Group Communication Essay

     What is groupthink? There is a simple definition for it, but is it truly that simple? The term groupthink refers to the inclination of group members to have the same opinions and beliefs; it frequently leads to mistakes. It often occurs without an individual being aware of it. Conflict is considered to be a harmful element when related to groups, but conflict is good when considering groupthink because it helps to eliminate the existence of a groupthink. The explanation sounds simple enough, but it is more complex than the description given.

Every group, small or larger, exhibit various different dynamics of how people relate to and interact with each other. These interactions vary depending on the nature/goal of the group, the culture each individual was raised in and the personal affects each individual contributes to the group as a whole. For this class everyone was split into groups by the order of our last names on the classlist where the goal of each group is to conduct a presentation on a psychological/sociological phenomena that occurs in society. The group I was a part of consisted of four members, three male and one female, where we decided to do our presentation on the relationship between depression and the use of social media. Throughout the meetings I saw various different psychological phenomena occur such as social facilitation, helping behavior, minority influence, proximity, stereotyping and fundamental attribution error.

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use distinctive characteristic of interpersonal communication. In the movie You’ve Got Mail, it tells a story of two bookstore owners who were enemies. But when they anonymously met online, they fell in love with each other. The movie You’ve Got Mail portrays interpersonal relationship. Interpersonal relationships are between two or more people. Through out the paper, there are five different interpersonal relationships, for example, identity, emotions, nonverbal communication, listening and communication.

In my opinion, group work is a type of cooperative learning that helps people to accomplish a certain task in a faster and more effective manner. Team working also helps to achieve the tasks that are impossible to finish by one individual. However, if people in a group have a lot of conflicts, group work will not be able to achieve as much as we expected. There are many reasons which lead to dissatisfaction in group work such as individualism as well as conflicts in opinion and time.

In society today, we encounter various types of interpersonal communication. We all must understand the balance and the outcomes communication provides, nonetheless, helps us improve in our own relationships. In David Russell's’ film, “ Silver Linings Playbook” the main character, Pat, is trying to rebuild his life and his marriage, all while having a mental disorder. By using the film and my own daily interactions in my life, I will be using terms and concepts to be able to analyze communication styles that are effective and ineffective.

Another reason for why non-verbal communication is superior for organizational communication is that people can transmit a message naturally and even do not need to speak out to make others understand the meaning unconsciously. Firstly, body language helps us conducting the discussion. It will not make sense until you response to other’s talking. When we agree with others, we will show our understanding through nodding our heads or raising our thumbs. Secondly, we sat very close to each other when we were discussing, like friends more than group mates that help us to establish the relationship more friendly and warmer. Orlova(2010) emphasised the reason of why the use of spaces is mainly significant when people have interaction in groups is because where group members sit relative to one another have an effect on the flow of the conversation.

Within the groups that I have been facilitating, as well as individual meetings, I have been very mindful of my communication with those whom I have been interacting with. I am constantly working to use open ended questions, being reflective and summarizing what I hear. The group topics that I choose are on a multitude of subjects.

Since the start of this class, I have been reminded again and again that the concepts we are learning can be applied to everyday life. For instance, when we talked about non-verbal communication, I realized that it is impossible to not communicate. There are many activities, other than the use of language, that allow us to draw meaning from something we observe. When my mother widens her eyes at me without stating a word, I understand she is telling me to think twice about the action I’m about to take. It has been great to be able to assign concepts and vocabulary to interpersonal relationships and communication activity that I have been experiencing. Now let me introduce you to my friend Izzy and her boyfriend Ken as I analyze the

Introduction: When people think of a "group" they think of the amount of people but not the way they work together. In the small group analysis I will first explain the roles of people and the type of leadership that made us develop implicit and explicit norms. Second, I will talk about conflict, resolution techniques and maintaining social and task orientation. Third, I will share strengths, weaknesses and ways my group could have been more successful. Last, things I would have changed about the interaction in our group and the grade I would give my group for the completion of the last presentation.

This group online communication exercise was quite different from other team assignments I have previously involved, and worked on in academic settings and professional situations. During the scheduled time period, we were required to interact with teammates remotely and exchanged ideas using selected electronic communication tool (i.e. Google Handouts). The case scenario was provided to us at the start of this team exercise, we were tasked to identify and analyze issues that placed the subjected company in crisis, and the finished product was to deliver our recommendations to the board of directors via PowerPoint presentation within a couple of hours. Given the assignment requirement of quick turnaround time, I anticipated that we would be

The name of this presentation is ‘’Developing and discussing group discourses and identities’’ which was presented by ‘’Tomas Guerrero’’. This presentation was about different roles that students have when they are in a group. When there is a group presentation or a group project, the students get different roles that they will play when they work. The first group role that a student can play is ‘’The facilitator’’ which means the student that bring everybody to the group and start asking how they want to do the project. The second group role is ‘’The synthesizer’’ where the student listens everybody and summarizes the idea. The third role is ‘’The recorder’’, the student organizes all

In Ireland there are 1705 Gaelic clubs, with forty one in Donegal and seven in the area of Inishowen including my own club Naomh Padraig. The club provides over 200 members with the chance to train and compete, while the club house acts as the go to place for dances and fund raisers. Throughout Ireland this is no different, GAA clubs act as the landmark for most parishes providing people with a sense of identity. “The GAA is a community based volunteer organisation promoting Gaelic Games, culture and lifelong participation” (GAA,2014). My club caters for kids as young as six right up to seniors.

For our eighth group session, we celebrated the ending of our group counseling session at Sushi King in Norfolk, Virginia. There were a few moments that left me in awe about myself, but two moments stood out the most for me. The first moment was during the fifth group session when were asked to identify things that stressed us and may be a barrier to accomplishing our goals. During this class session, I realized the bottled up resentment I still have towards my Father that could hinder me from growing inside. Realizing this issue I had helped me realize that I can’t change the past, but I can grow from it; which ultimately gave me the courage to set up a meeting with my Father and siblings to hash out our issues. The second moment that was

Nonverbal & listening are two extremely important branches of communication and in this project we had to be able to understand/interpret these two areas of communication. While doing this we had to introduce ourselves and find common ground between us in life so we could have a good conversation. All of the conversations were enjoyable we even went over the time limit in the first conversation which shows how important communicating is. By learning what communications mean we could better understand who we each were while talking to each other.

We were 6 members in a communication exercise group. Our group, engaged actors in communication scenario’s. Lisa, played by a lovely middle aged woman, was a mother of a child with ADHD. Our task was to elicit Lisa's story her issues and feelings. We all had turns, I’m reflecting on the scene.