Welcome to the Zombie Apocalypse: How Popular Culture Can Facilitate Team Building and Understanding Leadership

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Popular Culture; Teamwork; Cooperative Learning; Barriers; Communication Strategies; Leadership; Human Body; Death; Mobility; Vignettes; Learning Activities; Experiential Learning; Group Dynamics; Grouping (Instructional Purposes)

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Courses Leadership, Strategic Communication, and courses within communication that include a complex group assignment. Objectives The Zombie Apocalypse (ZA) learning activity is part of a second-year course in an international master's program. The course introduces students to key concepts in strategic communication and leadership and encourages students to apply these in practice. The ZA aims to 1) prepares students for undertaking a complex group assignment (develop a strategic communications concept) in a diverse group. Specifically, it concentrates on the following objectives: assess priorities, challenge own values and perspectives, experience challenges of planning and acting with limited information, understand the importance of delegation and trust in teamwork, reflect upon emotional responses and their impact on performance under time pressure. By that, the ZA is not limited to strategic communication and leadership courses. It is suited to prepare students for complex group assignments in a wide variety of communications courses.

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