Learning Team - Debriefed

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Learning Team Ð'- Debriefed

Justin

University of Phoenix

Learning Team Ð'- Debriefed

There are many potential benefits from working in a team environment. The benefits can include creative collaboration where knowledge can be shared to improve the quality of the project. "Cross-functional teams bring people from a variety of disciplines together," which can create a highly successful team (The team working together, n.d., p. 181). This is accomplished by considering individual perspectives in order to ponder given situations and then create positive and successful solutions. Also, by working with high functioning teams it can improve the ability of team leaders and team members.

Each team member provided a unique background and perspective to offer creative ideas for the assignment. One member brought a general and philosophical approach to ethics which provided the foundation for the paper. The other members provided insight into specific situations in which ethics in the workplace were illustrated in positive or negative connotations. By melding each of the three members' perspectives and abilities we were able to produce a higher quality paper. Especially given the fact that none of the team members had experience in writing a paper using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association style and format, we needed input from all team members to be successful in producing a quality product. Team participation was very important in providing this quality product. Each member posted their respective portions and the other team members provided input for improvement. The iterative process of editing each other's pieces enhanced the substance, grammar and overall quality of each as well as, the collaboration of all segments.

While working on the Week 3 Learning Team B Assignment titled, Workplace Ethics, our team members worked together successfully to earn an acceptable grade of a low "A." Each member met the requirements set by the team and illustrated excellent work ethics at producing the necessary portions for the assignment. This team was successful due to possessing common purpose and goals, clear roles for each team member, extensive communication on the team newsgroup, accepted and supported leadership and proper sizing of the team for the given project (Teams in the workplace, n.d., p. 317).

The common purpose and goals were discussed on the newsgroup and each member was assigned specific elements to provide a perspective into ethics in the workplace. The roles of each member were clearly and graciously accepted by all, with one minor exception. There was one team member assigned to the team who never participated. The absence of this member was not a hindrance to the team as this member was never assigned any element of the project. The remaining team members were all capable of handling the increased workload. The increased workload and assignments were clearly documented and communicated on the learning team newsgroup. We were able to communicate regularly throughout the week to discuss all components.

This discussion of the required elements provided clear roles for each party. Once the roles were developed each person provided ideas for discussion. The ideas were readily agreed to and put into motion. Each person took to the agreed roles and provided a successful team assignment on time. One element of the roles included the leadership.