first project allowed our group to establish team norms and act immediately on any opportunities the assignment offered, so when Karly made the conscious decision to provide applicable research for Taylor’s and Micah’s sections, her efforts surpassed initial expectations of the group. Karly’s motivation to provide research for the group can be explained by the need for achievement described in McClelland’s Learned Needs Theory. He suggests that people are motivated by the need for achievement, so they must accomplish challenging goals to meet this (Williams, 2016). In other words, people are incentivized by their personal desire for accomplishing difficult tasks. Karly’s need was to provide quality sources for her group members, and this challenging research goal motivated her to follow through, and serving as an example of a successful …show more content…
Taylor seemed to be on top of things, but when we came together to meet as a group she did not speak up much or share her thoughts. As manager, her initiating structure, which is, “the degree to which a leader structures the roles of followers by setting goals, giving directions, setting deadlines, and assigning tasks” should have been stronger (Williams, 2016, p. 294). What this means is that a manager or leader provides structure to the group and keeps them on track, leading them throughout the project or task. During one of our meetings for project three, we evaluated the resumes of our candidates, but Taylor failed to interject how we would go about this process or what our goals were. All we knew was that we would read through each resume and critique them, but Taylor did not tell us what we should specifically be looking for. According to Barbara Kellerman, a professor at Harvard University School of Government, ineffective leadership happens, “For reasons that include missing traits, weak skills, strategies badly conceived, and tactics badly employed” (Kellerman, 2004). There are many ways in which a leader or manager can be unsuccessful with their job, which is what Barbara Kellerman is stating. Taylor had “weak skills” because she was unable to structure meetings and tell her teammates what the goals or tasks for those meetings were. To be a more effective