Description
Leadership and Team Simulation: Everest V3
Leaderships and Team Simulation: Everest
Subject Area: Effective Teams, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Leadership, Short-term Task Completion vs Long-term Team Effectiveness
- You have worked within your team on the simulation
- Write a five page paper, using the APA format standards, including a cover page, three pages of content, and a references page
- For the content answer the following questions based on the simulation:
- What were the main challenges you and your team had in climbing the mountain?
- How did your team handle the fact that each team member had some information not available to other team members?
- Did your team exhibit high levels of psychological safety? Why or why not?
- What observations about team process do you have?
- In what ways did your team function effectively? What were some key opportunities for improvement?
- Would this simulation have had different results if your team was in-person rather than virtually?
- What did you discover about yourself from participating in the team discussion?
- Upload the paper within Blackboard
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The prior weeks your team work in the simulation as described below.
This award-winning simulation uses the dramatic context of a Mount Everest expedition to reinforce student learning in group dynamics and leadership. Students play one of 5 roles on a team of climbers attempting to summit the mountain. During each round of play they must collectively discuss whether to attempt the next camp en route to the summit. Ultimately, teams must climb through 5 camps in 6 simulated days totaling approximately 1.5 actual hours of seat time. Team members analyze information on weather, health conditions, supplies, goals, and hiking speed, and determine how much of that information to communicate to their teammates. Along the journey, the team must also make decisions in response to 3 hidden challenges which affect their ascent, hiking speed, health, and overall success.
