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Title: “Team Characteristics: A Comparison between the Amish Barn Building Team and My Personal Experience”


1. After watching the barn-raising scene from the movie Witness, where a team of Amish people successfully build a barn, describe what characteristics you observed among the barn building team that made it successful. 
2. Last week, you described a team you have been involved with and the team’s level of success.  This week, we have focused on the characteristics of effective and dysfunctional teams.  Based on last week’s discussion, and this week’s readings and videos, identify the specific characteristics you see on the team you were on and discuss whether those characteristics made the team effective or ineffective.