1 Helicopter Parts Bag for Facilitator ModelĪll parts except for the Participant Guides are reusable.When planning a project or task, a great deal of time is devoted to how the groups will work together to accomplish goals effectively and efficiently. As a result, their planning efforts are minimally effective to accomplishing the overall goal.Ī Cooperative Team shares a common goal of getting projects completed together with other groups. They may spend a little or a lot of time planning however, it is completed without consideration for the larger picture and the needs of the other group or team. As a result, they spend very little time assessing the other team's needs and expectations for completing the work and working together.Ī Non-interactive Team limits its focus to its own team. They spend little time planning and focus instead on how they can win. Depending on how two or more groups work together teams can be described as acting in one of three ways: Competitive, Non-interactive, and Cooperative.Ī Competitive Team is more concerned with the success of its own unit than with the success of the organization as a whole. Similarly, planning and assembly time are two important factors in inter-team performance. During game play, you'll see cohesive teams work through conflict when it arises generate excitement as the team work together on the construction and experience a high degree of satisfaction with their group effort. With Cohesive Teams, democratic processes are used, a cooperative atmosphere develops rapidly and everyone on the team is involved in structuring the work. They are often unable to reach consensus and resolve issues through voting procedures, and although group members go along with the majority, there is little commitment to the plan or final product. Members of Divergent Teams often consider many alternatives and tend to be overly cautious in their planning.

Conflict is likely to be suppressed or ignored. Typically, one person or a minority of the team members make the vital decisions during the game.

Jungle Escape identifies three types of teams: Fragmented, Divergent, or Cohesive.įragmented Teams are characterized by autocratic leadership and/or cliques that often press the group into making decisions. Research suggests that the amount of time that a group allots to the planning and implementation phases of a project determines, in part, how effectively it operates as a team. Plan on 90 minutes to play and debrief the experience THEORY & DEVELOPMENT

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