Discussion Conflict with Teams
Part 1: Conflict within Teams
Think of a conflict that occurred in a team you were a part of and analyze it. What were the main sources of the conflict? What interventions can be used to improve the quality of conflict a team?
Part 2: Creativity in Teams
Evaluate yourself using the three indices of creativity. What strategies can you use to enhance your creativity?
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' posts 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.
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.
References
Dumas, D., & Dunbar, K. (2014). Understanding Fluency and Originality: A latent variable perspective. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 14, 56-67.
Keller, J., & Foster, D. (2016). Don't Tread on Me: Constraint-Challenging Presidents and Strategic Conflict Avoidance. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 46(4), 808-827.
Sherf, E., & Wee, E.(2014). The How, Who, and What of Task Conflict: Unbundling the Task Conflict-Team Performance Relationship.
Alessandra, Tony Ph.D. and Hunsaker, Phil Ph.D, (1993). "Communicating at Work".
• Allenbaugh, E. (2014, ). Your Deliberate Success is Our Business | Eric Allenbaugh.
• The PLOS ONE Staff (2014) Correction: Personality, Relationship Conflict, and Teamwork-Related Mental Models. PLoS ONE 9(12).
• Serrat, O. (2010). Harnessing creativity and innovation in the workplace. Washington, DC: Asian Development Bank.