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Examine the Ten Basic Principals offered in the Harvard Business review (Watkins, 2013) article, read through the articles regarding Pixar found within your Week Four Documents and Resources folder, as well as the textbook regarding the chapter on team and team dynamics.

Analysis: Based on the Watkins (2013) article and the Uhl-Bien et al. text on team effectiveness, address the following:

• How would you define an effective team?
• What are the stages of team development?
• Describe the significance of these stages in Virtual teaming.
• Collaboration, innovation and communication can be positive aspects of effective teamwork. Identify and discuss methods for establishing effectiveness all three of these in an organization.

  Harvard Business Review
  How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity
  https://hbr.org/2008/09/how-pixar-fosters-collective-creativity Harvard Business Review

  Five Ways Pixar Makes Better Decisions
  https://hbr.org/2010/07/how-to-make-good-decisions-les

  New York Times
  A Rare Look Inside Pixar
  http://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/1248069625002/a-rare-look-inside-pixar-studios.html  NPR

  It’s All In Your Head: Director Pete Docter Gets Emotional In ‘Inside Out’

  http://www.npr.org/2015/06/10/413273007/its-all-in-your-head-director-pete-docter-gets-emotional-in-inside-out

  Fox Business# Ways Pixar Gaines Competitive Advantage from its culturehttp://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2014/05/23/3-ways-pixar-gains-competitive-advantage-from-its-culture/

  Buzz NetThe Pixar experience:

  http://www.buzznet.com/2010/04/pixar-experience-coolest-work-culture/