Assigned: Monday, March 31
Due: Monday, April 7

Option 1: Using memo format, create an activity report in which you discuss your and your team's experience with the team-building exercise on March 31. Excellent biweeklies will display familiarity with chapter 4 of the textbook.

Here are some prompt questions, both general and book-related:

• How did you decide on your team's task (that is, on what game to play?)
• What happened in your group? Provide a brief overview.
• Was the exercise successful in building a sense of team identity, or was it just fun?
• Was the exercise successful in teaching you more about team dynamics and group work, or was it just fun?
• If the exercise was primarily "just fun," is it (in your opinion) still worth spending class time on it?
• Which of Tuckman's 4 stages did your team go through? For example, did you notice a forming stage? a storming stage?
• If you experienced conflict, how was it resolved?
• What roles did you notice within your group?

Option 2: Teams on Screen
Watch a movie or TV show which depicts a team at work. Then write me a brief analysis of their collaboration.

Here are some questions to get you started. However, your biweekly should be more than a list of answers to these questions.

• What is the team's task? Why do they need to work as a team in the first place?
• What roles do the team members assume? Do these roles change over the course of the project or over the life of the team?
• What stages does the team go through (Tuckman's or ones that make sense to you)?
• Does the team experience conflict? If so, how constructive is it? If it's resolved, how?
• What sort of meetings does the team have?
• Do they use any technologies to help them collaborate?
• Does culture, race/ethnicity, social class, or gender play a role in the team's collaboration?

Some possible options include, but are not limited to, 12 Angry Men, Office Space, Ugly Betty, The Office, The Apprentice, Lost, Scrubs, heist movies, crime/police/medical dramas, etc. .....