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==Need for team building==
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Modern [[society]] and [[culture]] continues to become more fluid and dynamic. Factors contributing to this include the [[communication]]s revolution, the [[global market]] and the ever-increasing [[specialization]] and [[division of labor]]. The net effect is that individuals are now required to work with many different [[Group (sociology)|group]]s of people in their professional as well as personal lives. Joining a new [[Group (sociology)|group]] and immediately being expected to get along with them is somewhat unnatural. People have developed methods to help people adapt to the new requirements. All kinds of companies face the same difficulties. As yet there is no generally agreed solution to the problem - it may not even be possible given the thousands of years of [[cultural evolution]] that brought us to our present [[behavior]] patterns.
name = Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
image = Star_Trek_I.jpg |
imdb_id = 0079945 |
writer = [[Alan Dean Foster]]<br>[[Harold Livingston]] |
starring = ''[[#Cast|See table]]'' |
director = [[Robert Wise]] |
producer = [[Gene Roddenberry]] |
distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]] |
released = [[December 7]], [[1979]] |
runtime = 132 min. |
music = [[Jerry Goldsmith]] |
editing = [[Todd C. Ramsay]] |
cinematography = [[Richard H. Kline]] |
language = English |
budget = $35,000,000 |
followed_by = ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' |
}}
==Team building ingredients==
'''''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''''' ([[Paramount Pictures]], [[1979 in film|1979]]) is the first feature [[film]] based on the popular ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' [[science fiction]] [[television series]]. It is often referred to as '''''ST:TMP''''' or '''''TMP'''''.
Ingredients seen as important to the successful set-up and launch of such team efforts include:
*Selection of participants
==Cast==
*Establishing goals
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*Allocation of roles within the team
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*Harmonizing personality types
! Actor !! Role
*Training on how to work together
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*Support within the team
| [[William Shatner]] || Rear Admiral/Captain [[James T. Kirk]]
*Making effective use of resources
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*Communication between team members and leaders
| [[Leonard Nimoy]] || Commander [[Spock]]
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| [[DeForest Kelley]] || Dr. [[Leonard McCoy]]
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| [[James Doohan]] || Commander [[Montgomery Scott]]
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| [[George Takei]] || Lt. Commander [[Hikaru Sulu]]
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| [[Walter Koenig]] || Lt. [[Pavel Chekov]]
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| [[Nichelle Nichols]] || Lt. Commander [[Uhura]]
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| [[Majel Barrett]] || Dr. [[Christine Chapel]]
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| [[Grace Lee Whitney]] || Transporter Chief [[Janice Rand]]
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| [[Persis Khambatta]] || Lieutenant [[Ilia (Star Trek)|Ilia]]
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| [[Stephen Collins]] || Captain/Commander [[Willard Decker]]
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| [[Mark Lenard]] || Klingon Captain
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There have been no empirical studies that have been tested in any of the assumptions made by the following group theorists.
==Plot summary==
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In the late [[23rd century]], ca. [[stardate]] 7412.6, a powerful [[Extraterrestrial life | alien]] force - in the shape of a massive energy cloud - is detected in [[Klingon]] space and is believed to be heading for [[Earth]]. The cloud destroys the Klingon starships and a Starfleet monitoring station it encounters en route. [[Starfleet]] decides to dispatch the [[starship]] [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']] to intercept the "thing", requiring that its lengthy refit process be quickly finished and tested while in transit.
===Selection of participants===
As part of this plan, Admiral [[James T. Kirk]] assumes his old command of the ship, angering Commander [[Willard Decker]], who had been overseeing its refit as its new captain. With many of the former crew members of the ship aboard, the ''Enterprise'' embarks on its journey, but testing of its new systems goes poorly, resulting in further stress between Kirk and Decker. Many problems are resolved by the addition of science officer Commander [[Mr. Spock|Spock]], who had been on his homeworld of Vulcan undergoing the [[kolinahr]] ritual. His failure to complete kolinahr and purge his emotions has led him to seek his answers on the Enterprise, explaining, "On Vulcan I began sensing a consciousness. Thought patterns of exactingly perfect order. I believe they emanate from the intruder. I believe it may hold my answers."
The first important ingredient for team building is selecting of participants to be in the activity. The team leader usually looks for specific things in his or her members in order to ensure success in the project. It is very important to have members that have confidence and are able to build trust among the other participants. A participant must also break out of his or her shell and become a leader. Most importantly, the participant must have a positive attitude at all times (LaFasto 3). Sometimes it is helpful to have an assessment each member has to fill out at the end of a team building experience to help in selecting participants in the future. The authors of ''When Teams Work Best'' collected 15,000 assessments that team members had to fill out about their fellow teammates. In the assessment there were only two questions asked: (1) What strengths does this person bring to the team? (2) What might this individual do to contribute more effectively to the team’s success? (LaFasto 4) The assessment revealed six factors to help distinguish between the effective and ineffective team members. The factors fell into two groups: working knowledge and teamwork. “Working knowledge consists of two factors: experience and problem-solving ability. Teamwork consists of four factors: openness, supportiveness, action orientation, and personal style” (5). If each member has these qualities, the outcome of the team building activity will likely be successful.
The ''Enterprise'' intercepts the alien cloud, survives its initial assault, and journeys inside the cloud, finding a vast alien vessel, which draws the starship inside. An alien probe appears on the bridge and abducts
navigator Lieutenant [[Ilia (Star Trek)|Ilia]], who is replaced by a robotic probe, who reveals that she/it has been sent to study the "carbon units" (humans) by something called [[V'ger]]. Decker is distraught over the loss of Ilia, with whom he had a history, and is troubled to be assigned to get information from the mechnical [[doppelgänger]], which he discovers has Ilia's memories and feelings buried within. Meanwhile, Spock takes a suicidal spacewalk into the alien vessel, and attempts to telepathically mind meld with it. In doing so, he learns that the vessel is V'ger itself; a living machine. He also comes to terms with his emotions, realizing that the pure logic V'ger represents is "barren...cold."
Establishing goals within the team is essential in team building. It is important and easy for the team leader to establish goals early so the members understand their purpose for participating. If the goals are clarified, the participants are motivated to excel in the activities and develop trust among their leader (LaFasto 101). Goals give the team direction and provide a feeling of value and importance. It is very important for a leader to make sure the team knows how the work will be done and how they will accomplish their tasks (Scholtes 1-5). Without goals, the team has nothing to strive for, and many members may lose motivation. Keeping the goal simple and achievable will be very beneficial to the team in the end.
The ship gradually journeys to the center of V'ger, where V'ger is itself revealed to be the unmanned scientific probe [[Voyager 6]], which was part of the [[Voyager program]], and (fictitiously) launched in the "twentieth century". The damaged probe was found by an alien race of living machines that interpreted its programming as instructions from God to "learn all that is learnable" and return that information to its creator. These machines made V'ger into something capable of fulfilling that mission, and "on its journey back it gathered so much knowledge that it achieved consciousness itself!" However, Spock realizes that what V'ger lacks is the ability to give itself a purpose other than its original mission to “learn all that is learnable.” Having learned all that is learnable on its journey home, which took V'ger across the Universe, V'ger finds itself empty and without a purpose. Only through the creator can V’ger begin to explore illogical things, such as God, other dimensions, or higher planes of being. In the climax of the film, V'ger (in the person of the Ilia probe) merges with Commander Decker and then vanishes into a higher realm of being, and thus the Earth is saved by the crew of the Enterprise.
===Balancing skill sets===
==Themes==
[[Image:V'ger.JPG|thumb|300px|left|V'ger's plaque]]
''TMP'' exhibits numerous themes familiar to viewers of ''[[Star Trek]]'' (TOS) and ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (''TNG''). One is the notion of "Kirk as destroyer of malevolent machines". Captain Kirk often encountered and destroyed computers which have become too powerful for the humanoids around them. ''TMP'' takes a slightly different tack, as [[V'ger]] is not actually destroyed.
When creating a team building activity, it is important to have balanced skill sets. One way to achieve this is by having experts in different fields. If some members provide their technical skills, and other members provide their theoretical skills, the outcome of the project will likely be successful. For example, individuals that are knowledgeable about the course materials are confused about the technology part of it. On the other hand, individuals may feel that the technical side of the problem is more comprehensible than the theoretical side of it. By combining both types’ strengths, the team can come up with a solution that benefits everyone. Balancing skill sets can be one of the most challenging things to achieve, but it is very important to do to ensure the success of ones’ team (Mallet 3).
Another theme is the notion of a being transcending the material plane to become something greater and enter another level of [[existence]], usually represented as a being of light. Creatures such as the Organians from the original series episode "Errand of Mercy" have this characteristic, as do several beings from ''TNG''. Star Trek almost always portrays this transformation in a positive light, something to which [[human]]ity can aspire, and V'ger's transformation here certainly is in this mold.
===Allocation of roles within the team===
Another prevalent theme in the movie is that of [[childbirth|birth]] and [[reincarnation|rebirth]]. The ''Enterprise''’s lengthy transit, though critically derided, is widely perceived by fans to have profound [[symbol]]ism: akin to [[spermatozoon|sperm]] [[fertilization|fertilising]] an [[ovum]] in (human) [[reproduction]], just as the ship and its crew travel through V'ger to ultimately [[conception|conceive]] a hybrid being.
Assigning roles to team members help them to know their place on the team. Each member should be assigned a role that is clearly defined and relates to his or her personality. Advantages of defining roles among team members are that it makes assignments more straightforward, helps to understand the decision-making process, and assures the task will be completed. In most undergraduate projects there are three roles: project leader, chief architect, and documentation leader. It is important to clarify each of these roles at the very first meeting so members know exactly what they have to do. Making a list of everyone’s skill sets, preference, work experience, courses taken, and interests would help in assigning the roles. From this list it should be determined who is best suited for what role. If there is conflict in the process, team members can always share the responsibilities. Otherwise the leader can perform a quick lottery to decide who gets what role. However, participants may not have an interest in the role that they were unwillingly assigned to. A serious problem that may occur is that a specific role may have too little or too much work, which may cause resentment between the members. Productivity may also be lost. A team must always be ready to adjust to their new roles and be prepared if assigned to a new one. Members must be willing to move beyond their roles and help others in order to practice good teamwork and to get the job done (Mallet 5).
Rebirth in the film also applies to the characters. Decker and Ilia are removed from the stage through their own rebirth, while Kirk comes to command the ''Enterprise'' again as a sort of rebirth. Spock is reborn as his old self, returning to duty.
===Harmonizing personality===
The film is short on drama or excitement; other than Kirk's conflicts with Decker and the obvious threat of V'ger, there is precious little conflict in the film, and both of these elements are resolved by the deus-ex-machina nature of the ending. The story, in effect, is a relatively straightforward puzzle for the characters to solve, and, having done so, their other problems evaporate.
The personality of a team leader plays a big factor on how the team performs. A leader must understand the kind of personality they need to have in order to gain the respect from his or her members. Many studies have been made to see if personality affects working environments. For example, '''V.J. Bentz''' (1985) conducted a study of ineffective managers at the department store Sears. In his studies he found that almost all of the managers had a “personality defect” of some sort. '''Lesley and Van Velsor''' (1996) also conducted studies that ultimately found four personality traits of ineffective managers. The four traits were poor interpersonal skills (being insensitive, arrogant, cold, aloof, overly ambitious), unable to get work done (betraying trust, not following through, overly ambitious), unable to build a team, and unable to make the transition after promotion (10). The personality traits that these managers portrayed were proven to negatively affect the working environment. It is imperative for leaders to have a positive and effective personality to gain respect among their organization and members.
==Origins of ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''==
In the wake of ''Star Trek's'' popularity in the early [[1970s]] as a result of newborn ''Trek'' [[fandom]] and [[television syndication|syndication]], there were several failed attempts to produce a Trek feature film. Starting in [[1974]], a number of ideas were seriously pitched for a film to be entitled ''Star Trek II''. These included "The God Thing" by Gene Roddenberry about a vessel visiting [[Earth]] claiming to be God, a story by [[Harlan Ellison]] about alien reptiles changing Earth's past to make snakes evolutionarily dominant, and "The Planet of the Titans."
===Training on how to work together===
"The Planet of the Titans" was nearly produced as the first ''Star Trek'' motion picture. Written by [[Allan Scott]] and Chris Bryant, the script involved the crew of the ''Enterprise'' rescuing the starship ''Da Vinci'' from a disaster. During the rescue Kirk suffers a shock to the brain causing him to go mad and disappear. Years later, the ''Enterprise'', now under Captain Gregory Westlake, is dispatched to a planet near where Kirk disappeared. This planet is slowly being sucked into a [[black hole]], and contains a wealth of information that the Klingons (who have also dispatched ships) want as well. Kirk is found, but the planet and the ''Enterprise'' are pulled, via the black hole, into Earth's past, where they become the [[Titans]] of [[Greek mythology]]. It was to be directed by [[Philip Kaufman]]. [[Ralph McQuarrie]] did pre-production art and [[Ken Adam]] storyboarded the script. The second issue of ''[[Starlog]]'' magazine trumpeted the production of the film on a front cover headline. The movie was abandoned in late [[1976]] when Paramount finally rejected Scott and Bryant's script.
A team must know how to work together in order to be productive and successful. If a team can work together, they will be able to raise and resolve issues that are standing in the way of accomplishing a goal (LaFasto 109). Working together may not come easy at first, but with proper training the team will be able to adapt quickly. The training may include the instruction on how to communicate better, manage conflict, or understand the skills and talents that everyone brings to the table. A full assessment of the team’s need is recommended before the training (Bubshait). To encourage team members to work together, many companies provide workshops in communication skills, meetings management, listening, assertiveness, conflict resolution, goal setting, and other topics that help in being an effective team player (Parker 137). If people are working together effectively rather than working by themselves, a lot more work will be accomplished.
Instead, in [[1977]], attention was turned away from a film and towards a second television series, to be entitled ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]'', as part of a fourth television network to be created by Paramount. Work began on a scripts for the series, including a 2-hour pilot titled "In Thy Image". In the midst of preparation for shooting [[Michael Eisner]], then-head of Paramount, called a landmark studio meeting. Eisner was said to declare regarding the pilot, "we've been looking for a ''Star Trek'' motion picture...and this is it!". Despite already-extant casting, costuming and set production the new Paramount network was placed on hold (it would eventually become the [[UPN]] network), and work commenced on rewriting the ''Phase II'' pilot episode ''In Thy Image'' as ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''.
===Support within the team===
All this couldn't have come at a more opportune moment. By the end of 1977, ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Star Wars]]'' had become a huge box-office success, and Paramount put ''The Motion Picture'' into pre-production. Rather than follow the [[space opera]] feel of ''Star Wars'', TMP instead emulated the mood and format of ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', in which [[Douglas Trumbull]] also supervised special effects.
Another important ingredient for team building is supportiveness. Supportiveness is the aspiration to help others succeed (LaFasto 14). “Someone who shows supportiveness is dedicated to the team’s success and wants what’s best for the team, works behind the scenes to aid the team, willing to pitch in whenever necessary, always willing to help out, willing to take on more responsibility, very easy to work with, and listens well to others’ ideas” (15). Recently, '''M. West''', author of ''Effective Teamwork'', introduced a comprehensive model of team support. In the model he concluded that team support is a multidimensional concept that includes four types. The four types are emotional support, informational support, instrumental support, and appraisal support. Someone who provides a shoulder to cry on, encouraging words, and is sympathetic of others’ pain is said to be a team emotional support. A person that provides team informational support exchanges necessary information about a certain thing to their peers. The person who is actually “doing the support” provides team instrumental support. The last type is appraisal support. This type is the help individual team members can provide to aid in making sense of a particular problem (Somech). Team building will be successful if the team members can cover each of these types of team support.
The film follows the story of "In Thy Image" only generally, as multiple disputes between screenwriter [[Harold Livingston]] and producer [[Gene Roddenberry]] (as well as numerous changes requested by Paramount Executives and the actors) led to extensive and even daily rewrites of the movie right up to the end of filming.
===Making effective use of resources===
Major changes from the ''Phase II'' pilot episode include: Scenes of Kirk trying to recruit McCoy in a park in [[San Francisco]], a conference of admirals discussing the intruder, Lieutenant Xon's entire role, the destruction of the cruiser ''Aswan'', an invasion of the ''Enterprise'' by mechanical probes, scenes of the Ilia-probe attempting to seduce Kirk and Sulu, and scenes of Kirk and Ilia beaming down to San Francisco to show her footage of [[NASA]]'s [[Voyager program]] at [[Starfleet Command]]. The director of the pilot episode, [[Bob Collins]], was briefly set to be the director of the motion picture.
Effectively using resources is essential in the success of team building. In the business-world companies are very serious on how they use their resources. Many companies use team techniques in systems development to effectively use their resources (Parker 9). “During group sessions, non-technical end users and information systems staff meet on a common ground to hammer out systems solutions that truly meet the needs of everyone---especially the needs of end-user management” (Leavitt, 1987, p. 78). To ensure system requirements are on target, companies like Cigna Company in Philadelphia, CNA Insurance Company in Dearborn, Michigan, and Chase Manhattan Bank in New York are all using group design techniques. All of these companies believe in the same thing: effective goal setting, listening, facilitation skills, consensus building, and a willingness to communicate. These team techniques in systems development not only make effective use of resources, but they also result in measurable benefits (Parker 9). Resources are essential to team building and they must be used wisely and efficiently.
==Notes==
The film was directed by [[Robert Wise]], after the studio decided they wanted a big name director attached to the property, and released ''Phase II'' pilot director Bob Collins. It displays state-of-the-art (for the time) special effects, set design and use of models. Despite this, the film was regarded by critics as ponderous and boring, especially in the second half, which included lengthy scenes of the ''Enterprise'' flying through the interior of the cloud, with the awed reactions of the crew. However, the ship's lengthy transit is also widely perceived by fans to have profound [[symbol]]ism, akin to [[human]] [[fertilization|fertilisation]] and [[conception]]. Critics also complained that the story is clearly little more than an hour-long TV episode fleshed out to two hours (a criticism that would become standard with the release of every future Trek film). Despite this, the first hour of the film contains some witty and interesting moments — even with Kirk's long, drawn-out travel pod flight to the refitted ''Enterprise''.
===Communication between team members and leaders===
An extended cut of the film on [[videotape]] and ABC network television released in [[1983]] included a number of small character moments that had been trimmed, some slightly illuminating, some embarrassingly performed. This was one of the first occasions in which an extended version of a film was created for television and the then-new home video market. The additional footage included one glaring error in that a scene showing Kirk supposedly floating in space was added, however the scene had not had special effects added, so viewers were clearly able to see the scaffolding and ceiling of the soundstage in which the sequence was filmed. (This sequence can still be viewed among deleted scenes included on the 2001 DVD release.)
''When Teams Work Best'', “the most important contribution a team leader can make is to ensure a climate that enables team members to speak up and address the real issues preventing the goal from being achieved.” A leader with good communication skills must be able to speak the truth and deal with problems openly. Their goal should be to promote listening, to understand different viewpoints, and to work toward a resolution (109). It is important for a team leader to make team members feel comfortable enough to express their needs and their wants. Members want to feel that they know what is going on at all time and are informed about things such as plans, priorities, and progress the group is making (185). Some ways to communicate is by email, online messengers, telephone, or face-to-face methods. The most important part of communication is not so much the tools you choose, but the dedication by each member of the team to use the chosen tools regularly.
In [[2001]], a ''Director's Edition'' of the film was released on VHS and DVD. Robert Wise was given the opportunity to re-edit the film to better match his original vision, and also to use [[computer-generated imagery]] to complete sequences which had been curtailed due to short deadlines. The new effects were based on storyboards from the original production and produced to appear as if done using the effects technology of the time. Several [[Continuity (fiction)|continuity]] errors were also corrected, but some were also added. Edits to improve the film's pacing were made. This ''Director's Edition'' of the film also has a proper [[sound mix]], which was lacking in the theatrical presentation. This version of the film is generally considered a significant improvement over the original film.
As [[team]] [[performance]] reflects on [[management]], [[managers]] -- and even [[coach (sport)|coach]]es -- sometimes feel the need to take part in constructing and fostering [[team]]s.
The entire segment of Spock entering V'Ger alone was filmed at the last minute by [[Douglas Trumbull]], who wrote and directed the sequence. The original sequence, showing Spock and Kirk entering V'Ger's memory core had been in production but abandoned when it was determined that the sequence brought the movie to a halt and that the costs of the wire-removal and other effects would consume much of the entire effects budget for the film.
As with many activities, the methodology and effectiveness of team building programs can run a full gamut. For a notorious recent example of team building run amok, see the case of [[Kamp Staaldraad]] in [[South Africa]], [[2003]].
Artist [[Andrew Probert]] proposed a climactic sequence involving the ''Enterprise'' being attacked by the Klingon ships from the beginning of the movie, who would rematerialize as V'ger moved to its new plane of existence, but this sequence was not filmed.
==Team building in organizational development==
The film's Academy Award nominated score was by [[Jerry Goldsmith]]. His theme to the film was later reworked as the theme for the Television series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and was also reused in ''[[Star Trek V]]'', ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]'', and ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]''.
The term 'team building' can refer generally to the selection and motivation of [[team]]s, or more specifically to group self-assessment in the theory and practice of [[organizational development]].
This is the first moment in Star Trek when Klingons are seen with their trademark 'bumpy forehead' look rather than the hooked eyebrows and twirled moustaches seen in TOS. This change of appearance sparked a quarter century of fan speculation (and a joking reference in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Trials and Tribble-ations (DS9 episode)|Trials and Tribble-ations]]") until a [[canon (fiction)|canonical]] rationale for the change was finally provided in a 2005 episode of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''.
When a [[team]] in an [[organizational development]] context embarks upon a [[process]] of [[self-assessment]] in order to gauge its own effectiveness and thereby improve performance, it can be argued that it is engaging in team building, although this may be considered a narrow definition.
Much of the recording equipment used to create the movie's intricately complicated sound effects was, at the time, extremely cutting edge. Among these pieces of equipment was the ADS (''Advanced Digital Synthesizer'') 11, manufactured by [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[California]] custom synthesizer manufacturer [[Con Brio, Inc.]] The movie provided major publicity at the time and was used to advertise the synthesizer, although no price was given at the time.
To assess itself, a team seeks [[feedback]] to find out both:
==Criticism==
* its current strengths as a team
* its current weaknesses
To improve its current performance, a team uses the feedback from the team assessment in order to:
The film is often regarded as a disappointing one because of its plodding pace and emphasis on [[special effect]]s over story and characterization, and is considered by many as one of the lesser films in the series. Its rather slow plot has led some fans to label it as ''The Motionless Picture''. However, there are also many fans who consider this film to be the best of the series and the one film that most accurately reflected Trek creator [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s vision of the future.
* identify any gap between the desired state and the actual state
* design a gap-closure strategy
As teams grow larger, the skills and methods managers must use to create or maintain a spirit of teamwork change. The intimacy of a small group is lost, and the opportunity for misinformation and disruptive rumors grows. Managers find that communication methods that once worked well are impractical with so many people to lead. In particular, leaders encounter difficulties based on ''Daglow's Law of Team Dynamics'': "Small teams are informed. Big teams infer." [http://gamedev.acm.cs.rpi.edu/projects/wiki/OnlineCollaboration (1)]
==Beyond the film==
Elements of the film were also resurrected in ''TNG'', such as the dashing young executive officer ([[William Riker|Commander Riker]]) who had a personal relationship with an [[empathy|empathic]] alien woman ([[Deanna Troi|Counsellor Troi]]), and the one-piece [[Starfleet uniform]]s.
==See also==
According to Gene Roddenberry's novelization of the film, Will Decker is the son of Commodore [[Matt Decker]] from the original series episode "[[The Doomsday Machine]]", which was also the plan for the ''Phase II'' television series. Despite not being mentioned onscreen in the movie, this relationship has assumed at least semi-canonical status, considering its Roddenberry origins, and the fact that it has never been officially contradicted in the years since.
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== References ==
The film's storyline is strongly reminiscent of the ''Original Series'' episode "The Changeling", which features an Earth-born probe enhanced by alien technology and seeking to return to its "point of origin". The probe, in this case [[Nomad (Star Trek)|Nomad]], mistakenly believes Kirk to be its creator, and possesses a strong drive to sterilize all "imperfect" life forms.
* William G. Dyer, ''Team building: Current Issues and New Alternatives (3rd Edition)''. Pearson Education POD, 1995. ISBN 0-201-62882-1.
*Mallet, Daniel. Teamwork Handbook. Jan. 1999. 3 Dec. 2006 <http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~hoover/cmput401-2004-2005-fall/info/references/TeamWorkPapers/Mallett.pdf>.
*Parker, Glenn M. Team Players and Teamwork. San Francisco: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1990. 9-149.
*Lafasto, Frank, and Carl Larson. When Teams Work Best. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2001. 3-185.
*Somech, Anit, and Anat Drach-Zahavy. Team Heterogeneity and Its Relationship with Team Support and Team Effectiveness. 2002. Journal of Educational Administration. 3 Dec. 2006 <http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/0740400103.html>.
*R. Meredith Belbin, "Management Teams: why they succeed or fail". Butterworth Heinemann. ISBN 0- 7506-2676-3.
== External links ==
In the novelization of this movie, credited to Gene Roddenberry, and published by Pocket Books in paperback format, V'Ger is spelled "Vejur" through to nearly the end of the novel, and the second individual who perishes in the ''Enterprise'' transporter accident is named as a Starfleet Admiral named "Lori Ciana". The novelization states that Lori Ciana was a Starfleet vice admiral assigned as Rear Admiral James T. Kirk's commanding officer in his post as chief of Starfleet Operations (as well as his ex-wife, for some of the two-and-a-half years since he relinquished captaincy; it is sometimes erroneously stated that the character was his fiancee). The female character who perished in the transporter was played in the film by [[Susan Sullivan]].
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*[http://www.innovativeteambuilding.co.uk The Team Building Directory] An online resource for anyone interested in team building, training, motivation, corporate events, conferences and development.
* [http://www.imprology.com/games/viewallgames.html The Far Games] A list of games using theatrical improvisation to foster team spirit
* [http://www.managementhelp.org/grp_skll/teams/teams.htm Team Building] - free resources by Carter Macnamara
*[http://www.teampedia.net/ Teampedia.net] - a collaborative encyclopedia of team building activities and ice breakers.
* [http://www.wilderdom.com/teambuilding Team Building Resources, Methods, Activities, & Research] - Definitions, articles, methods, books, and research.
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Roddenberry's novelization is the only ''Star Trek'' novel credited to the creator of the franchise, although there were rumors in the 1980s that it was actually [[ghost writer|ghost written]] by [[Alan Dean Foster]]. (This would not have been unprecedented; Foster ghost-wrote the novelization of ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]],'' which was credited to creator [[George Lucas]].)
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In William Shatner's novel, "The Return", in which the Romulans and the Borg team up to revive Kirk and destroy the Federation, Spock was nearly assimilated by the Borg, but was saved by the fact that he mind-melded with V'ger. This is because, according to Shatner's novel, the alien race that found V'ger was an earlier form of the Borg. (Gene Roddenberry had speculated that perhaps the living machine world found by V'ger was the Borg homeworld.) Spock was saved from assimilation because he had part of the Borg Collective in his mind when he mind-melded with V'ger.
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There are several reported inconsistencies in the film:
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* In the original 1979 cut of the film, the planet Vulcan is depicted as having two moons. However in the original series episode [[The Man Trap]], Spock notes that Vulcan has no moon. This has been corrected in the director's cut.
* The V'Ger cloud is reported to be over 82 [[astronomical unit]]s in diameter. An AU is the distance between Earth and the Sun, and a diameter of 82 AUs would engulf the entire solar system. While this seems inconsistent with V'Ger managing to get into Earth orbit, a line in the film explains "Cloud dissipating rapidly as it approaches", and, indeed, the last of the cloud vanishes as V'ger enters Earth orbit (a fading blue cast in the original cut, but more distinctly seen in the Director's Edition). In the Director's Edition, the line describing the cloud is edited to "''two'' AUs in diameter".
* When Kirk tries to use the [[phaser (fictional weapon)|phaser]]s to destroy the asteroid in the wormhole, Decker overrides his orders, instead opting for the photon torpedoes. He gives his reason later as because the phasers take their power directly from the warp engines, when the engines went into imbalance, the phasers were cut off, hence he used the photons. Later Trek series, such as TNG, establish that phasers are sublight weapons and would not work at warp. However, this rule wasn't established at the time of the making of the film, and furthermore the warp engines were already shut down in the wormhole, further confusing the issue, especially given dialogue about "negative inertial lag." (There are odd occurrences in ''TNG'', ''[[DS9]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' where phasers are used during warp. These are likely simply canonical slips.)
==Books==
''Chekov's Enterprise: A Personal Journal of the Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture'', by Walter Koenig.
''The Making of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"'', by Gene Roddenberry (with [[Susan Sackett]]). (New York: Pocket Books, 1980).
==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=0079945|title=Star Trek: The Motion Picture}}
* {{memoryalpha article|Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture|''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''}}
* [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/MOV/001/index.html ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''] at StarTrek.com
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