Task 9
Task 9
Instructions: The following task is to be submitted to your teacher in one of the two ways described below.
Meetings
Jean Civil* identifies 10 types of meetings. Each gives a different experience for each team member.
There are 2 challenges in this task.
Challenge 1
• Look at the diagrams below. They identify diagrammatically different types of meetings. Each dot represents a team member.
Match one of the diagrams above with the meeting type and description in the table below.
Fill in the last column, explaining how you would feel as a member of that type of team.
The first one is done for you.
It is suggested that you:
open a new Word document - save it as task_9
copy both tables into Word
highlight a diagram then drag it into the appropriate row in the diagram column
Don't forget to attach the task_9 Word document when submitting this task to your teacher
Diagram Meeting type Description How would I feel? The dictator
An unresponsive meeting
I would have no say, I always would feel under pressure to do what the team leader told regardless of whether I liked it or not, my contributions are not valued
The socially inept (unskilled)
An unsociable meeting
The unprepared
A stilted meeting
The blamer
A scapegoat meeting
The “gruesome twosome”
A tete-a-tete meeting (private discussions)
The them and us
A “them and us” meeting
The excluder
An isolating meeting
The “raging bull”
A conflict between 2 angry colleagues
The information giver
A dominant leader meeting
The separatist
A cliquish meeting- usually about status (ie- an “in” group that is more powerful within the group)
Challenge 2
The skilled team leader should conduct a meeting like this:
Question 1
Why is the previous diagram the best way to communicate at team meetings?
Question 2
In what ways does this type of team meeting help the team achieve it’s goals?
Question 3
How does this type of meeting provide support to team members to ensure work groups goals are met? Give at least 2 examples to illustrate your answer.
