Description and Procedures for :

Guidelines for Report writing

Procedure for Project Team Management

Group Problem Solving Strategies

Purposes of simulation project:
• To demonstrate your competencies as an I/O consultant.
• To gain insight into how group dynamics affect attempts at problem solving
• To experience and assess the effects of group dynamics such as leadership, cooperation, competition.
• To gain experience in writing a report as part of a team

The Project Team Faciliator (PTF) will submit a 1500 word maximum, single-spaced Project Report, to management It will be submitted as an attacment in the Sakai assignment folder.

The report must include a one page executive summary (max 300 words)  and a narrative which consists of the following sections: (described in more detail below) 

1. Title page (name of project)
2. Executive summary
3. Description of the situation that prompted the project (opportunity problem situation)
4. Goal and objectives and timeline for the project
5. Potential strategies considered
6. Action plans to accomplish the objectives
7. Results / findings of actions taken
8. Conclusion and recommendations for follow up
9. Appendices: (1) Documents, (2) SPSS printouts where appropriate 

  (Organize the team)

• Decide  how the Team will be conducted (management style)
• Define the problem. State the goal and objective in such a way that it will be clear when they are met.
• Determine a strategy for arriving at a solution. Cooperative, competitive, anarchy
• Decide how the decision will be made.
• Assign Roles to each PTM

Guidelines for writing Project Report*

• Title
• Executive summary -  Maximum 300 words single spaced summary of the report. Be sure to include the recommendations.
• Description of the opportunity / problem situation (brief) -no more than two pages, to provide the information essential for understanding the situational context and the facts of what is known. This should include only details directly relevant to the case.
• Problem statement - this is a critical aspect since the problem definition will determine the course of how solutions will be generated.
  Remember: a problem is defined as a consequence of what is/will happen if some action is not taken.
• *Analysis  - The analysis must incorporate the theories, relevant findings from the readings and other literature that bear on the problem.
• Strategy used -solutions should follow from the analysis section, and thus reflect the ideas and findings from the analysis.
• Findings - describe the decision, and why it was chosen over other alternatives.
• Conclusions and recommendations to management

 Groups that work

Vroom, V. H. & Yetton, P.W. (1973) Leadership and Decision Making University of Pittsburgh Press

CII "You share the problem with your subordinates as a group, obtaining their collective ideas and suggestions. then you make the decision, which may or may not reflect your subordinates' influence."

GII "You share the problem with your subordinates as a group. Together you generate and evaluate alternatives and attempt to reach agreement (consensus) on a solution. Your role is much like that of chairman (sic). You do not try to influence the group to adopt "your" solution, and you are willing to accept and implement any solution which has the support of the group."

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