Now that you’ve studied the characteristics of group and team
communication and leadership, you’re going to take a critical look at your
own experiences in these types of situations.
Apply Your Skills: Group Experience
1. Write a 2-page essay about a group experience you’ve had.
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Answer each of the following 5 questions. Be sure to identify each
question by its number.
1. Describe the best group member or teammate you have
encountered. How did that person’s behavior compare to this
chapter’s description of effective team members?
2. Think of a successful brainstorming session or a session
with problems in which you’ve participated as a group leader
or member. What factors caused the success or led to the
problems? If there were problems, what could be done to
address them?
3. How can group members adapt to work effectively if the
leader is using an authoritarian style and the group would
prefer a more democratic style?
4. Using the suggestions and following the examples
presented in Chapter 10, draft a brief agenda for an upcoming
meeting of a group you’re in.
5. Review Table 10.1 in your textbook. What other patterns
of difficult group behavior have you encountered in g