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Week 6 – Discussion Forum 1
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7
(Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your
initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading
Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be
evaluated.
Exploring Virtual Teams [WLO: 1] [CLO: 5] [NACE: 1, 2, 3, 4]
This discussion forum aligns with the NACE Competencies identified above. For more
information on NACE Competencies, view the NACE Competencies: Developing Career
ReadinessLinks to an external site. interactive.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read and watch the following:
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Chapters 4 and 15 in your course textbook
Tuckman’s Stages of Team DevelopmentLinks to an external site.
5 Ways to Help Teams Connect VirtuallyLinks to an external site.
Virtual teams are commonplace in the work environment and have been for years. With
the advent of COVID-19, virtual teams are having a resurgence. Organizations cannot
operate in the fashion that was considered normal and currently operate in a “new
normal.”
In a 250- to 300-word initial post,
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Identify the significant components of virtual teams, and analyze how
teammates or team members get selected for virtual teams.
Analyze how Tuckman’s stages effect or operate in the arena of virtual teams.
Explain two of the most critical factors that virtual team leaders must be aware
of when dealing with multi-location team members. Provide any appropriate
citations to support your findings.
Express what you would like to know more about when it comes to managing
a virtual team. Frame this as a question that your classmates can help you with.
It could be an anecdotal experience that you struggled with and seek advice or
just a broad best practice question regarding managing a virtual team.
Week 6 – Discussion Forum 2
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7
(Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your
initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading
Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be
evaluated.
Preparing for a Proposal to a Tribal Government Scenario [WLO: 2] [CLOs: 1, 3, 6]
[NACE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8]
This discussion forum aligns with the NACE Competencies identified above. For more
information on NACE Competencies, view the NACE Competencies: Developing Career
ReadinessLinks to an external site. interactive.
NOTE: This discussion forum will be assessed on a 10-point scale and is worth 3% of
your final grade.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read the following:
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Chapter 14 in your online course textbook
Guide to Doing Business With Tribal GovernmentsLinks to an external site.
A Guide for DOE Employees: Working With Indian Tribal NationsLinks to an
external site., pp. 10 to 13
Protocol Guidelines: Consulting With Indian Tribal GovernmentsLinks to an
external site., pp. 14 to 17
As a manager within Learn-E-Now, an international company that sells virtual learning
technology to its clients, you manage a team of four members, including yourself. Your
team is tasked with preparing for a business presentation to the Navajo Nation Tribal
Council. Your proposal will aim to have your product utilized on at least five of the
tribally run elementary schools on their reservation.
For this discussion post,
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Outline three main considerations (cultural, political, and general etiquette)
that your team should be aware of when presenting this proposal to the tribal
government.
Discuss how your team would strategically handle these issues within your
presentation.
NOTE: For this discussion, you are not required to develop a presentation for this
discussion.
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