Simulation in E.I. Games: Persistent Resistor
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please review Chapter 7 in the textbook, and complete the simulation in E.I. Games titled Persistent Resistor.
Congratulations, Ms. Xanthapoulos was impressed with your interview last week and has asked you to take a leadership position on one of her teams. You gladly accepted this position and are beginning the onboarding process. As part of your Learn-E-Now onboarding, Ms. Xanthapoulos would like to have you take part in a training on a persistent resistor. After having viewed the E.I. Game training, you are to respond to a few areas of emphasis. Draft a paper addressing the matters raised by Ms. Xanthapoulos.
Ms. Xanthapoulos would like you, as a team leader, to address the following:
Explain what a good general attitude and strategy would be for managing conflict within teams.
Discuss the conditions of when acceptable and expected team conflict becomes unhealthy.
Analyze how a team leader should deal with a team member who becomes a persistent resistor within a team.
Describe the circumstances under which a team leader should remove a team member who is a persistent resistor with conflicting behavior.
The Persistent Resistor: Learn-E-Now Training paper
Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
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Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
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Must use at least two credible sources in addition to the course text.
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Text
Levi, D., & Askay, D. A. (2021). Group dynamics for teams (6th ed.). Sage Publications.
The Persistent Resistor
Student’s Name
Professor’s Name
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The Persistent Resistor
Introduction
Conflicts within teams are regular occurrences and an indicator of healthy interactions, differing opinions about business issues, and the generation of ideas. The absence of such incidents is a bad sign and a reflection of authoritarian leadership that discourages debates or a lack of desire for the team to improve. The recent training on persistent resistors revealed that leaders should recognize the value of conflicts in boosting decision-making and refining the operational strategies of a company. However, Levi (2017) warns that efficient management is critical for ensuring these disagreements do not escalate and become barriers to professional interactions between team members. They must devise resolution strategies to leverage the benefits of conflicts while averting any adverse effects. Thus, leaders should prioritize cooperative conflict management strategies to prevent unhealthy conflicts while finding applicable approaches for confronting persistent resistors.
Leaders should remain aware of the damages that unhealthy team conflicts can impose on overall performance and apply appropriate strategies and attitudes to manage escalating disagreements between members. For instance, embracing a cooperative conflict management strategy can assist clashing individuals in reconciling their ideas and reaching a consensus. Levi (2017) reveals that this approach prioritizes