Teamwork Makes The Dream Work? In Our Dreams!

The use of groups and teams in management education is ubiquitous. However, despite a plethora of research and resources, educators’ use of teamwork presents inherent problems and paradoxes. In this roundtable, we will highlight salient questions management educators can ask themselves to make more thoughtful decisions regarding how they implement group work in their classrooms. Participants will then form groups and discuss their practices and how they can mitigate some of the challenges such as, whether to allow students to exit their groups, whether to deduct points based on peer-evaluation, when and how to form groups, and more!