Hi Anthony two things for you
MY NEGOTIATOR EXERCISEI came up with this partly as a course icebreaker but also as a team exercise. Get them to work in teams of 3 around a single connected computer. Have them play the online negotiator game at
http://www.flonga.com/play/negotiator.htm. They generally have lots of fun, especially if you allow them time to play at least one or two completed rounds (+- 10-15 min). I then ask questions like:
Focusing on the first scene, what did you learn (about the jumper, the process, the skills required, etc)?
Consider your group dynamics:
•What roles did people play?
•How did the group make decisions? Consensus, consultation, dominant decider?
•Did group dynamics change, and if so how?
Separate away from each other: take a pen and paper
Write down the strength(s) of your teammate(s) – what did they contribute?
What aspects of their talent did you observe?
If this was a simulation for a job, what would you tell that person?
Class discussion
•What would you look for in this type of negotiator?
•Attributes?
•Skills?
•Background?
•What else?
•How would you spot those things? Select for them? Assess them?
THE COMMUNICATION GAMEsee attached. It works really well, and they enjoy it. I use it sometimes for structure, but it emphasizes teamwork elements like communication too. I always point out to them how the 'optimal' team would have won: A tells B the aim of the game and asks for B to collect everyone's symbols, B writes to the back 3 asking for their symbols, they return to B, B gives to A, A collates. It almost never happens. Understanding your own role vis-a-vis other being a critical additional point
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Gregory Lee
Associate Professor
U. of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-14-2019 14:44
From: Anthony Turner
Subject: Teamwork and collaboration skills development recommendations?
Hello, all.
Do you have suggestions for exercises, simulations, or other experiences; videos; and/or readings that I might leverage to best help students develop teamwork and collaboration abilities? Suggestions for assessments to measure learning in these domains in an online context? General advice or experiende to relay? If so, please share!
Teamwork features in all of my courses, but doing it well doesn't come naturally to students. I am putting together a new skill development course to help them cultivate these essential abilities and would appreciate your suggestions about resources and assessments and any advice that you might have about how to make it successful. The course will run in a largely self-paced, online format, but it will have a couple of synchronous online sessions built in, and there may be opportunities for small groups to meet virtually as part of it, as well.
With thanks,
Anthony
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Dr. R. Anthony Turner
Associate Professor of Management
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