Anthony is the Regional Safety Manager – North & South America for Company A. He provides ongoing health and safety support to site leadership and operating teams within the designated region. He also manages a team of Regional Safety Engineers for all Data Centers in the North & South America region. What type of departmentalization does this statement illustrate?

Five employees have previously had problems working together, but currently they are developing a competence for getting along. In fact, they have learned to work together and are even beginning to develop friendships. The employees are at the __________ stage of group development.

Ella is the Human Resources Director of an eyewear company that sells eyewear to optometrists, opticians, and ophthalmologists. She is assisting the Director of Sales with a national search to hire three new eyewear sales representatives. In this scenario, the HR Director represents line authority, and the Director of Sales represents staff authority.

Within her work group, Lauren tends to ensure everyone’s ideas are heard. She is also the one who motivates her team members to keep up the good work, as well as shares words of encouragement whenever they encounter a hurdle in the project. Considering this scenario, Lauren’s role can be classified as a:

Determine if the following series converges or diverges: ∑ k = 1 ∞ ( − 1 ) k k 3 k 6 + 1 {“version”:”1.1″,”math”:”\sum\limits_{k=1}^\infty (-1)^k \frac{k^3}{\sqrt{k^6 + 1}}”}

Breana is the general manager of a multi-purpose indoor arena that hosts concerts, professional ice shows, and other events. It is also home to a local hockey club. Breana ensures that departments such as communications, sales, and merchandising, work together to manage the operations of the arena. As the general manager, she focuses on the integration of these arena-wide activities. Considering the principles of organization, Breana’s actions represent flexibility.

A high school student struggles with keeping organized. Next year, they will go to college, and they want to be prepared. Starting now, how can they avoid the tendency to put off a high-priority task to work on a lower-level one?

Four students are working together on a class project. One of the group members is contributing little work but wants the same grade as everyone else who is doing the work. If you were a member of this group, what should you do?

Alish, Alex, Lauren, and Helen are working together on a class project. At the beginning of the project meeting, Helen says: “Everyone, our team project is due in one week. Do you have any questions about the guidelines and evaluation criteria posted on Canvas?” At the end of the meeting, Lauren says to Helen: “Thank you for leading our team meeting today. You did a great job.” Based on this scenario, Lauren is playing the __________ and Helen is playing the __________.

In addition to reading about building a team, this module offered a short TED Talk with Tom Wujec regarding the “Marshmallow Challenge.” Considering the Marshmallow Challenge, it is CEOs who consistently perform best, in terms of building the tallest towers and most interesting structures.