Developing Your Team

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ASSIGNMENT3

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Introduction

In this section, you will introduce what your paper is about.Anintroductionsets the stage for the topicsyour paper will discuss.Start by thinking about the question(s) youare trying to answer. Provide information about the company you are choosing to discuss for this assignment. Your introduction should conclude with your topic sentence. A topic sentenceis a concise summary of the maintopicsof your paper, typically written as onesentence.For this paper, there are three main topics, so besure to include them all in your topic sentence.

Creating a Diverse Teamwith Different Strengths

In this section, you are asked toexplainhow you could create a diverse team of employees with different strengths.We talked about diversity in Week 8 in our class. What wereyour thoughts on workplace diversity and its importance to a company's culture and performance?Think aboutthe stepsor actionsyou would take to bringdiversityto your company.Think about the strengths you wouldwant your employees to have, such as attention to detail, goodcommunication,excellent people skills, and so on.(Youmaywantto refer to Assignment 1 where you discussed employee characteristics.)Then discuss how you findpeople with thosecharacteristics.Use scenarios(examples)to convey your ideas.

Methods to Improve Team Dynamics and EmployeeBehaviors

In this section, you are asked to discussmethods you would adopt to improve team dynamics and employee behaviors.Youcan start off by talking about what team dynamicsare, then go into discussing why a positive team dynamic is important.Discuss the team dynamics you want in yourworkplaceandhow you mightensurethat thosedynamics are inplace.We talked about team work inWeek 7. What are some of the things you discussed that you would put in place to help your employees be a better team?Sometimes to have a positive team dynamic, you need togiveemployeessomeguidanceon what is expected of them and how they should behave at work. This can be done withvarious control systems-guidelines,procedures, rules, and so on.We talked about control systems in Week 9. What are some of the controls you might put in place to helpyour employees perform well as a team?

TwoManagement Techniques to AlignTeamBehaviors to the Company Mission

In thissection, discusstwo (2) management techniques you would implement to ensure that your new team aligns to your company's mission.Youcan begin talking about a company's mission and it's importance. If employees don't know the company mission statement,they may not understand the importance of their work or how what they do fits in the grand scheme of things.Reflect on all the aspects of management we have learned about and discussed in our class. As a leader in your firm, what arethe actions you would take with your employees to help them understandthe mission and vision of your company?

Conclusion

In this section,you will wrap everything up that you have in your paper.Aconclusionsummarizes the main points in your paper.Forthis paper, there are three main topics, so be sure to include them all in yourconclusion.

Sources

This is where you list all of the resources you have used in your paper. Be sure tociteideas you are using from your resources. Be sure to put direct quotes in quotation marks. Eachsourcelisted should have at least one citation in the body of your paper. Follow proper SWS formatting for listing yoursourcesand citations

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3.The paper should3-5pageslong. If you discuss each of the three assigned topics-creating a diverse team, improving team dynamics, andaligning behaviors with the company mission-inat least one page each, you will meet thelengthrequirement.

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