Team Working Management Assignment for Cadbury’s

Introduction

The task set was to ‘Evaluate the effectiveness of the management of a branded product or service of your choice’. This task was to be carried out in groups of people 10 people from the AEF117 students, who could work together to interpret the task how they wished. These groups were put together by lecturer Stuart Challinor, based on our results from completing an individual Belbin profile, which was comprised from a series of questions which asked about how we tend to work within a team.

The following students were in Team 5-

• Andrew McQueen

• Philippa Lucas

• Adam White

• James Mellor

• Sarah Williamson

• Victoria Powell

• Laura McEwan

• Richard Stephen Heys

• Phillip Buckley

• Harriet McCann

Summary of Meetings

The following table shows a summary of the occasions on which Team 5 met, where this took place and the topics that were discussed.

Date Location Members Present Topics Discussed

21st October

In the Management Lecture in which our teams were decided

Philippa Lucas, Andrew McQueen, Adam White, Sarah Williamson, Laura McEwan, Harriet McCann

On this occasion those present swapped names and numbers to allow communication

24th October

Campus Coffee

All team members present

Discussion of the task set, and exchange of initial ideas for a product or brand. The main 3 that were discussed were ‘Powerade’ ‘Chelsea Football team and ‘Cadbury’s’.

28th