THE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EXERCISE:

This exercise is designed to acquaint the student with the emergent challenges of management of virtual group work, an increasingly common facet of organizational life. Student teams will participate in a team problem solving activity exclusively through the Internet. When completed, each team member will write a short paper (3-5 pages) on his/her experience, with impressions of the technology, task, communication and coordination, and group dynamics (virtual group dynamics).

The 10 points associated to this exercise are to be distributed as follows. 5 points for accomplishing all facets of the exercise, following all the rules of the exercise. 5 points for the paper, the quality of discourse and the breadth of ideas. Penalties of up to 2 points will be given to teams not performing at an acceptable level. Bonuses of up to 2 points will be given to high performing teams (interaction, synergy, completeness).

The simulation is a team assignment but the paper is an individual effort!