Group Analysis: Group Process Issues

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The four work groups identified in the key points from week 3 are the Veterans, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y or Millennials all work in my agency the US Army. Individuals with different values, different ideas, different ways of getting things done and different ways of communicating in the workplace have always existed. Each group has its strengths and weaknesses, similarities and differences, but having this kind of age diversity in the workplace can be challenging for leaders, but also very rewarding. Veterans, tend to respect hierarchy characterized by valuing traditional relationships over time, structure, and loyalty. Baby Boomers tend to value relationships over time, challenge and accept authority, while primarily idealistic

The group the facilitator will be observing is an anger management group that is held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Assurance of Hope Institute, Inc. The group consist of twelve men between the ages of twenty-five to forty-five. The group contains ten African American men and two Caucasian men. The group has been meeting three times a week for four months. The group is an open group that is available to all young adult men particularly those suffering from mental health illness. The clients whom attend the group have been either court mandated because of a violent encounter. The group discusses triggers that make one anger, ways to manage your anger, decrease overall intensity and frequency of angry feelings, increase ability to recognize and appropriately express feelings as they occur, identify situations, thoughts, feelings, that trigger anger, angry verbal and/ or behavioral actions and the targets of those actions. The facilitators of the group have explored family background and history to

There are lots of people around the U.S who who do not understand the hard struggle of people from other countries. Lots of people make stereotypes about Asian people, Latinos, and people from Arabic countries. People would normally assume that if you are asian, you speak Chinese or Japanese, or that you paint nails, or own a “Chinese food” restaurant.

2c. Once a response is provided, let the group reflect their thoughts as well. It is important to remember to use open ended questions, observe behavior and response, reflect responses with the group.

In everything that is successful, there must be someone who motivates and pulls the team through the ups and downs. Someone to show you that you, can, accomplish anything if you only put in hard work, work in unity with others and have determination. This is something that the Friends of Freshman group teaches the incoming freshman of the new school year.

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

The topic the group and I were assigned was if “the DARE program should be in our elementary schools”? My group was on the con side of this topic and I feel overall the debate was a win for our group. When we were first assigned groups and given the topic, I was fine with it. I felt this would give me a chance to discuss something that I went through in my life. Being able to share my story I feel is not on beneficial for me, but also for others. I feel by sharing my story allows me to possibly help others, and let them know if I can overcome and make it through a really dark place I was once at in my life, that others can too. It also it therapeutic for me, by talking about my story helps me continuously heal.

This group faces psychological hazards at this developmental phase of their life. According to Ashford & LeCroy (2013), men are more likely to be dependent on alcohol than women and are not as likely to seek treatment due to stereotypes. According to Zastro (2015) psycho-educational groups aid in the recovery process through skill building, psychosocial rehabilitation and increasing natural supports. The strengths of this approach enables clients to learn to self-manage problems that exist within their lives and environment (Zastrow, 2015). The limitations of the group approach include the limited scope of what can be feasibly covered in the sessions. Group members will inevitably be at different stages of recovery,

In Fridays group assignment, we were asked to consider if parents should help their kids become popular during middle childhood, and whether or not this popularity made the child happier. As a group, we discuss that parents should encourage their kids to engage in social relations when the child is shy or when he is introduce to a new school or environment. Yet, we did agreed that parents should not push their children to become more popular, as not all children want to belong to this type of group. We also discuss that children who are popular during middle childhood tend to live under a constant pressure, as they need to act and look certain way in order to maintain their social status in the group. This need for attention can also have

A cornerstone for facilitators is to understand what happens to people in groups. To do this, we need to look both at what people set out to achieve, the task, as well as how they get along – the processes of group activity. People often behave quite differently in groups and teams from one-to-one settings. Some people become quiet, others turn into bullies or tormentors, some become jokers. For the facilitator who has to rely on others for getting the job done, this can be daunting. Why is it that a meeting feels electric one moment and awkward the next? Why do some people refuse to communicate while others do all the talking? It becomes easier to understand the process level if we take a practical example.

A challenge to effective group process that can have multiple negative effects is lack of focus. When a group loses focus it is easier to lose the attention of members and have confusion about what is being discussed and why. One way that focus can be maintained is by agreeing to a group charter and posting this charter in a place that everyone can see. Research has demonstrated that development of a team charter facilitates effective group dynamics among business students ( Byrd & Luthy, 2010). When the group agrees ahead of time on how group discussions should occur it enables the facilitator to simply remind everyone of the agreement when discussions become unfocused. Similarly, Barsky (2014) suggested that when groups feel they have

Whilst on our group meeting, the seven of us discussed a plan on how we are going to tackle our problem. We found out that stress affects all of us differently in our everyday lives. In addition, we debated on which reflective cycle we will be using to identify and tackle our weaknesses, and opened up on how we are going to help each other to overcome our stress. The main cause of stress in our group was the transition from college or work to university as all of us had to find new friends and had to get used to the new environment of university. However, more problems arose throughout the course as we have to study many different topics for our exam. One of the main topics that worried us is the practical exam. We think that we are not prepared

In-groups and out-groups change with with people, although no matter your age the grouping can still be simplistic. For instance, you may have a favorite sports team and really dislike another or take my oldest son for example, as a young boy he was afraid of people with red hair, so his in-group was anyone without red hair. A high school students in-group usually consist of people who dress the same.

Working within a group or team is unavoidable for most people. We are involved in sports teams, assignment groups, work teams, social groups and a variety of other groups and teams. Each of these groups share one thing in common, that is each requires us to communicate in some way in order to reach a shared goal or target. Therefore, it is imperative to know and understand how to work and communicate effectively with others to maximise outcomes and productivity.