Groups and Teamwork in Moneyball
Group 1:
Christian Demopoulos
Gregory Klassen
Michael Langford
Nicole McEwan
Rebecca Ranieri
Patrick Trochaniak
BU 288, Section E
Instructor: Dr. Jessie Zhan
December 9th, 2015
Groups and Teamwork in Moneyball
Moneyball focuses on the struggles endured by the Oakland Athletics’ general manager Billy Beane in putting together a competitive baseball team. Faced with the imminent departure of the team’s star players to free agency, Beane devises an unorthodox strategy with the help of Yale economics graduate Peter Brand. Together, Beane and Brand assemble a team of ‘misfits,’ by focusing almost exclusively on individuals with a high on-base percentage. This unique strategy, although highly criticized, leads to the Athletics’ unprecedented 20 game win streak. Billy Beane and Peter Brand prove that a team can succeed without star players and large budgets. …show more content…
As the movie progresses, it becomes more clear how the formation of the group determines its success. Within Moneyball, the behavior of the group can be explained by its progress toward performing a given goal using the typical stages of group development and the punctuated equilibrium model. Additionally, through these group interactions, there are instances where the team’s resources or abilities change, and this is referred to as process loss or process gain. Groups and teamwork is key to the movie Moneyball because every aspect of creating a successful baseball team (from choosing players to managing players on the field) requires collaborating with other members to achieve the common goal of winning the
Group 1:
Christian Demopoulos
Gregory Klassen
Michael Langford
Nicole McEwan
Rebecca Ranieri
Patrick Trochaniak
BU 288, Section E
Instructor: Dr. Jessie Zhan
December 9th, 2015
Groups and Teamwork in Moneyball
Moneyball focuses on the struggles endured by the Oakland Athletics’ general manager Billy Beane in putting together a competitive baseball team. Faced with the imminent departure of the team’s star players to free agency, Beane devises an unorthodox strategy with the help of Yale economics graduate Peter Brand. Together, Beane and Brand assemble a team of ‘misfits,’ by focusing almost exclusively on individuals with a high on-base percentage. This unique strategy, although highly criticized, leads to the Athletics’ unprecedented 20 game win streak. Billy Beane and Peter Brand prove that a team can succeed without star players and large budgets. …show more content…
As the movie progresses, it becomes more clear how the formation of the group determines its success. Within Moneyball, the behavior of the group can be explained by its progress toward performing a given goal using the typical stages of group development and the punctuated equilibrium model. Additionally, through these group interactions, there are instances where the team’s resources or abilities change, and this is referred to as process loss or process gain. Groups and teamwork is key to the movie Moneyball because every aspect of creating a successful baseball team (from choosing players to managing players on the field) requires collaborating with other members to achieve the common goal of winning the