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Assignment 2: Leading Self Managing Teams Report
This week's module covers the role that team leadership has on a team's effectiveness, in terms of motivation, development, building team culture, managing conflict, etc. For this assignment, you will analyze and compare two perspectives regarding leading effective teams. Follow the directions below to write a 3–5 page report.
First, read the following two articles regarding teamwork:
Resnick, M. L. (2011). Models of team management for global and virtual teams. IIE Annual Conference.Proceedings, (2011), 1–8.
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Carlock, R. S. (2012). Assessment tools for developing and leading effective teams. INSEAD Working Papers Collection, 50(EFE), 1–23.
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Directions:
In 3–5 pages:
- Analyze the information presented in the two articles as they relate to the following:
- Role of leaders and leadership style
- Collaboration initiatives and effectiveness
- Team motivation and culture
- Provide your analysis regarding the two perspectives presented in the articles. Based on your experience and readings, explain which article makes the stronger case for leadership style and teams. Which viewpoint do you support? Justify your opinion and support with professional literature resources. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, or .gov).
Your final product will be in a Microsoft Word document approximately 3–5 pages in length and utilize at least 2 scholarly sources in research (beyond the textbook). Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to Submissions Area.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
| Assignment Components | Maximum Points |
| Analyze the information presented in the two articles as they relate to the role of leaders and leadership style. CO: 1,5 |
/12pts. |
| Analyze the information presented in the two articles as they relate to collaboration initiatives and effectiveness. CO: 2,3,4,5 |
/12pts. |
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Analyze the information presented in the two articles as they relate to team motivation and culture. |
/12pts. |
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Provide your analysis regarding the two perspectives presented in the articles. Explain which article you support and why. Justify your opinion. |
/16pts. |
| Academic Writing | |
| Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e. APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. |
/8pts. |
| Total: |
/60pts. |
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Running head: LEADING SELF MANAGEMENT TEAMS
Leading Self Managing Teams
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LEADING SELF MANAGEMENT TEAMS
Leading Self Managing Teams
How the Articles Relate to Role of Leaders and Leadership Styles
According to Carlock (2012), the role of leadership styles such as situational
leadership, reflect the growth stage and environment of the team which would be more
effective. The situational leadership style assists the leaders to be successful by adopting
their actions to a situation that requires a given specific need. Understanding and aligning
the leaders’ style to uniform the development level, roles are performed, goals are
achieved, and the development of relationships. Carlock (2012) also suggests that leaders
are a great assistance to teams because their support is vital to monitor performances,
form teams, empowerment, and team development. By extension, leaders should play the
role of empowering their teams through supportive and new leadership behaviors thus
building openness and trust, demonstration of concern, encouraging initiative taking, and
providing information (Carlock, 2012). The leader acting as a supporter replaces being
the boss and instead, the leader. Carlock (2012) suggests that effective leaders empower
teams by their excellent practices such as coaching, participative decision-making, and
interaction with other groups.
According to Resnick (2011), the role of leadership styles is to assist the
management in determining the leadership techniques and skills to utilize in different
situations. The managerial methods help a leader when describing co-located teams and
establishing a specific communication skill that the leader of the virtual group requires to
utilize that is not always necessary in different situations. Resnick (2011) states that
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