Create a 12–15-slide presentation to help senior management re-establish a virtual workplace and ensure that virtual workers’ performance and innovation are comparable to those of office workers. You will also need to consider how to raise morale for both virtual employees and office employees.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
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Competency 2: Assess the level of consistency of current industrial and organizational psychology practices with foundational and historical psychological theories.
Analyze the research that applies foundational theory to current I/O practices.
Competency 4: Apply theory and research to different specialization areas within industrial and organizational psychology.
Explain the fundamental differences between performance management and performance appraisals.
Apply theory and research to a coaching approach for managers.
Competency 5: Apply critical thinking to evaluate current trends and practices in the field of industrial and organizational psychology.
Apply theory and current practices to a performance management plan.
Apply knowledge of I/O trends and practices that monitor, foster, and measure innovation or continuous improvement.
Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.
Support and validate analyses and points of view with relevant, scholarly evidence and real-world examples.
I/O psychologists are often called upon to support team development in organizations or on team projects. It is useful to explore aspects of working with teams in face-to-face settings, as well as virtual settings.
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As an online learner, you have already experienced a virtual approach to education and learning, forming a sort of team with your fellow learners in the course. You have probably also had professional experiences in which some team members worked remotely.
Consider the following questions in regard to your virtual team experiences:
Do we communicate effectively as a team? What can we do to make communication more effective?
Can we develop effective teamwork and leadership at a distance?
Do we feel engaged and part of the team (or the class)?
Are we learning and working together, or separately?
How can we extend the culture and climate of our organization in a virtual setting?
What aspects of the I/O practice (including coaching, assessing performance, training and development, or performance enhancement) can be accomplished at a distance, by means of virtual communication? What aspects should be accomplished face to face?
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
What are some current major trends in I/O psychology regarding team development?
How can you measure performance of a virtual team against the performance of in-office workers?
What is one major team development trend for a virtual or a face-to-face team setting?
As you consider trends in team development, it may benefit you to explore dissertations on team development. This is an activity you may do in order to enhance this conversation:
Find one Capella dissertation in the Capella Library related to teams or virtual teams. To find a dissertation in the Capella Library:
Click on databases.
Click on databases A–Z.
Scroll down to the Ds and locate dissertations@Capella.
Click on dissertations@Capella.
Use search terms such as team or virtual team in the title box. (You can further refine your search with words such as psychology or other words to help you focus in.)
Scan through titles and abstracts till you find a dissertation of interest to you.
Read Chapters 1, 4, and 5 of the dissertation.
Make some notes on the trend in team development that you have discovered in the dissertation.
