For example, Mr. Velez and Ms. Riley have an outstanding working knowledge of PowerPoint and our team has harnessed that strength to prepare all of our presentations. Even though Mr. Velez and Ms. Riley receive the input from each of the team members, they take it upon themselves to create the layout and insert each of our parts into the presentation. Mrs. Wist and Ms. Fehr provide most of the team research for papers and presentations because of their aptitude with Internet and database searches. Mr. Pappas provides the group with direction for most of the presentations because of his oral presentation skills.

Our decision-making strategy varies depending on the task that needs to be accomplished. For example, when determining a place to meet for Learning Team we use the consensus method, “which is a group decision that has the expressed support of most members.” (Websters Dictionary). The reason is w

Our group has been effective with setting realistic time limits and prioritizing our responsibilities and tasks. For example, our team has not been deficient on any of the assignments that have been required for our classes or have we failed to get a grade lower than a B. All of us have taken pride and ownership in each of the team assignments that have been turned in or presented and attribute much of that to the setting of high standards that are accepted by all team members. Prioritizing responsibilities and tasks assists in the development of our team’s schedules for all assignments.

Webster’s II New Riverside University Dictionary (4th ed.). (1999). United States of America: Houghton Mifflin Company

Wales (2002) defines assertiveness as “the ability to understand and describe one’s needs, skillfully express one’s opinions and stand up for one’s beliefs”. Nobody on our team lacks the appropriate assertiveness to get their point across, but we are all respectful of the opinions of each other and are able to include everyone’s opinions for the betterment of the team assignment.

Time management is a difficult tool to master but one that we have had great success in using appropriately to complete all assigned tasks. Since we have been together for so many classes we have been able to identify our teams peak and valley performance times. Through trial and error we have arrived at our teams peak performance time. We tried meeting on different days and times throughout the week before finally agreeing on the time and day that is most conducive to pr

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