CJA 356 Wk 3 – Summative Assessment: Individual and Group Behaviors in Team Management

You may have heard about individual accountability, mob mentality, and dynamic teamwork. These all represent different aspects of the continuum between individual and group processes and behaviors. As a leader in a criminal justice organization, you’ll want to be able to harness the benefits of working together or alone, while safeguarding against disadvantages. In this summative assessment, you complete SWOT analyses for both individual and group behaviors in the workplace and then you summarize your findings for effective team dynamics and strategies.

Complete the Individual and Group Behavior SWOT Analysis worksheet. Refer to Conduct a SWOT Analysis from the University Library to help get you started.

Write a 525- to 700-word paper describing how individual and group behaviors affect the strategies and processes of effective criminal justice organizational teams. Address the following in your paper:

• Identify key finds from your SWOT analyses of individual and group behaviors in the workplace.
• Explain the impact of individual and group behaviors in a criminal justice organization setting.
• Describe strategies to support individual and group ethical decision making.
• Explain how to leverage individual and group behaviors into effective team strategies.

Cite 2 sources.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Submit your worksheet and paper.