Keeping Conflict Constructive Summary

Thus the role of group work can be seen as one which places emphasis on sharing of thoughts, ideas, problems and activities.

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

During the “Part III: Conflict and Summation” in the video Group Work: Leading in the Here and Now (Association for Specialists in Group Work, n.d.), the group worked through a tremendous amount of conflict. The main driving force for the conflict was based on self-disclosure that group member Jean offered to the group, surrounding her feelings of anger and distrust with the other members. Her comments sparked the group to investigate and explore their own feelings and emotions not only towards Jean, but the group itself. Corey, Corey, and Corey (2010) noted that, “by taking risks in disclosing here-and-now observations and reactions, members are actively creating trust and making it possible to engage in deeper self-exploration,” (p. 253).

Toseland, R.W. & R.F. Rivas. (2017). An Introduction to Group Work Practice (8th Edition): Allyn

In this group there were no disruptive members. I filled the role of an observer, I offered feedback at the end of the session. The counselor filled the role of standard setter. There was an encourager, a harmonizer, an expediter, and a follower.

I had the pleasure of interviewing my friend Brian, who works as a team leader at Target in the electronics department. I also interviewed my father, who works as a Chief Human Resources Officer at a hospital. After conducting both of the interviews, I was able to determine that they both participated in a problem-solving group. A problem-solving group is defined as any group that comes together to search for solutions to any problems that may present themselves (Beebe, Beebe, & Ivy, 2008, p. 237). Both of their groups met weekly to inform each other of things happening in specific divisions, resolve issues, and work on projects. Group norms can be defined as a set of principles that govern what is acceptable behavior in a group setting (Beebe,

In evaluating the conflict, I interpreted the parties’ behavior based upon the Exchange Theory, in which Republic Services was willing to risk their relationship with the Eagle City Council and the residents of Eagle as they strived to minimize costs associated with workman’s compensation claims, as well as increase their rewards through additional revenue from additional containers serviced. Their goal of reducing workplace injuries had no data to correlate a connection of workplace injuries with plastic garbage bags. In fact, when Mr. Van Arnum initially addressed the policy change with Ms. Klein, he was informed that the decision was made to lesson workman’s compensation claims, in which Mr. Van Arnum asked for data showing how many claims

Group communication follows slightly different ‘rules’ to communication in one-to-one situations. There is often more going on in a group, with a number of different people trying to speak, get their point across and their voice heard. Turn-taking can be more complicated; relationships and power issues between group members can also be more complex than in one-to-one contexts. As a communication context, groups can have a number of benefits for participants: • a group can be an effective way of sharing responsibilities • groups can improve decision-making and problem-solving because they draw on the knowledge and skills of a number of

In some of the other activities, I was working as a member however, I have to take control of the situation as I built a general understanding of the group work and do take leadership role in the group whenever required. (Belbin, 2010, pp 65)(Henny, 2008, pp501)

This chapter reviewed many different aspects of group work such as different processes and skills required to run several different groups. The groups discussed were open-ended group, groups hosted in residential settings, single-session groups, and large activity groups.

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

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.

After completing the group task of preparing a presentation on, transferring individual facilitation skills into a group work setting I will critically reflect upon my own participation. I will evaluate my self-awareness while working in the group, as well as those around me. The way that I personally dealt with any issues that arose within the group and how that affected the group dynamics. I will also briefly discuss the roles in which each member of the group took and how role allocation affected, the group dynamics and the working relationships. Finally I will evaluate my work having discussed it with my fellow group members.

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.

Tuckman proposes that groups develop via five stages; forming, storming, norming, performing and finally adjourning (Archee, Gurney, & Mohan, 2013a). The first stage, known as forming, involves clarifying the task and purpose of the group, and identifying boundaries of both the task and interpersonal behaviour (Archee et al., 2013a). For the presentation task we were randomly allocated into groups. This worried me greatly as I have struggled in the past with group members who do not contribute equally or see the task as important as other group members. To avoid this problem, the group collectively determined and agreed upon a number of ground rules. For example, we decided that all group members were expected to contribute equally to the presentation, all group members were expected to attend and contribute at all group meetings, and all group members would adhere to agreed upon deadlines. Having failed to do this in previous group assignments, this clarification stage