Activities

Individual Activities

Abilene Paradox Video Reflection

Throughout the course and graduate program, you will be asked to work in teams and solve problems for a variety of issues and scenarios. Watch the "Abilene Paradox" video below and briefly discuss what each set of characters do and fail to do and how these actions or omissions ultimately lead to their decision to go to Abilene (one-page limit). You can structure your answer in paragraphs or using a table format. Submit your document via the Abilene Paradox Video Reflection Drop Box. (I, P/F)

Click the black arrow to launch the video.

Leadership Reflection

Read the required articles for this lesson. Write a brief (two-page maximum) summary of the five most important attributes or qualities that you think a leader must have to be successful in the field of public health preparedness. Be sure to reference both of the leadership articles from this lesson's required reading, as well as any other source material that you research. (You may wish to explore strengths and weaknesses of each of the required leadership articles.) Submit your document via the Leadership Reflection Drop Box. (I, G)

National Response Framework

Familiarize yourself with the documents listed on FEMA's website for the National Response Framework. Download the National Response Framework document dated July 2013 and read at a minimum the Introduction. What is ESF #8? Submit your answer via the National Response Framework Drop Box. (I, P/F)

Team Activities

Collaboration Reflection

Please read about Collaboration from the Research at Penn State website and "Silence is not golden: Making collaborations work" by Joan Schwartz (2005).

Provide thoughts to the following items that relate to collaboration.

1. What is collaboration?
2. Using the article, rank in importance different factors that affect collaboration.

Send your remarks to each member of your team and then each team should submit one document that combines all of the team member remarks to the Collaboration Reflection Activity Drop Box (one-page maximum per team member). (T, P/F)