Outline of project Your tasksQuestions Consent Forms

Dr. Vincent MangematinDr. Barthelemy Chollet

Dr. Stephen Zaccaro (Co-PI)Tiffani ChenTracy McCauslandSamantha Holland

Dr. Leslie DeChurch (PI)Raquel AscencioPeter Seely Amy WaxDorothy Carter

Dr. Stephen Fiore (Co-PI)

Today’s business world is

GLOBAL

Multi-discipline teams

COMPLEX

Because of the requirements of today’s business world… YOU will likely be a part of a team

that must work closely with other teams!

It is helpful to gain experience in this vital skill EARLY in your career

Designed to give you experience working in the types of organizational structures and develop skills that are common in today’s global economy:

International/ Multi-disciplinary collaboration Virtual communication Real-world problem solving Competition against deadlines and industry

standards

Atlantic Ocean Fish Stocks are expected to collapse by the year 2050 Based on a four-year study of 7,800

marine species worldwide Findings showed that by 2048, catches

of currently fished seafood will have declined by more than 90% since 1950

Over-fishing sabotages the stability of marine environments, reduces ocean's ability to: Produce seafood Resist diseases Filter pollutants Rebound from stresses such as climate change

Approximately 1 billion people rely on fish as primary source of protein Fish account for 1/5 of protein in human diet

Increased demand = unemployment for small scale fishermen (around 10 million worldwide)

Source: telegraph.co.uk; wri.org

The current complex problem demands an international task force of teams!Environment

al Scientists at GMU investigating the air and

water ecology of the Atlantic

OceanSocial

Scientists at GMU

investigating attitude and

behavior change

International Strategic

Management Team

In France (GEM) transforming science into

viable solutionsThe Problem: Depletion of

Atlantic Ocean Fish Stocks

Uncover the key environmental factors and fishing practices that are causing the Atlantic Fishery problem Ecosystem Basics▪ What are the necessary components to a balanced

ocean ecosystem?▪ Predator/prey relationships, food sources, life cycles

Climate Change/ Marine Pollution▪ What are the impactful trends in ocean temperature

and cleanliness?▪ What are the biggest contributors to these changes?

Fishery Activity▪ How have fishing practices changed over time to

threaten the stability of the fish population?▪ What sort of regulations are in the fishing industry?

Identify attitudes toward a specific behavior that need to be changed and strategies to change them Which attitudes are most relevant?▪ Which common attitudes toward environmental issues are most

important to understand in the Atlantic Ocean fisheries problem? Hint: You may need to talk to the Environmental Science students to identify the attitude(s)!

Determine the best approach to enact attitude change▪ Have similar attitudes been changed in the past? If so, how?

Identify subjective norms (perceived social pressure) to engage or not engage in a behavior and strategies to change them. How do the French/Americans view the Atlantic Ocean

fishery problem? Do they even know there is a problem?

Identify perceived behavioral control and strategies to increase control beliefs Which behaviors are most relevant ?▪ Which human behaviors are most important to understand in

the Atlantic Ocean fishery problem? Do individuals believe that they have control over these behaviors? Hint: You may need to talk to the Environmental Science students to identify relevant behavior(s)!

Determine the best approach to increase control beliefs▪ How have perceptions of behavioral control been changed in

the past?▪ What are the best strategies to enact change?

Identify behavioral intentions, and generate strategies to influence these. Intentions are likely to influence actual behavior▪ Which intentions will result in desired behaviors that will

benefit the Atlantic Ocean fisheries?

What business practices need to be changed in order to save currently fished species of the Atlantic Ocean?

What business practices can realistically be changed?

What corporate/consumer incentives related to the environment are effective/efficient business practices?

Project will require coordination across individuals and teams in various geographic locations Collaboration on group documents/presentations Real time meetings to brainstorm/provide feedback Email chains within individual teams; across all teams

You will be using WebEx, an interactive video conferencing and collaboration tool Videoconferencing capabilities (like Skype) Shared documents/annotation abilities Shared desktops– every sees the same computer

screen

Researchers will contact you to coordinate contact info sharing with your team

Each team must agree on a time for the first meeting next week (10/3-10-9) Due to time zone difference, schedule

between 7-9am All team members must be present!

Meetings will be on WebEx Researcher will go over basics of technology

and team/project details at this time

Useful In improving Atlantic Ocean fisheries Short-term and long-term

Novel Provides a new and unique perspective on

improving fisheries Effective & Comprehensive

Details the specific consumer and corporate behaviors that are necessary to change

Details how to change these behaviors Predicts the difficulty involved in changing

behaviors Forecasts impact of changing these behaviors

The Winning Plan will be:

Our research team is interesting in learning how global task force teams communicate and work with each other

Part of the project will involve you filling out online survey measures using two different websites C-IKNOW Qualtrics

Link sent out each Monday to complete

You can choose to provide a picture that to the research team.

Pictures valuable for social network analysis Social network analysis – the study of the

complex relations between members of social systems; involves mapping social relations.

Nodes (also called actors) – represent people, organizations, concepts, etc.

Ties (also called edges) – represent relations between nodes

If you choose not to consent to have your data used, your picture will also not be used.

Researchers will be able in infer many different types of relationships based on the various ties measured in the survey

Sociograms can be constructed to represent the social network

Presentation of these data on team processes near end of term Needed for your final papers

You may opt out of having your data used for our research but you will have to complete all the surveys for the group project

Your instructor will not know if you have given permission to use your data

My contact info:Sam Holland, shollan7@gmu.edu

Office Hours: Thursday 10:30-11:30am, Robinson B 215E