1. Scott Newman HLTH 365

2. Everyone Please Close Your Eyes!

3. A Brief Overview… Arthur’s family goes on summer vacation to the beach Arthur and DW don’t want to go Negative outlook on the trip Conflict arises – rains all week Arthur makes new plans for family Family has an awesome time despite the rain The End!

4. Group Dynamics in Arthur Functional Roles of Groups Tuckman’s 5 Stages of Group Development Energy Bus – No Energy Vampires Allowed! Team Building – Cohesion Effective Problem Solving

5. Functional Roles of a Group Arthur changes roles throughout the story Blocker/Deserter Initiator/Contributor D.W.’s Roles Big-Time Blocker “Our bathtub is bigger than this! “This vacation is a disaster!” Parents Roles Supporters/Encouragers

6. Tuckman’s Five Stages Forming Parents establish rules of the vacation Storming Arthur and D.W. complain about the trip and resist any attempts to have fun Norming Parent’s suggest ideas – Arthur makes suggestion Performing Family takes Arthur’s advice, have fun with all the new vacation plans Adjourning Family comes back having had an awesome vacation with each other

7. “No Energy Vampires Allowed!” D.W. and Arthur are energy vampires on their family’s bus Arthur changes attitude; starts “picking people up along the way” Eventually has a bus filled with his family having fun!

8. Team Building - Cohesion The goals of team cohesion Foster team spirit and connections Increase trust/cooperation Strengthens team morale, creates unity, a sense of belonging, and pride In Arthur’s family: Activities increase the fun they have on vacation No longer complaining/resisting each other’s company Strengthens their family and makes the trip more unified and together

9. Effective Problem Solving Follows each of the steps: 1. Focus on the mission 2. Recognize personality mixes 3. Having a facilitator 4. Addressing the role of leadership

10. Arthur’s Family vs My Family Conflict D.W. and Arthur vs Katherine and I Our Family Vacation Same situation, dealt with very similarly Team Building