Collaboration In Groupwork

The course project aims at providing you an opportunity to implement your learning about group dynamics.

This stage includes discussing, sharing information, asking questions, offering suggestions and opinions, and working out differences.” (research paper p.

Group work has been a cornerstone of the social work profession and requires a variety of facilitator skills and awareness of group processes. The SSLDTM Group Program for People with Difficulties in Social Situations (Socialwork1914, 2017) provides an excellent example of a psycho-educational group co-facilitated by two female social workers, Jane and Karen. After viewing the 6th session of this 8-week program, I began to understand how the concepts of group formation/development, interpersonal dynamics, and leadership styles contribute to successful group work outcomes.

One change I plan on incorporating in my classroom is having students report their findings within group activities. Specifically, designating someone from the group to go out and retrieve information from other groups in regards to their findings. Once that person has obtained the new information reporting it back to their group. In a Science classroom and laboratory, there is a significant emphasis on group collaboration. One of the drawbacks to group work is that it can limit introverted students during the duration of the activity. In a recent article Kimberly Tanner stated “If the decision about who is to share aloud in a class discussion is left entirely to student negotiation, it is no surprise that likely the most extroverted and gregarious

Working collaboratively was necessary for the experiment. Working with another member effective because the experiment was time consuming and required patience. Working with another member was successful and efficient as the method was shared equally, which allowed each member to do their own task for example, one member started to cut the liver cubes while the other member prepared the 5 mL hydrogen peroxide solution. Another example in the experiment was when timing the 20 seconds for the reaction to occur, it would have have been difficult if this was done individually as the test tubes had to be held during the reaction. Working collaboratively allowed one member to time and one member to hold and

The group formed is a psychoeducation/support group. Psychoeducational groups are intended to increase participant knowledge and behavior change through an emphasis on educational strategies akin to those used in a classroom. The purposes of psychoeducational groups focus on education, skill acquisition, and/or self-knowledge (Garvin, 2012). The group consists of several social work (SW) practitioners who gathered together for a common ground, to education and support experts dealing with clients who are sex offenders. This is our second session. The group meets every Saturday morning from 1:00 pm to 2:00 PM. The location of this group is at a local community center where it is convenient for everyone. The rules

Being successful is always challenging as part of a group or team. There are number of reasons why this is challenging, such as a number of people involved and everyone’s cooperation, agreement, commitments, contribution, combined effort and shared values are required (McClean & Collins, 2011). Group work demands common goals and agreements, mutual understanding, more discussion which is sometime hard to manage to some extent (Détienne, 2006). Recently, I got the opportunity to become a part of MGT210 assessment group of four members. Personally, I feel that our group work was successful to some extent. We managed to develop relationship which is a criteria that indicates successful group work (Ismail Al-Alawi, Yousif Al-Marzooqi, & Fraidoon

Realizing that a group can become a high performance team is important. Accomplishing this goal is invaluable, advantageous and profitable. Once able to operate from a group to the high performing team is a great step into preparation into the big business world. Leaders and members must also realize not only how to accomplish this but that some problems will and can arise from different demographic characteristics and cultural diversity. That is if one is in such a group, which the probability would be quite high.

Collaboration consists of a few fundamental components such as the willingness to listen and learn from each other, sharing one’s own ideas and perspectives, having respect for each other, working together to achieve a common goal, and being responsible for the self and the whole group. A group has to collaborate in order to deliberate and achieve their common goal because the three phases of deliberation: information gathering, decision-making, and reflection, all refer back to the ability to collaborate with each other. While working in a group, group members should always work toward the goal of becoming a good leader, “a person who makes the groups she or he works in better” (Practice Deliberation as Citizenship, Gene Edgar) by being a responsible and respectful group member, and also being someone who is willing to go the extra miles to make sure everyone in the group is feeling comfortable presenting their ideas in the group.

When I worked at one of my job, it involved working with clients that have disabilities. We had to use collaboration with me and 4 other drivers. For example, we went on an outing at a fair. My supervisor talked to us verbally to give instructions to pick up clients from home and drop off at the fairgrounds. Then we drop off some clients back to the center. I then had to do this again. I was then told to pick up the clients at the center. As drivers we had to do this in a timely fashion because we had limited time at the fair.

The effective group work based on respect, trust, passion and collaboration. All the members try their best to achieve the goal which are the common aims. The components of successful teamwork can be concluded as follows, open communication with relax environment, clear direction of overall work, decision making process, and tasks for each members, balance the responsibility of participations for the task success, conflict acknowledge and process, sharing information and communicate each other regularly and including exchange resources, enable to evaluate tasks and adjust by teamwork (O’Daniel and Rosenstein, 2008). In addition, the overall results MDT members are achieved are, increasing the satisfactory of staffs and patients; improving provision and innovation in healthcare; decreasing error rates and result in healthcare risks dropped, like mortality and morbidity (Swientozielskyi et al, 2015 :29).

Teamwork can be complex and challenging given task and interpersonal issues, level of group motivation and expected performance standards. The concrete experience spoken about in this reflection piece is in reference to the effectiveness of myself as a group member and the group, working to write a report outlining the organisation and structure of Volkswagen. Dennison (2009) applies Kolb’s learning cycle (1981, 1984) which suggests that learning moves through a continuous cycle, between having an experience, and then reflecting on that action. This cycle has been developed from Lewin’s (1951) model for experiential learning. Reflection termed by Boud, Keogh and Walker (1985) ‘is a forum of response to the learner to experience’(p. 18). On reflection, the early set group dynamics was a defining factor in the experience, and how the team conducted themselves throughout the task. Meyerson, Wick and Kramer (1996) note that ‘such rapidly converging groups require methods for developing “swift trust”’ (p. 8), which can explain why initial group dynamics are so important. I took on multiple team roles, including group leader, which could be translated into the team not performing collectively on a high level, however, I could view this as a personal ineffectiveness of my leadership style.

Working in a group can be very difficult at times. Different people with different views may not always agree which one another. Throughout the various task I played the communicator. I made sure everyone was on track on what we wanted to do. I also made sure people was okay and happy in the role they was playing in the group. My group worked together in collecting ideas from one another and making it into one.

I am Zeeshan Ali; I am working as a Computer teacher for Classes VI-X-M in Canal Side Boys Campus. I have done Masters in Computer Science (MCS) from Punjab University College of Information and Technology (PUCIT) Lahore. The students are the main focus of every teacher and our entire teaching efforts circle round our students to achieve the set targets. Effective Teaching includes many useful teaching strategies that a teacher chooses according to the requirement of his/her respective subject and topic as well. In result of my years of experience and as a Computer teacher I find Group Work as the most effective and fruitful technique at every level.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of working in teams? By reference to relevant theory show how can the disadvantages be reduced or avoided.