Addressing the Challenges of Groups and Teams-Enron

Running Head: ADDRESSING the CHALLENGES of GROUPS AND TEAMS-ENRON

Addressing the Challenges of Groups and Teams-Enron

LDR/531

University of Phoenix

Dr. Elliot M. Ser

March 9, 2009

Addressing the Challenges of Groups and Teams-Enron

Performance standards play an important role in determining the success or failure of training programs and company objectives. Training programs can also help groups and teams will work together to meet company objectives and goals. As stated by Betts and Pepe (2006), keeping group and team members involved with stated objectives for company performance standards can help alleviate poor performance and keep team members from losing interest in work assignments and task. A training plan can be helpful in addressing the benefits and challenges in areas of communication, collaboration, and conflict management within organizations that are failing or have failed. In this paper, I will discuss how an effective training plan could have kept Enron from failing and discuss how the training program developed could have helped the company address the unique challenges in building team cohesiveness.

As discussed in the paper from week one, “Examining a Business Failure- Enron” the company’s failure revolved around poor ethical and financial decisions made by executive team members and an outside auditing firm. A major reason identified for the company’s failure was due to unethical behavior. According to Yukl (2006), powerful leaders can have a substantial impact on the lives of its employees and the fate of the organization; however, these leaders must have a positive impact on how employees perceive behavior in the organization. Ethical leadership training at Enron would have been essential for the company’s survival; however, without the training in place, the company was not able to address this issue. A training program that focused and addressed ethical behavior among various groups within Enron, especially with executives...