Category Archives: Collaboration & Teamwork

Two Women, Three Men on a Raft, by Robert Schrank

This article discusses workplace collaboration dynamics in the context of a rafting trip, with a special emphasis on the changing nature of gender roles. The author particularly discusses how women can effectively assert themselves, and how men should be aware … Continue reading

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Group Learning in Law Schools, A Key to Fostering Professional Formation, by Verna Monson

Verna Monson and Michelle Tichy draw upon empirical research to encourage small (4-5 member) group learning techniques as means to educating students academically, ethically, and socially. The authors further promote peer review and coaching as methods for enhanced student assessment. … Continue reading

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Ruining it for the Rest of Us, by This American Life

Will Felps, a professor at Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands, confirms a long-attested adage about workplace collaboration: a bad apple can spoil the bunch. Felps has conducted studies in which actors playing “bad apples” would join collaborative teams, … Continue reading

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