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    Class Work 2 - The Mountain Survival Problem

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    The charter flight from Seattle to Banff, Canada crashed in a snowstorm in a rugged, wooded area below the timberline. Only 9 passengers and the pilot survived, with minor injuries. It is noon in mid-January and the plane's altimeter registered around 5,000 feet before crashing. The group was able to salvage 15 items before the plane caught fire. They must now rank the items by importance and work as a group to decide on survival strategies using consensus decision making.

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    The charter flight from Seattle to Banff, Canada crashed in a snowstorm in a rugged, wooded area below the timberline. Only 9 passengers and the pilot survived, with minor injuries. It is noon in mid-January and the plane's altimeter registered around 5,000 feet before crashing. The group was able to salvage 15 items before the plane caught fire. They must now rank the items by importance and work as a group to decide on survival strategies using consensus decision making.

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    The charter flight from Seattle to Banff, Canada crashed in a snowstorm in a rugged, wooded area below the timberline. Only 9 passengers and the pilot survived, with minor injuries. It is noon in mid-January and the plane's altimeter registered around 5,000 feet before crashing. The group was able to salvage 15 items before the plane caught fire. They must now rank the items by importance and work as a group to decide on survival strategies using consensus decision making.

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    Class work 2 - The mountain survival problem

    Your charter flight from Seattle to Banff and Lake Louise (Alberta,
    Canada) has just crash landed in the North Cascades National Park area,
    Somewhere near the United States - Canada border. It is approximately 12
    noon in mid-January. The twin-engine, 10-passenger plane, containing the
    bodies of the pilot and one passenger has completely burned. Only the air
    frame remains. None of the rest of you have been seriously injured.

    The pilot was unable to notify anyone of your position before the plane
    crashed in a blinding snow storm. Just before the crash you noted that the
    plane’s altimeter registered about 5,000 ft. The crash site is in a rugged and
    heavily-wooded area just below the timber line. You are dressed in
    medium-weight clothing and each of you has a top coat.

    Task

    Before the plane caught fire, your group was able to salvage 15 items
    listed on the next page. Rank these items according to their importance to
    your survival. Write "1" next to the most important item, "2" next to the
    second most important item and so on to "15" next to the least important
    item.

    You have 20 min to complete the task.


    The mountain survival problem

    Individual Decision form

    ___ Sectional air map of the area

    ___ Torch (4 battery size)

    ___ Four wool blankets

    ___ One rifle with ammunition

    ___ One pair of skis

    ___ 2/5 of whisky

    ___ One cosmetic mirror

    ___ Swiss army knife

    ___ Four pair of sunglasses

    ___ Three books of matches

    ___ One metal coffee pot

    ___ First aid kit

    ___ One dozen packets of cocktail nuts

    ___ One clear plastic tarpaulin (9’ x 12’)

    ___ One large, gift-wrapped decorative candle

    2
    Consensus Problem solving

    This exercise is concerned with group problem solving. You are to employ
    the method of group consensus in reaching decisions. This means that
    solutions to problems must be agreed upon by each member of the group.
    Consensus is difficult to reach. Therefore, not every solution or every part
    of every solution will meet with everyone’s complete approval. Try, as a
    group, to make each decision one with which all group members can at
    least partially agree. The following are some guidelines to use in reaching
    consensus.

    1. Avoid arguing for your own individual judgements. Approach the task
    on the basis of logic.

    2. Avoid changing your mind only in order to reach agreement and avoid
    conflict. Support only solutions with which you are able to agree
    somewhat, at least.

    3. Avoid "conflicting-reducing" techniques such as majority vote,


    averaging, or trading in reaching decisions.

    4. View differences of opinion as helpful rather than as a hindrance in


    problem solving.

    When decisions are made by the consensus method, many essential


    leadership functions (e.g., initiating, regulating, informing, evaluating, co-
    ordinating, supporting, encouraging, etc.) should be employed by group
    members and can therefore, be experienced and observed.

    3
    Group process questions

    Circle your response.

    very quite very


    little little some a bit much

    1. To what extent did others pay 1 2 3 4 5


    attention to your ideas ?

    2. How frustrated did you become 1 2 3 4 5


    while reaching the team
    decision?
    1 2 3 4 5
    3. How responsible did you feel for
    the decisions that where made?
    1 2 3 4 5
    4. To what extent did you actively
    seek contributions from others?
    1 2 3 4 5
    5. How good do you think the
    team’s decisions are?

    6. What percentage of the time did


    you lead the group by -
    %
    a. contributing information?
    b. helping the group work %
    together?

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