1. What has been your experience with groups? Have you found that the results of working in a group are better than working individually? Explain.

2. What are some of the problems you have encountered with group work?

3. Think about the various stages that a group goes through (Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning). As a manager, what could you do at each stage to help the group?

4. What are some of the things that you would need to take into consideration when putting a team together? Would it make a difference if it were a permanent team or a temporary team? Explain.

5. Why do you think it is so important that a team sets ground rules such as a mission, vision and a code of ethics?

6. Think of your personal strengths. Which types of roles do you often assume? Why? What does this say about your personality?