MGT 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jelly Bean, Finger-Counting, Ice Pop
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I"m sure everyone remembers the marshmallow challenge that we did, working with our teams to build a tower that could support a marshmallow at the very top. It took some time for the teams to hash it out, and to determine how they were going to build their tower. Once a plan was in place, everyone enthusiastically added spaghetti and tape, frantically adding the marshmallow at the very end. Now imagine trying to complete that same task as an individual. Trying to hold the spaghetti, the marshmallow, and building the whole structure. Strong teams are able to facilitate information, managing and understanding the process at hand. Challenges like the marshmallow task require all of our senses, all of our thinking, and feeling, and doing. When we look at tasks like this, it seems that groups and teams are automatically the most effective way to get things done.
