1. Differentiate between a group and a team.

2. Research the Ringelmann Effect. How does it contribute to our modern-day understanding of team dynamic?

3. Discuss the characteristics of a highly effective team.

4. What are some of the barriers to team work?

A group is different from a team. The Ringlemann Effect does contribute to the modern day team dynamics.

Explanation:

A group is like an assembly of more than one person who coordinate their individual efforts. They do not have any common purpose to achieve. For example: a group of college students. On the other hand, a team is a group of people who have a common purpose and share a common goal. Like a team of people in office who work on a project.

The Ringelmann effect is the tendency in which productivity of individual members of a group decreases as the size of the group increases. For the development of modern-day team dynamics, the Ringelmann effect's contribution shows that the size of the team should be small so that each individual can contribute enough for the team.

Each team member of a highly effective team is intelligent enough to understand their tasks. They share common goals and achieve them by sharing a few moments of humor as well. They communicate well and have a strong leader.

Some of the barriers to teamwork include bad leadership, poor communication among the members of the team, personal clashes and also when the goal planning is not done adequately.