EAW 9 Workplace trust and relationship

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EAW 9 Workplace trust and relationship
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EAW 9 Workplace trust and relationship
Assessment 9.1
Contents
Part 1 Prisoners Dilemma
Part 2 Trust Behaviours
Part 1 Prisoner’s Dilemma
1. Assignment the Prisoner's Dilemma
Q1. Describe the Lessons You Learned from the Prisoner’s Dilemma
From the prisoner’s dilemma, I learned that collaboration and trust are two key aspects of
meeting a collaborative goal or target. Furthermore, I also released that collaboration and
trusts are closely related and both function together to come up with solutions. Although trust
is not easily built, it is essential in an organizational context as it helps in enhancement of
close relationship among employees hence providing an effective decision. For example, if the
two prisoners could have trusted each other and collaborated to remain silent, they could face
the only one-year sentence that is beneficial to both parties as compared to five-year-jail when
both parties confess and 10-year jail when one party confess and the other party remains
silence. Therefore, I can conclude that if people want to accomplish an expected goal and
come up with an effective solution that is beneficial to themselves and organization, they must
work as a team and further trust each other to avoid workplace conflicts.
 How did you collaborate as a team?
As a team, we collaborated by first assessing the problem in hand that needed a collaborative

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solution. We sat down, discussed the long- term and short- term goals to achieve, how we are
going to achieve, and further divided roles so that each team member knows what he or she is
supposed to do. In addition, the nominated team leader aligned individual expectations and
shared expectations of the team and we motivated each other. We trusted each team member
will complete his or her task on time and further, we established timelines and metrics. The
team leader also provided a shared progress update after some time in order for team members
to know when the project is accomplished. Before the set deadline approached, everyone was
through with his or her tasks and we, therefore, combined them together and had the final
project with us.
 How did you collaborate with the opposing team?
I collaborated with opposing team by coming up with clear goals that developed a deep
understanding of what we are trying to do and how we can accomplish it effectively within a
short period. With clear and common goals set, the opposing team was motivated and they
developed an interest to work towards the common objectives and goals. For example, when I
explained to them how the project that was about to take 15 days to be accomplished by an
individual would take only 7 days to be accomplished by the team, the opposing team
responded positively and find it beneficial, cost-saving and time-saving, so they all agreed to
collaborate. Furthermore, I also allowed space for ideas from the opposing team in order to
come up with a collaborative solution and also for them to feel like a part of the project. After
combining ideas we divided tasks among ourselves, set deadlines, expectations and then we
worked as a team towards meeting our collaborative target.
 What behaviors did you observe and how did these make you feel?