Essay On Teamwork

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Prajna Tanuwijaya 3423370
EVEREST SIMULATION REPORT

MGMT1001 Assignment 2
23 May 2014
Team Asian Summit
Prajna Tanuwijaya (Leader)
Wai Shun Wilson Wong (Photographer)
Liang Zhang (Observer)
Chun Him Yip (Environmentalist)
Janne Tran (Physician)
Shalmali Yadwad (Marathoner)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report is to find out how communication, team and leadership affects the outcome of teamwork. Making use of Everest simulation which requires large amount of discussions, and various experimentations on communication and leadership systems. Result was satisfactory as everyone now have higher understanding and experience on the key components that build the ideal team.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction Page 3

Communication Page 4

Groups and Teams Page 5

Leadership Page 7

Conclusion Page 8

Reference List Page 9

INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the report is to explain how communication, team and leadership affects how we run the Everest simulation that was ran twice with my teammates twice with different means of communication, f...

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Judge, T.A, Piccolo, R. F. & Ilies, R. (2004), ‘The forgotten ones? The validity of considerating and initiating structure in leadership research.’ Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 89, no.1, pp 36-51.

Nemeth, C.J. (1986) Differential contributions of majority and minority influence. Psychological Review, 93, pp 23-32.

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