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Assignment 2: Learning
Assessment System Assignment (LASA) 1: Team Performance Report

A manager who
understands the concepts for developing and managing teams and can apply those
concepts to improve team performance is likely to be successful in managing a
high-performing team. In this assignment, you will apply these concepts to a
given situation. You will examine issues within a team, uncover root causes,
and develop a plan to improve team performance.

Research concepts to
improve team performance using your textbook, the Argosy University online
library resources, and the Internet. Select at least threeauthoritative resources, one of which may be
your text, to use in this assignment.

Assume, you are the
supervisor of a product development team that creates designs for widgets for
your company’s ABC product line. After they are approved, the designs are sent
to manufacturing. The last set of designs your team submitted to manufacturing
were altered to reduce manufacturing costs as mandated by senior management.
The widgets were then manufactured using the altered design. Unfortunately, the
sales of the widgets are not making the target numbers as published in the
sales marketing plan. Your team believes the poor sales results are because of
the changes in design.

Additionally, there have
been some performance issues with the widgets produced so far. Each time one is
found, it is brought to the attention of top management and your team. Your
team provides a fix to the design, which is then sent to manufacturing.
Management is concerned about the number of performance issues that keep
arising week after week. Your team has regular, weekly meetings to discuss
risks, issues, product improvement ideas, and the status of any project work
currently underway. These meetings have become unproductive and a waste of time
because team members continue to rehash old issues. They believe senior
management is to blame for the market failure of your teams’ product. As a
result, you are unable to get anything accomplished. One team member is
particularly outspoken and has become belligerent in your team meetings.

The team seems unfocused and unwilling to look
at root causes for the poor development of designs that do not perform well.
Several of the team members are even looking for new jobs because they are
afraid they will soon be laid off. Both motivation and morale continue to
decline each week.

Download and review the
Team Performance Report template from the Doc Sharingarea. Analyze the case information and fill in the
template.

Write a detailed report
for senior management addressing the issues you described in the Team
Performance Report. Use the filled in template to support your assertions.

In your report, include
the following:

·
Identify at least one
performance issue that could be contributing to the team’s poor performance and
at least three root causes for the performance issue(s) identified.

·
Develop two specific
suggestions for improvements that could positively impact each root cause. You
will have six suggestions in all.

·
Create a communication
plan for your performance improvement suggestions for three different audience
types in the organization. Include at least one written communication sample
piece. Identify as many details as possible that will need to be considered for
each audience type.

·
Determine two
strategies for motivating/incentivizing employees that would improve
performance and morale. Justify your suggestions.

·
Identify two
strategies for developing the team as a whole. Justify your strategies.

Give reasons and
examples from your selected resources in support of your assertions.

Write a 5–6-page paper
in Word format. Be sure to include your filled-in Team Performance Report.
Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention:
LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.

By Wednesday, July
8, 2015, deliver your
assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Identified one poor performance issue and at least three root causes for at least one issue.	28
Identified two suggestions for improvements for each of the three root causes (six total).	28
Created a communication plan for three different audience types.	20
Created a sample of a written communication for a specific audience type.	8
Determined two strategies on motivating and incentivizing employees.	32
Identified two development strategies for the whole team.	40
Writing Components: Organization (12) Usage and mechanics (12) APA elements (16) Style (4)	44
Total:	200