Exercises

Exercises

  1. Question 206.1

    Have you ever been on a team in which you noted a problem with a teammate’s work but didn’t point it out? What stopped you from providing feedback? Now that you have read this chapter, what are some strategies you could use to politely provide suggestions for revision?

  2. Question 206.2

    Review the assignment materials your instructor has provided. Working together with your team, come up with a checklist of items to look for when commenting on or revising one another’s work.

  3. Question 206.3

    Pull up a document that your team has already created (or create a new document of “dummy” text), and try editing it with each of the tools mentioned in this chapter. Which tool do you think will be most effective for your team? Why?

  4. Question 206.4

    Do you ever have problems responding positively to feedback or criticism? Which of the strategies outlined in this chapter for responding productively to feedback do you think would be most helpful in improving how you respond to criticism?

  5. Question 206.5

    Review the team charter and task schedule your team has created, and decide which revision tool you plan to use and which revision method (feedback or direct revision) you plan to implement at various stages in the project. Update the task schedule accordingly. Review the sections of the team charter that state overall team goals and methods for handling impasses. Do you think that any of these sections should be updated?

    The videos in this textbook are directly based on the interactions of actual student teams. Before you complete any of the video exercises, take a moment to watch the introductory video which describes how the videos were produced and created.

  1. View Team Video 3: Jamaal, Jim, Don, and Tonya. Then turn to Appendix E, “Responses and Outcomes for Team Video 3,” and read about this project’s outcome.

    Question 206.6

    What could this team have done differently to avoid the problems it experienced later? What do you think are the major lessons to learn from this team?

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