material from the background readings applies to what you’ve
experienced. Then write a 2- to 3-page paper answering the following
three questions below. Make sure to cite at least one of the required
readings for each of your answers, and to cite at least two of the
required readings in your paper:
1. What are some of the key positive aspects of this team? Discuss
some specific positives and include some stories of times when the
team functioned especially well. Do you think these stories could
work in an Appreciative Inquiry approach to come up with a plan to
improve the performance of the team?
2. How is the effectiveness or performance of this team usually
measured? Could a traditional organizational development approach
help identify problems in this team as well as find ways in which team
performance could be improved?
3. Overall, do you think an Appreciative Inquiry or a traditional
organizational development would be better for this team? If your
team was to hire a consultant, what type of approach would you want
the consultant to take?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Answer the assignment questions directly.
Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don’t go off on
tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background
materials.
Make sure to use reliable and credible sources as your references.
Articles published in established newspapers or business
journals/magazines are preferred. If you use articles from the Internet,
make sure they are from credible sources.
Reference your sources of information with both a bibliography and
in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality
Academic Paper, including pages 13 and 14 on in-text citations.