Academic and Workplace Engagement

Academic and Workplace Engagement – Tools and Solutions

Table of content

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..2

INTRODUCTION …………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………….3

SIMILARITIES ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..4

COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS ………………………………………………………………………………………………..5

COLLABORATIVE EVENTS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..6

BEST PRACTICES ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...6

CONCLUSION …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….7

CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE GROWTH ……………………………………………………………………………………….8

Executive Summary

In today’s academic as well as global workforce, distributed teams are becoming much more

common. Academic and workforce virtual teams are related by the fact that successful

engagement in academic teams will ultimately lead to successful engagement in virtual teams

once a student enters the workforce. Academic and workforce teams are similar in that they share

the same common goal: the success of the team. They are also similar with respect to the

diversity of cultures and ethnicities of its members. The result is a team which is greater than the

sum of its parts due to the variety of perspectives. These varying viewpoints increase not only

other teammates cultural awareness, but the depth to which problems can be solved. Certain

strategies can be explored while in academic teams which will lead to greater success when

entering the workforce. Through conversations and general norming of behaviors, the team

develops a collaborative network with trust among team members abilities and the methods of

communication and data/information sharing. This trust is achieved through collaborative events