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MGF1100: Managerial Communication
Week 7:
Effective Group Outcomes

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Your Tutor (me)
Nathan Eva
– nathan.eva@monash.edu
– 9903 4065
– Building N Level 5 Room 14
– www.slideshare.net/nathaneva

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Assignment 2
• Group Assignment
> Group Presentation and Individual Essay
• Due Week 10 during tutorial
• Worth 25%
> Group Presentation (10%) Individual Essay (15%)
• 10 minute presentation
• 1500 words for the essay (8 references)
• Peer evaluation forms

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Assignment 3
• Persuasive Presentation
• Weeks 3-11
• Worth 10%
• 10 minute presentation

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Zin Oblisk
• Problem Solving Exercise
• Determine which day of the week the Oblisk was built
• There is information on the cards
• Deal the cards evenly face down
• You cannot look at each others cards
• Go

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Debrief
• What helped you achieve the result?
• What stopped you from getting the result quicker?
• Is this like skills in the workforce? Are your skills hidden from
everyone?

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Six Hats
• Red Hat - Feelings
• Yellow Hat – Strengths
• Black Hat - Weaknesses
• Green Hat – New Ideas
• White Hat - Information
• Blue Hat – What is needed

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Six Hats
• The directors of a property company are looking at whether
they should construct a new office building. The economy is
doing well, and the amount of vacant office space is reducing
sharply.
• As part of your decision your team decide to use the 6
Thinking Hats technique during a planning meeting to advise
the directors.

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Take some time
• Write something now about your team in regards to the Zin Oblisk
and the 6 Hats activity
• What factors make effective group decision making and problem
solving?
• Did the composition of Belbin assist the tasks? Were you missing an
essential cog?
• Was the 6 hats useful? Why or why not?

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Take some time
• To chat about your group assignment
• When are you going to meet?
• Do you have any new ideas?