Business Communications Interacting with Coworkers and Teambuilding

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Note from the author:
This assignment is meant to prepare students for how to interact in the workplace.
Activity 1: Difficult People
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Fill in 3-5 of the rectangles below with problems that you have encountered with coworkers or bosses in your working history.

  • Briefly describe the problem (1 sentence).
  • Then, explain how the problem was solved using the terminology you learned in the lesson called "Interacting with Coworkers". Refer to the tips in the lesson that helped you solve the conflict OR explain how the tips could have helped you solve the problem.
Don't have much work experience? Interview a family member with a long history of work experience about 3-5 problems they have encountered with coworkers or bosses and how they resolved those problems.

  • Fill in the chart below with the problem (1 sentence).
  • Explain how they resolved each problem (1 sentence). Don't forget to use terminology from the lesson called "Interacting with Coworkers" throughout your responses.

Activity 2: Team Building
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Using the free space below, consider our school a team and make a map of everyone's roles and responsibilities as you see them.

Include the following team members:
  • YOU
  • your academic advisor
  • your parents/guardians
  • your teachers
  • the administrators
  • your peers
Be creative and add images and/or colors to make your map stand out.

10

How are we all connected to one another in your map?

10

How is each person or group responsible to YOU as part of your Education Team?

Did someone say extra credit?!

Apply the 12Cs to your personal experience!

Use whichever medium you prefer to create this (word processor, slides, an infographic on Canva, Prezi, etc). The world is your oyster!

  • Look back at the "Team Building" lesson and make a list of the 12Cs.
  • Compare the list with your current work situation (or a family member if you have no work history).
  • Discuss how strong or weak your team is in each area in at least 2-3 complete sentences each.
Once complete, download, and submit it as a file.
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