Week 6 Homework
Thomas Sanders
Devry University
Professor Wilson
Dec 8, 2013
Week 6 Homework
Mining Group Gold is a process that was developed around team work. It was developed and perfected in 1995 by T.A. Kayser. This process was developed around five basic steps and a number of different roles and ideas. However, within any team there needs to be safeguards, empowerment, and emotions have to be dealt with. The five basic steps of Mining Group Gold are; determine the purpose of the meeting, determine the desired outcome, assign the roles of facilitator, scribe, and time keeper, set an agenda, and lastly establish a time frame for each item on the agenda. Determining the purpose of the meeting is possibly the biggest and most important step. Without a purpose the members in the meeting may get off topic and the entire meeting might be worthless. Coming up with a desired outcome is also a very important part of any meeting. If you have a goal to work towards you are more likely to accomplish it. Setting roles will help to establish who does what and what each person is responsible for. Having an agenda is similar to having a desired outcome. An agenda is going to give you smaller goals to reach in order to accomplish your main goal. Lastly having a time frame for when you want to have each goal on your agenda completed by will help you stay on track. Having different roles established will help keep the meeting on track and help provide the team with feedback for later meetings. Some of the different roles that can be established are the main facilitator and secondary facilitator, scribe, and time keeper. The facilitator and secondary facilitator are the two that are running the show. It is a good idea to have them switch up roles from time to time because they may both have ideas and different ways to take the meeting. Having two people that can work together and bounce ideas off each other will greatly benefit any team. A scribe is an essential part of any meeting. Being able to look back at previous meetings and recall what was said and done will not only keep you on track, but it will help to further productivity. Having someone to keep time will help to push the agenda and keep the meeting on track. It is very easy to get sidetracked or spend too much time on one topic. If there is someone there to say we only have five more minutes on this topic it can push the individuals in the meeting to stay on track. There are several different ways that
