Assignment 1: Discussion

According to the authors of the text, avoidance of accountability is one of the major team dysfunctions. Especially in larger organizations, there exist a number of interrelated variables in relationship to any essential outcome. Therefore, there always appears to be an excuse or another person or group to blame for failure in reaching a key organizational outcome. In this assignment, you will discuss an experience you’ve had with a working team or group and how this avoidance of accountability caused major team dysfunction.

Based on your research and experience, in a minimum of 400 words, respond to the following points:

Tasks:

• Based on an experience you’ve had with a working team or group, how has the avoidance of accountability factor impacted the team and its effectiveness?
• What impact did this have on the work and goals of the team?
• Identify how this avoidance of accountability was overcome by actions taken by a leader or the group or both in developing new levels of accountability. If new levels of accountability were never developed, please describe the steps the team and/or the team leadership could have taken to build accountability and resolve this essential challenge.

Submission Details:

By Wednesday, July 19, 2017, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Friday, July 21, 2017, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Do the following when responding to your peers:

• Read your peers’ answers.
• Provide substantive comments by
• contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
• building on the remarks or questions of others; or
• sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
• Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.
• Make sure your writing
• is clear, concise, and organized;
• demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
• displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Grading Criteria