BA133 Table of Contents to Online Resources

BA133, Strategy First
Digital CoursePak

Spring 2010

[Web Page]

Please bookmark this page rather than individual assignments, as file names may change upon revision
http://paws.wcu.edu/gjones/BA133/BA133_CoursePak_TOC.htm

Syllabus

BA133 SYLLABUS: Monday/Wednesday; 2:30-3:45; Sections 04, 05, 06

BA133 SYLLABUS: Tuesday/Thursday; 2:05-3:20; Sections 01, 02, 03

Group Process Analysis
[For Professor Jones' sections -- students in other sections should check with their own professor regarding these readings]

Use selected concepts and terminology from the RESOURCES LINKED BELOW. Turn in typed individual papers (3-5 pages, double-spaced) on the group process involved with putting together your team’s final presentation
Use headings to help organize your paper. I recommend patterning your analysis after the four stages of group process described below: "Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing" -- and including some references to "team facilitation roles" (the third link below). The links below provide information that, along with the notes you have taken regarding your group interaction and process, will provide the basis for your thoughtful analysis. In addition to the resources linked below you might want to consider including (under the appropriate heading) group interaction issues (such as conflict management, feedback styles, leadership, listening skills); conducting meetings (scheduling/punctuality/attendance); and group contribution issues (that is, did team members share equally in the work load, did each member do the work assigned, was the final product well integrated?) Some description is necessary and is part of this assignment, obviously--but be sure and provide substantial amount of thoughtful analysis in this paper. In terms of the concepts listed above (and some considerations from the links below), what went well, and why? What did not go well, and why? Again, you are not asked to address every issue.

FOR MORE ON GROUP INTERACTION (AND JOURNAL OBSERVATION CATEGORIES), PLEASE USE

1. All Together Now: Team Presentations (Maher/O'Brien manuscript; PDF)
http://www.me.sc.edu/fs/lyons/grad800x/Maher_Chapter6.pdf

2. A slightly more in-depth look at Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing.
Note affective, behavioral, and functional considerations under each stage.
http://web.mit.edu/hr/oed/learn/teams/art_stages.html

3. Being a Valuable Team Member
Note especially the "team facilitation roles" described here (please include discussion of some of these roles in your paper, offering a few specific examples to illustrate)

"Death by PowerPoint"	READ this short article by communication consultant Anne Miller (no excessive text!)
Ten Tips for Using PowerPoint	READ these ten tips

Basic PowerPoint Guidelines	Recommend: Nine slides

Getting Your Point Across (in PowerPoint)	Recommended: Harvard Medical (PDF, 7 pages)

Using PowerPoint	Tutorials, commentaries, & advice; provided by Harvard University

PowerPoint is Evil	Interesting counter-view, by Edward Tufte ["Tuff-Te"]
Gettysburg Address	Gettysburg Address on PowerPoint