Written Questions and Answers

Running head: WRITTEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Assessment task 1: Written Questions and Answers
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1WRITTEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Answer to question 1
The origins of team group dynamics are that in the year 1924,
Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer proposed that there are entities where behaviour
of whole cannot derived from the individual elements fit together rather than alternative
is true. The concepts of team group dynamics are defined as individuals those can
come together to accomplish particular tasks and goals. The team dynamics is
behavioral characteristics of the group of people.
Answer to question 2
Following are three aspects of the group dynamics which provide negative effect
on the team performance such as:
I. Weak leadership: When the team has lack of leadership, then it leads to lack of
directions and focus on wrong priorities.
II. Excessive deference to the project authority: It occurs when people are
agreed with the leader’s decisions and therefore they are not expressing their
own opinions.
III. Lack of interest: When the team members have lack of interest in work, it
disrupts in flow of information among the group members.
Answer to question 3
Advantages of group decision making are:
 A group is equipped well when the information is a main concern for them.

2WRITTEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 A group has advantage of diversity of views.
 The group included experts forming a group to make decisions on the project
issues.
Disadvantages of group decision making are:
 It is time consuming process as they are organized, planned and coordinated
meetings to reach the final solutions.
 It is critical to fix responsibility of each individual in a group.
 Group decision making leads to compromise of decisions.
Answer to question 4
Following are three types of team building techniques such as:
Investigate: The team building is a process which requires cooperative of
everyone to build a team. By using website, SurveyMonkey is used to distribute the
survey questions to find out where the team is stronger and need help.
Communication: A lot of interaction among the team members is required to
communicate the project problems. By meetings and face-to-face interaction, it is
performed.
Lay the groundwork: A stronger team can start with the manager. For example,
the supervisor and business owner can set the tone.

3WRITTEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Answer to question 5
Team consensus means setting to find a proposal acceptable enough that the
team members can support and with no members are opposed it.
Answer to question 6
Two methods which are used to assist the project team to reach consensus such
as:
1. Ensure and encourage the participation: The team leader can motivate and
encourage the team members to take participation in the work. It is started with
the team member to think about the problems individually.
2. Pinpoint priorities: In the group environment, each of the team members can
prioritize the project tasks.
Answer to question 7
Steps for conflict resolution in the workplaces are as follows:
i. Identifying sources of conflicts
The team can identify sources of the conflicts and resolve it. In order to get
information about the reasons of conflicts, series of questions are asked to identify
causes.
ii. Looking behind the incidents