A Report On Team Extreme

Whether groups are formed for social or task oriented purposes, the ability to produce and maintain a sense of affiliation, peer support and collaboration is important for overall group functioning. The cohesion of a social group is produced through the establishment of a set of group norms, which are later defined as a guide for conduct accepted within a group of individuals. However, in order for a group to perform and produce results, the team leader should guide his/her team through the proper stages of group development, which includes the following steps: forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. Although teams should follow all these stages of group development, the forming and the norming stages are the most important,

Every participant should be clear about expectations and intentions of the group and about what is expected from her/him.

We will all commit to reviewing the tasks and roles at the end of each meeting. The leader will prompt us into the discussion, however it is the responsibility of each member to review this individually. If we have any questions or are unsure of a task or role, we expect a group member to tell the other members before the end of the meeting. If discussion is needed, we as a team will clarify the issue or question.

There will be high dependence on the leader to start the conversation and the individual roles and responsibilities will be unclear. The leader must be ready to answer a lot of questions from the rest of the group about the purpose of the team. In this scenario everyone will be polite to each other and welcome each other happily.

These nine explicit norms were essential to identify so that if there were any altercations, members could reference the contract and make a decision. The first norm entailed the expectation of attendance and absences, members agreed to not exceed a total of four absences. The next two norms describe the consequence of not participating or submitting work on agreed dates. Next, members agreed to submit meaningful work or ask for help if they need clarification on an assignment. The next two norms state that members must update and release their contact information and must communicate with respect. In the norms we made a clause to reference if any altercations couldn't be resolved, thus we decided to determine solutions through a voting system. The last two norms first outline that members must contribute in meetings otherwise, the group will come to an unanimous decision to exclude members if an individual has failed to meet the group's contract. Our group had to reference the contract when a member continuously violated the contract. While, the group permitted excuses for the non contributing member we exhausted our leeway when we felt that our member no longer had dedication to the

5. You are free to leave the group, but do let us know if you want to do so. However, do pay attention while attending the sessions as all the information are important and there is a lot to cover.

The discussion is an open-process, meaning that the decision making is done amongst the group members, not just the leader. Unlike an authoritative leader, the leader of this group allows the members to be a part of his or her final say. By doing this, it helps to keep everyone on the same page and moving forward in the same direction.

With every group assignment, a possibility of difficulties arise, as dissimilar personalities and work ethics merge together. One of the greatest challenges I have experienced with group work is the even distribution of roles and responsibilities. Each group tends to have at least one member who takes on more roles and one who tends to slack off. To prevent this from occurring, we will set out our

Group Goal: The group will work out problems using group help and care and concern with yourself and others. The group leader will read this goal before the meeting. Each person in the group will make eye contact and commit to the goal. If eye contact is not made, the group leader will repeat the goal.

Group leader will give instruction on how the group will be run and will also participate in the activity. Group leader will supervise each member as they are working to prepare their sandwich.

The fifth and final “best practice” for group work is to build in individual accountability. In addition to evaluating the work of the group as a whole, ask each group member to demonstrate their knowledge and participation. This can be accomplished by delegating key parts of the group’s assignment to each member of the group. With everyone having a necessary part to do, the group is assured to have equal participation from all members. Building in accountability in this manner helps to prevent the "free rider" phenomenon (Barkley, Cross, & Major,

Each individual is categorized into a group from the day they were conceived. According to Kozier et al (2010) a group is “two are more people who have shared need and goals, who taken each other in account in their and who, thus, are held together and set apart from others by virtue of their interaction” (p. 400). The communicate that takes place between members of the group is group dynamic (Kozier et al, 2010). Motivation for participation and similarity of other group members and the goals of the group will affect the group dynamic (Kozier et al, 2010). The type of group that was created was a task group and Kozier et al (2010) stated that “the focus for such group is completion of a specific task, and the format is defined at the

To achieve goals of norming assure people have developed common ground to develop trust, values and beliefs. Also to ensure expectations and norms of each other have been shared allow the group to discuss these factors at the beginning of the discussion.

4. Your group will present and lead the discussion of the question(s) assigned to you. Although the group in charge will be the major discussants for the assigned question(s), it is highly recommended to have the rest of the class involved and participated in the discussion.

Do not interrupt interaction between group members as long as it is productive. However, direct away from counterproductive inputs or negativity. The first responsibility is to be organized.