UCMO Team Boundaries in Workgroups of an Organization Discussion

Help me study for my Management class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.

Team Boundaries

A. Define Team boundaries from your textbook.

B. List and define the five (5) types of team interactions with the environment (see textbook)

C. As a manager what boundary(s) will you impose on your work team and why?

D. Define external constraints of teams and give an example.

Specific Instructions:

Read and respond to at least 3 of your classmates’ posts. See discussion/posting requirements.

Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and any additional sources.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

Respond to at least 3 of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:

• Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.

• Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

• Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research in the Campbellsville University Library

• Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.

• Make suggestions based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.

• Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.

Return to this Discussion several times to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.