Teams and Partnerships

David Koeller

North Park University

World Music in Historical Context

Combine Survey of World Music with Survey of World HistoryUse music as primary sources to understand

world historyUse world history as context to better

understand world music.

Outcomes

As a result of this course, you should be able to:  A. Demonstrate familiarity with basic concepts in

ethnomusicology in addition to gaining substantial concrete knowledge of a wide variety of music from around the world. Particular emphasis will be placed on recognizing by ear the sound and style of various musics.

B. Strengthen your grasp of the fundamental elements of music through this study.

C. Demonstrate a basic understanding of some of the cultures of the world.

First Iteration

A Disaster. Two parallel courses with little interaction

First Hypothesis:We had merely put the two courses side by

sideWe had not really merged them

Second Iteration

Change from historical narrative to regional approach

Better integration of the course But not what we had hoped

Third Iteration

Reality Strikes We could bring the two halves of the

course closer together, but it would never be a team project

Two different sets of responsibilitiesWorld Music CourseHistory GE Course

Organizational Models

Katzenbach and Smith: The Wisdom of Teams (1993)Working GroupsTeams

Pseudo Teams Potential Team Real Team High Performance Teams

Working Group

Individual Accountability Performance depends on individual

performance

Team

Each individual contributes to the work of the whole

The whole group is responsible for the end product.

Pseudo-team

Not focused on collective performance Not really trying to be a team Interactions detract individual performance

without any team benefit

“Team” Taught Courses

Really “Working Group” Courses For Example:

Course made of a series of guest lectures

Why couldn’t Lyon and I act as a team?

World Music Year One

World Music Year Two

Outcomes

As a result of this course, you should be able to:  A. Demonstrate familiarity with basic concepts in

ethnomusicology in addition to gaining substantial concrete knowledge of a wide variety of music from around the world. Particular emphasis will be placed on recognizing by ear the sound and style of various musics.

B. Strengthen your grasp of the fundamental elements of music through this study.

C. Demonstrate a basic understanding of some of the cultures of the world.

Limits to Shared Responsibility

Lyon had his commitments to the music portion of the course.

I had my commitments to the General Ed portion of the course.

I could not integrate all of what he had to cover into the history portion

He could not integrate all of what I had cover into the music portion

We could never be a team

Partnership

Working Groups and Teams have a single set of outcomes.

Partnerships have at least two distinct sets of outcomes.

Unlike Working Groups, some outcomes are joint responsibility

Unlike Teams, some outcomes are individual responsibility

Partnership

Team benefits in the areas of overlap. Working Groups benefits in the areas of

individual responsibility. Sometimes, partnerships are the best

option.

Know What You

Can Do