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** Brian Cohen ** ** Paul Jepsen ** ** Kateri Nguyen ** ** Megan Stiegelmar ** ** Yan Sin Yance Yu **

** Group meetings ** __**Informal Report**__

We are presenting tomorrow Wed June 1 !!!
Updated 5/29/11 by Kateri- I added a question at the end of our ppt that we could ask the class. If anyone else thinks of a great question go ahead and add it. The more class involvement, the better. Updated 5/30/11 by Yance- I added the reference page at the end of the powerpoint, edit your references in it. I also edit some pictures in the powerpoint.

** 3. Background Information about the business **
** Starbucks began as a small coffee store in Seattle back in 1971. Since then it has spread throughout the world reaching more than 50 countries and setting up over 16,000 locations. It was named by Forbes Magazine as One of the Best Companies to Work for in 2010. Today their products include far more than just coffee, as they also offer handcrafted beverages, merchandise, fresh food and consumer products. ** ** Starbucks mission is simple: to inspire and nurture the human spirit - one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time. In trying to achieve a sence of team unity and respect, among its workforce, one very distinct feature of the company is that it refers to its employees as "partners". For Starbucks, the three areas of primary importance for partners are coffee knowledge, product expertise and customer service. Starbucks is more than a place where you go to get coffee, it is an organization that truly provides us with an example of what today's businesses are increasingly like and that is making teamwork and teamplaying the number one priority in today's workplace. **

· Team Building -Paul & Megan
-How Team Building works-Paul -Approaches to Team Building-Megan

__ **Task and Maintenance Leadership** __ Megan will introduce the topic as a whole

 * · Distributed leadership- Brian  **


 * · Task activities -Yance **


 * · Maintenance Activities -Yance **


 * · How to lead groups and teams- Brian  **
 * o leading by task contributions **
 * o leading by maintenance contributions **


 * · Norms -Paul **
 * o Positive norms **
 * o Negative norms **

o Ways to increase and decrease group cohesiveness (Figure 9.5 pg. 203)
 * · Team Cohesiveness -Megan **

__ (Number 6 and 7 below are not yet due but just noted here for record.) __
== 6. Discuss in what ways some of the theories relate to the company, and in what ways some of the theories DO NOT relate to the company (there needs to be both as not every theory you choose will be exactly fitting to the company.) == **Just about all of the theories relate to Starbucks. The only theory that may not relate to the company as much may be norms. When it comes to norms, it is harder to think of why it does or doesn't relate to Starbucks.**

7. For those theories not utilized by the company, do you think they should? does it fit the organization? how so? why or why not?
**Most of our theories that we are going to be discussing relate to Starbucks because many of the theories deal with teams and teamwork. Starbucks employees are a team because each employee is involved in a specific task that contributes to the overall functions of Starbucks.**

Powerpoint- everyone
**Wikipage- everyone**