Written Cаse Questiоn 2 A cаse оf grоup development A lаrge service organization created a virtual cross-functional team to develop procedures and processes to improve efficiency with the company’s large client data base. The project lead, Jenna, from the Edmonton office, was selected as the team lead/project manager because of her 15 years’ experience building cross-functional virtual teams and managing process improvement projects. Jenna organized a two day, face-to-face, kick-off meeting at head office in Edmonton to introduce the project. She included team building activities and decision-making opportunities around roles and responsibilities, and project tasks. Team building was effective; and, everyone voiced a commitment to the project goals and deliverables. People got to know each other, and they talked about their personal lives - hobbies, family, and such. Jenna saw the group engaged with each other and more importantly with developing their first project plan. As a bonus, members seemed to genuinely like and respect each other! Discussion about roles and responsibilities revealed some competitive behaviours as members were competing for "key" positions on the team. Eventually, the group did come to an overall agreement about who would be responsible for specific components of the project and of the tasks that needed to be worked on. Work started from different home bases. Parker from the Calgary office, posted the project schedule on SharePoint based on conversations with Mohammed and Amira however Daisy and Eduardo felt cut out of the scheduling decisions. They spoke with Parker about feeling disregarded, thinking it was because they were junior among the team members. They asked Parker to reconsider their concerns that the project schedule was too ambitious. At the same time, Daisy argued with Amira about who would lead the database design and development. Eduardo acknowledged Amira’s seniority, but he assertively explained to Amira that he agreed to be on the project because of a promise to him from Jenna for a lead role on the project. Eduardo explained that he was motivated by the opportunity to develop his skills and advance to a more senior position after the project was completed. If he had known in advance that Amira would be the lead, Eduardo would have made a different decision. It was an uncomfortable conversation. Additionally, Mohammed set off on his own and did not keep the others informed about his work, nor did he initially keep his information up to date on the SharePoint site. No one really knew what he was working on nor how much progress he was making in the first few weeks. Other team members noticed that Mohammed was not contributing as much as he should be. So, Jenna scheduled a virtual team meeting to discuss and confirm roles and responsibilities. At the team meeting, she also ensured that everyone understood how to work as a project team in a virtual environment. In the weeks that followed that meeting Jenna noticed that arguments/disagreements were at a minimum and when they did occur, problems were worked out quickly by the team, without requiring her involvement. Within three months, the group pulled together and worked as a team - supporting each other and relying on each other to make decisions. They were highly motivated to reach the end goal. When a conflict occurred - such as a disagreement on how to accomplish a task - the group usually worked it out without relying on Jenna to solve it. Also, the team members helped each other to develop their skills and focus on completing tasks. For example, Eduardo did agree to work with Amira, who taught Eduardo many new skills of database design and development. The project wrapped up as a huge success! Newly designed processes immediately showed measurable improvement in client management and support. Team members were reassigned to other projects; sadly, no one was assigned together in the projects that followed. They will miss working together, hoping for an opportunity to work together in the future! The End! REQUIRED: #1.Using the case study details above, identify and support (using specific examples from the case study) how each of the 5 stages of group development applies to this team. You must use specifics to earn marks. (10 marks) #2. Did social loafing occur within this project team? If so, explain with specifics. If not, explain why you think it did not occur. (2 marks) #3. Using appropriate OB terminology, assess this project team's level of team cohesiveness and team norms when the project wrapped up. What was the effect/impact? (3 marks)
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