CMN 3138 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Skill, Practical Action

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3138
• Professor: Trevor Tucker

Document Summary

Managing meetings, team training, team development and problem solving part 2. Cross-functional teams: bringing together an array of people with an assortment of skills and backgrounds. Virtual teams: work across physical boundaries, often communications issues with this. Crews: individuals that performa at specific specialist events, very clear roles and responsibilities, short time span, low on context and background, careful coordination required, high on process, low on relationship. Nine frequent roles occupied by team members: plant: creative, imaginative, unorthodox, resource investigator: extroverted, enthusiastic, good communicator, coordinator: mature, confident, natural team leader. Defines goals, promotes decision-making, delegates: shaper: challenging, dynamic, determined, thrives under pressure, overcome obstacles, monitor-evaluator: even-tempered, strategic, accurate judge, team worker: cooperative, focuses on relationships, sensitive and diplomatic, one-liners, implementer: disciplined, reliable, conservative, efficient. Move ideas to practical action: very much necessary as the plotters, send it to me, i"ll get it done , completer-finisher: conscientious and eager to get the job done.