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Team Attributes, Processes, and Values: a Pedagogical Framework

North Carolina State University, jkeyton{at}ncsu.edu

Stephenson J. Beck

North Dakota State University, stephenson .beck{at}ndsu.edu

This article proposes a pedagogical framework to help students analyze their group and team interactions. Intersecting five fundamental group attributes (group size, group goal, group member interdependence, group structure, and group identity) with three overarching group processes (leadership, decision making, and conflict management) creates an analytical tool for the examination of team interaction. Furthermore, each group attribute/group process intersection encourages analytical questions targeting assumptions, values, and ethical positions embedded within the group. One advantage of this heuristic device is that it weds team member behaviors with the values members espouse and enact during team interactions. Pedagogical considerations are also discussed.

Key Words: team attributes • processes • group pedagogy

This version was published on December 1, 2008

Business Communication Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 4, 488-504 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1080569908325863


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