Designing A New Experience For A Leadership Class

The leader must be sure to take the group dynamics into consideration. It is important to make everyone involved feel that their needs are important. For the project to be a success, everyone participating must feel as if they are contributing and that they are being valued equally.

Participating in group activities have never really been my thing, but this project was a great experience. I got the chance to meet individuals with different problem solving solutions than I, and the people I communicate with daily. This project helped me gain communication skills amongst others when trying to make a decision, and the process of coming to an agreement. The knowledge, skills, and abilities I demonstrated throughout the weeks have grown and boosted my confidence when partaking in a group setting. I learned that people are easily offended and it may be hard to steer away from it, but it can be done. Teamwork has always been easy for me because I offer more help than needed to my teammates. The panel discussion taught me that not everyone one wants help, but the opportunity for their opinions to be considered. Each tool I have gained from this experience will make it easier for me to engage with others in the near future in a mannerly way whether it is for a grade or not.

Learning how to work effectively in a group situation is key to success in many professions as well as in social situations. Groups vary from each other based on the individuals that make up each group, all of us belong to various groups at one time or another. The roles that we fulfill vary from group to

Working in a group to achieve a high quality group project can be one of people’s most difficult school experiences. Working in a group is tough because there is often someone who does not pull their own weight. “There are five stages to group development, adjourning, forming, storming, performing, and norming” (John & Wiley pg 166). Christine’s group from the Case Study the Forgotten Group Member is in between the Storming and Norming Stages. The Storming Stage “is dealing with tensions and defining group tasks,” while the Norming Stage is dealing with high emotionality and tension among the group members” (John & Wiley pg. 166). Christine and her group could have had better

An application is required as well as a résumé. I will submit both within the required time, which is one week. I will receive an automatic email response from Rutgers Leaders regarding the completion of these tasks.

When I attended the School of Visual Arts for a pre-college program, I was assigned to a group of four students. We were challenged to make a short film. The obstacles were abundant. Working as a collaborative team was a great experience, but it lent to numerous challenges. Since I had the most experience, I walked a very fine line. I wanted to respect my team’s right to learn through the process, but there were times they either asked for assistance, or I needed to interject commentary in order to guide the process along. Despite every moment in which I delegated or worked a problem out, there was a new disappointment accompanying each scene. It was very challenging to organize cinematography, lighting, sound and acting, and no one in my group could. So I took control, when inaction would have made the group stagnant and our decisions

A project that I have managed was a senior capstone project which involved extensively researching a psychologist and present a complete presentation to the psychology department heads at Virginia Commonwealth University. As the project manager on the senior capstone project I encountered several difficulties and problems that required an innovated approach to team management. My group included of a total of four group members, these group members assumed as project led I would complete our group project without any help. I used my experience that I gained from working at PepsiCo to motivate my team members into all of us working together. I organized a group meeting to get to know each other by leading a communication exercise among the group

In Advanced Placement Computer Science, most of the assignments that a student does involves just him/her and the computer. This type of classwork is what I enjoy the most. But once or twice each six weeks the instructor assigns student group projects. The group projects are meant to be engaging and challenging. Even though I am a lone wolf, I am willing to conform my specialties to make the group successful. The traits and skills I can bring to the table depends on the people that I am working with.

An important part of our learning and growing experience must stem from our ability to analyze and reflect upon the groups that we have been members in. This reflection can define our understanding of the weaknesses both in ourselves and in the others within our group; and it can help to shape the way that we act in future groups. Adjusting ourselves to compensate for our weaknesses, based upon an honest and thorough examination of our actions within a group setting, is one of most important thing for any person to do. It is only through this evaluation that we can improve ourselves and our interactions with others. This paper will examine a group that was required to make an important decision about adding a new member

Creating an internship activity upon completion of this course has changed my thinking of educational leaders and the process of running an effective school. I knew administrators had a great deal of responsibilities, but in order to successfully run a school, you must be incredibly versatile, have a strong skill set, and high levels of knowledge. Communication and planning are at the top of the list of important tools for educational leaders. Lack of communication and planning can easily set a school back many years. School improvement plans are very common now days, which means as a future educational leader I must be effective at implementing them to increase academic achievement. According to Best and Dunlap (2014), “Research shows that using a continuous improvement process has proven successful in healthcare, manufacturing, and technology, and may hold potential for use in education as well” (Best & Dunlap, 2014). This process has helped me realize the things I must do to successfully implement change and the things I

When someone says group project one can see who likes them and who does not. There are people who like group project and there are people who hate them. Some people like to work together and all share responsibilities but there are the people who have had bad experiences with group projects. It is interesting to see how people act in a group setting. Some people sit back and let others do their work and some work hard and try to get everyone involved. The roles of group members can be categorized and analyzed.

Completing the main project for this course has been an interesting exercise forcing me to challenge some of my long-held beliefs of both my personality and management style. Each survey I took revealed some interesting aspects of educational leadership that I will apply when given the opportunity as an educational administrator. This section of the paper will summarize the key findings for each of the aforementioned surveys.

The purpose of this assignment is to help carefully observe and analyze group dynamics processes that occur during a group session and to identify relevant skills. It will be important to carefully observe the basic group dynamic to assist you in learning the relevant leadership skills that may impact the group process and development. Observing the students within the group dynamic demonstrates my ability to comprehend the importance of group processes within a session. I will state the group dynamics as it occurs during the session and the leadership roles/skills used throughout the group that will impact the group development and process.

I used to believe that I did not perform very well in groups. I am an observer who likes to learn alone. I thought I learned best when I worked on my own. Even though I always knew group work had many positive values, I was more comfortable with the lecture-based approach and resisted group work merely because it involved change, not because it had a collaborative learning approach. However, during the learning community project, I came to realize that I learn more effectively when I work in groups. Working in a group was like an adventure for me; there were both exciting and challenging times while preparing for the learning community project.

I am honored to have the opportunity to attend the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Command College. Experiencing the college will be both challenging and rewarding. Sharing my challenges as a leader and learning from the challenges of other leaders within our agency will be an asset.