Case Study: You are an administrative assistant at Newberry Heating & Cooling, a contracting company in Columbus, Ohio. Your supervisor, Joanne Burton, has heard that groups and teams can complete more tasks than people working on their own. She asks you to find out what types of teams businesses can have, and then to describe each type. During the next staff meeting, she wants to present the list and discuss which type would be the best for the administrative assistants. She has already started the list and asks you to complete it. See Figure A-13.
Types of Groups and Teams
Workgroup
Project team
Task force Instructions:
Use word-processing software such as Microsoft Office Word to open the file A-8.doc and save it as TeamTypes.doc to your computer, flash drive or file storage location.
Complete the list of group and team types, and then add descriptions of each type.
Explain the strengths and weaknesses that each of these type of groups might have in negotiating through problems.
Submit the document to your instructor below.