Learning Team Charter Analysis
Learning Team Charter Analysis
Learning Team A
COM285
February 21, 2011
Rosana Nesheim
Learning Team Charter Analysis
Communication plays an important role in the determination and success of today’s organizational teams. Developing great communication, strong organizational support, clear objectives, and high levels of leadership are vital to the success of groups, especially when working across an organizational or geographical spread. Almost everybody has had the experience of working with groups at some point in his or her lives. Regardless of the role played by each person, communication is vital between all members of those groups. Trust must be developed within the groups to communicate effectively. Ground rules, a great deal of thought, and due dates should be placed into the process for dispute resolution. Honesty must be present at all times on all ends of the team because untruthfulness could damage the team’s integrity. Team members should always share feelings and information between each other allowing total trust between them. Following, a definition of group communication, differences, and strategies between group and individual communication, and examples of effective strategies of communication within teams will be provided. Technology utilized to facilitate group communication, the advantages and disadvantages of using each will be also discussed.
Group communication is defined as a group of three or more individuals with different strengths and skills assembled for the common good of a project. The individuals involved in a group will be from different cultures, so they will have different ideas and ways of doing things. Knowing that individuals come from different cultures and have different thoughts on how projects should be done is why group communication is so important, individuals need to learn to work together when involved in a group project, which is why it is so important to communicate with every member of a group and
Learning Team A
COM285
February 21, 2011
Rosana Nesheim
Learning Team Charter Analysis
Communication plays an important role in the determination and success of today’s organizational teams. Developing great communication, strong organizational support, clear objectives, and high levels of leadership are vital to the success of groups, especially when working across an organizational or geographical spread. Almost everybody has had the experience of working with groups at some point in his or her lives. Regardless of the role played by each person, communication is vital between all members of those groups. Trust must be developed within the groups to communicate effectively. Ground rules, a great deal of thought, and due dates should be placed into the process for dispute resolution. Honesty must be present at all times on all ends of the team because untruthfulness could damage the team’s integrity. Team members should always share feelings and information between each other allowing total trust between them. Following, a definition of group communication, differences, and strategies between group and individual communication, and examples of effective strategies of communication within teams will be provided. Technology utilized to facilitate group communication, the advantages and disadvantages of using each will be also discussed.
Group communication is defined as a group of three or more individuals with different strengths and skills assembled for the common good of a project. The individuals involved in a group will be from different cultures, so they will have different ideas and ways of doing things. Knowing that individuals come from different cultures and have different thoughts on how projects should be done is why group communication is so important, individuals need to learn to work together when involved in a group project, which is why it is so important to communicate with every member of a group and
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