Unhealthy Agreement

Assignment 2: Discussion—Unhealthy Agreement

In this module, you also addressed the issue of unhealthy agreement. Team agreement is often a sign of lack of communication and inability to be truly honest about the issues at hand. In this assignment, you will discuss unhealthy agreement and the possible outcomes. Substantiate your responses with relevant examples from the research as well as from your own experience. Use resources from professional literature in your research. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, or .gov).

Based on your research and experience, in a minimum of 400 words, respond to the following points:

Tasks:

• Describe an example of unhealthy agreement within a team.
• Explain how this unhealthy agreement relates to the concepts of the Abilene Paradox and Groupthink.
• What are the potential negative outcomes of such unhealthy agreements?
• How will you avoid these levels of unhealthy agreements?

Submission Details:

By the due date assigned, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through the end of the module,, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.

Do the following when responding to your peers:

• Read all posts from your peers.
• Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.
• Provide substantive comments by contributing new, relevant information or quotes from course reading, academic and trade journals, company websites, or other sources; build on the remarks or questions of others; or share practical examples of key concepts from your experiences, professional or personal.
• Make sure your writing is clear, concise, and organized; demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Grading Criteria