Learning Team Concerns

Learning Team Concerns

OI/370

January 19, 2015

Learning Team Concerns

Some members of Team A have had tenure with UOP as early as 2005. Since that time, the University of Phoenix, (UOP) has made it clear that learning teams are a required activity. Over the years, the UOP forum has had a myriad of comments regarding the validity of learning teams compared to real world business. Individuals in the workplace and on learning teams can provide a positive or negative impact. Members of our team have experienced substandard contributions that affect individual grades or curdle the learning process. Students enter academia with various levels of ethics, professionalism, education, skills, and more importantly, commitment. One of our members was told by a substandard contributor that he only cared about passing the course. He did not care about the grade.

Our team has experienced input from the relevant to negligent, exemplary to inferior, prompt to behind schedule. The primary issue is errant members that procrastinate. Procrastination is not an issue of priority, and more an issue of putting less pleasurable tasks to the last minute. "I will clean my room later Mom!" Our team has relevant contributors who care about the work and provide value to the team effort.

Team questions about the problem

Team A has found that a consistent issue is found in a lack of motivation from all team members. What causes lack of motivation? Is there anything that can inspire you to be motivated? Why haven’t you been able to contribute? Why do some participate more than others? Why does my grade suffer due to lack of team participation? What can be done so my grade doesn’t get affected by team members?

To explain…

Critical Questions

Non Critical Questions

The Answers we need

In order to ensure that all of the team members are on board, Team A will need to know the answers to what causes the lack of motivation. Once the issue is found, the issues can be addressed and then changes can be applied. Once the changes are applied, it will then be debated if the motivation problem has been solved. If it has not, then another plan should be put together to get the problem fixed. If the problem was fixed, then everyone can continue to move forward. Another answer that would need to answered is, “Why do some do more work than others.” When people are working as a team, they need to realize that some do put in more work than others depending on what their initial job is. Some may get upset over this, so the team needs to answer the question as to why and therefore fix the problem.

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