Reaction Paper On Synergy

Team has to agree on the methods to which conflicts can be resolved within the group, this has to be addressed as soon as possible to enhance team cohesion and progress team effort towards achieving its goals.

Disagreements are unavoidable in any business. A humble stage of disagreement can be helpful in creating enhanced thoughts and approaches, stimulating apprehension and resourcefulness, and motivating the appearance of long-suppressed tribulations. Conflict resolution approach must intend at keeping disagreement at a stage at which different thoughts and viewpoints are completely voiced but uncreative conflicts are discouraged. Encouragement of conflict situations is suitable if the project leader recognizes circumstances of 'group-think.' Group-think is a circumstance where disagreement hardly ever occurs because of high-minded group unity, which results in poor choices and insufficient production. Group-think conquers when there are a large number of members in a group that just agree with anything, with the outcome that there is no grim assessment of the circumstances and innovative thoughts are not recommended. Group members connect larger significance to status, stillness and calm in the group relatively than to procedural capability and capability. Members are unwilling to voice their impartial outlook in order to shun away from offending the

When developing a conflict resolution it helps to know techniques such as, problem solving, avoidance, compromising, and communication. This will help your team members and create a system for redressing grievances, if they cannot solve their problems on their own. Then it will be necessary to arrange for the manager to conduct a meeting on this subject.

In the case of the Techfite group, the conflict they are facing is an intragroup conflict, due to interpersonal disagreements. An intragroup conflict occurs within the group among the individuals. Misunderstandings and incompatibilities between teammates leads to this type of conflict (Evans, 2013). As in the conflict being discussed, Bill and Mark are trying to take over the project themselves and are not allowing Laura to voice her opinions or contribute to the project. Also, John and Laura are against trying the new compound that Bill and Mark are advocating to try. The team is becoming more divided due to difference in opinions about taking risks and due to superiority from Bill and Mark. With conflicts arising, the team is breaking apart and that is causing deadlines to not be met and slowing the project down as a whole. There are a few different approaches to take to resolve conflict, but in this case the approach I would use would be the integrating/problem solving technique. This style of conflict resolution is defined as when “interested parties confront the issue and cooperatively identify the problem, generate and weigh alternatives and select a solution”(Evans, 2013). I would use the technique of problem solving because in this case the Techfite project team is all working towards reaching the same goal, with their careers on the line.

.   Leadership Concepts in Policing The intent of this paper is to discuss the application of leadership concepts as they apply to rural and urban policing and why the possession of certain abilities is imperative for good leadership. The leadership concepts to be discussed are decision making, leadership qualities, communications, empowerment, well-being, teamwork, and time management. There is no one quality that is greater than the other and this paper will show that collectively the entire aforementioned qualities enable a good leader to become better.

One problem that I noticed when I first sat with my group that we sat in a row. This immediately became a problem because it became hard to communicate with the whole group. I would not be able to hear what the member of my group on the other end said. We all tried to explain to each of the group members our individual goals but not all the group members would hear it. Thus, it caused confusion among the group that what goal should be completed or not.

For example our group sometimes got off topic while talking with each other and it was challenging for us to get back on topic, this made us realize that we needed to stay on topic to make sure that we are getting the most quality work done and what we wanted to get out of this project. Secondly, we ran into an issue with not communicating about what plan we should use when we were planning during our plan time, for instance the weight of the marshmallow was not accounted for and was like a brick crashing down on the spaghetti which was as thin and weak. This made our tower crashing down and made us very disappointed

Among the five strategies the one I appreciate the most is competition. Competition is useful in other avenues as well as conflict management, such as academics. Although competition does require a loser it does a good job of stimulating teams to put out best efforts. Further, competition saves time when there is a deadline looming. When working in a group conflict is an inevitable matter that one cannot escape, there are varieties of conflicts; ideas, opinions, beliefs, culture differences, and desired accomplishment. Everyone have different ideas and goals in accomplishing their tasks, therefore, it might be difficult to be dealt with amongst one another if they cannot come to an agreement or have an open mind for new things. Conflict in a group could mean that there is a diversity of believes, aims, and ideas. It indicates that team members are contributing their part, sharing their different point of view and trying to make a different. As a manager, one should not look at conflict as a bad thing; instead tolerate minimum conflict in a group as a way of motivation and a development method for improvement or exchanging ideas to reach their goals. However, if conflict increase and cannot be settled in a professional or peaceful manner, as a manager, I would use the collaboration strategy method to help solve the issues. I would start to request each team members to do their own participation and write down their ideas with a

When doing so the other group members were active listener, by using their whole body verbally and nonverbal. Like facing the speaker and giving eye contact and try to avoided interruption. The group also acknowledges the thoughts of the speaker by giving constructive feed back. Due to the effectiveness of the group communication, we were able to build trust, respect and understand the issues and make decision for effective change. We illustrate this by coming together as a group one again to accomplish the goal we initially wanted to accomplish. Since the first organization that we had chosen was incorrect, so we had to make the necessary changes to accomplish our goals. The other effective feature is the purpose of the group. Kozier et al (2010) stated that the effective group purpose is when “goal, task, and outcomes are clarified. Understanding and modified so that members of the group can commit themselves to purposes through cooperation” (p.401). For instance, each individual was assign a task and knew what was to be accomplished. As group we all decided to meet at suitable day and time which was beneficial to all team members, because we could commit to the group and focus on what needed to be achieved.

Finally, as a result of our good team work, our work synergy increased to a high level because everybody worked hard for the team.

The Feiner Points of Leadership is one of the interesting and application oriented books I have read. I would recommend the book to my friends and colleagues who aspire to be a good leader. This book should be read by all the leaders and managers to be successful. It exemplifies some of the important skills manager or leader should practice at the same time it explains the mistakes one should avoid being a successful and effective leader. Michael Feiner’s experience in PepsiCo, given examples and instances in his tenure makes it easier to understand the facts in detail. These examples also helps retain all the points and laws explained in the book.

Working in a group can be very difficult at times. Different people with different views may not always agree which one another. Throughout the various task I played the communicator. I made sure everyone was on track on what we wanted to do. I also made sure people was okay and happy in the role they was playing in the group. My group worked together in collecting ideas from one another and making it into one.

Ideally the team would collaborate to find a resolution that satisfies the needs of everyone involved. It requires creative and cooperative efforts. The biggest roadblock to collaboration usually is the amount of time and energy it requires. Collaboration is generally effective when the team has sufficient time to fully explore the needs, perspectives, and preferences of all team members, and when 100% commitment from each person is needed to accomplish team goals (Wisinski 1993). Not everyone on this team is totally committed to the process.

Aristotle is credited with stating the whole is greater than the simple sum of its parts. This also represents the definition of synergy. Synergy is the unified working of the sum to create something greater than the individual components. For instance a car engine is comprised of an engine block, belts, hoses, spark plugs, and other miscellaneous components. Individually these components are not going to propel a vehicle however when put together and fed some fuel the components create the oomph needed to support transportation. In sports and business the cooperation and collaboration of people in organizations is no different. The people within these groups must be working in a unified manner toward a common set of goals and objectives. This common set of goals and objective provides the end point so that a team of people have the necessary oomph, to achieve outcomes that would otherwise be unattainable by a single individual.

The important issue, however, is not whether or not a conflict exists, but how it is handled once it is identified. Conflict can be detrimental to the team effort when it is not addressed quickly, but allowed to grow and widen the gap between those team members whose opinions differ from each other. This tension can lead to decreased productivity and low team spirits, which can negatively affect the entire organization. On the other hand, if conflict is identified and addressed by following a structured process and by involving everyone affected by the conflict, it can result in personal progress for all team members. Another benefit of this progress is the discovery of an actual solution to the initial problem is derived from the conflict.