Addressing the Challenges of Groups and Teams
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Addressing the Challenges of Groups and Teams
B.Padden
University of Phoenix
LDR/531
March 22, 2010
Addressing the Challenges of Groups and Teams
With today’s large corporations using the team approach to complete projects and increase production, chances for poor group cohesion and ineffectiveness exists. Different behavioral styles, influences, education, and ways of thinking can hinder production, leading to poor outcomes, and even scandal. The worldwide telecommunications company WorldCom first handedly became the biggest corporate bankruptcy case at the time when on June 25, 2002, admitted to inflating earnings by $3.8 billion. The CEO, Bernie Ebbers was sentenced to 25 years in prison for accounting fraud and being the leader of hundreds of employees who hid fraudulent activity from the SEC. Of course, not every employee knew of these dealings, but Ebbers set the tone of the culture and put pressure on the employees which allowed this fraud to transpire (Scharff, 2005). According to Scharff (2005), teamwork and being a team player was the tone set in the organization. The teams obviously lacked development of a cohesive plan which may have prevented employees from feeling as though they had to go along with these fraudulent dealings. The importance of incorporating a training plan into group and team work is necessary to increase the effectiveness of the group. Additionally, a plan would hope to prevent a repeat of numerous headline- making CEO’s which instill inappropriate cultures throughout an organization. The purpose of this paper is to address a training plan for groups and teams to increase its effectiveness, address the challenges and benefits of a functioning team, and to explain how the plan may have helped WorldCom.
The training will foster an environment that feels safe for employees to speak their minds, and promote an awareness of group collaboration and conflict management. Additionally, the plan will promote an...
B.Padden
University of Phoenix
LDR/531
March 22, 2010
Addressing the Challenges of Groups and Teams
With today’s large corporations using the team approach to complete projects and increase production, chances for poor group cohesion and ineffectiveness exists. Different behavioral styles, influences, education, and ways of thinking can hinder production, leading to poor outcomes, and even scandal. The worldwide telecommunications company WorldCom first handedly became the biggest corporate bankruptcy case at the time when on June 25, 2002, admitted to inflating earnings by $3.8 billion. The CEO, Bernie Ebbers was sentenced to 25 years in prison for accounting fraud and being the leader of hundreds of employees who hid fraudulent activity from the SEC. Of course, not every employee knew of these dealings, but Ebbers set the tone of the culture and put pressure on the employees which allowed this fraud to transpire (Scharff, 2005). According to Scharff (2005), teamwork and being a team player was the tone set in the organization. The teams obviously lacked development of a cohesive plan which may have prevented employees from feeling as though they had to go along with these fraudulent dealings. The importance of incorporating a training plan into group and team work is necessary to increase the effectiveness of the group. Additionally, a plan would hope to prevent a repeat of numerous headline- making CEO’s which instill inappropriate cultures throughout an organization. The purpose of this paper is to address a training plan for groups and teams to increase its effectiveness, address the challenges and benefits of a functioning team, and to explain how the plan may have helped WorldCom.
The training will foster an environment that feels safe for employees to speak their minds, and promote an awareness of group collaboration and conflict management. Additionally, the plan will promote an...