Activity Of Life Trajectory

The next time the group met they were in the storming stage (Tuckman 1965). This stage is where any conflict happens, the group member explore their roles within the group. Within this stage there can often be a struggle for power, status and control. Even though conflict

What I found most enlightening about this experience was that what I thought of the meeting was completely different from what it actually is. It was amazing to be in a space where the group members are pouring their hearts out about their experience but also lifting up the ones who are struggling. Despite how different they all are there goal for being in that space was the same, which was to create a supportive environment.

Throughout the module I was part of group including eight other health professions including student midwives, mental health nurses, physiotherapist’s, radiologists and paediatric nurses. According to Tuckman and Jensen (1977) there are five stages of group development; forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. I was a little anxious about meeting the group and during the forming stage was apprehensive about trusting individuals within the group; maybe because of the lack of a clear

At the first meeting, the group underwent the forming stage, becoming reacquainted with one another (as many of us have worked together in previous classes) and we familiarized ourselves with the project that the group would be undertaking this quarter (Connery & Vohs, 2006). The group established group norms initially, discussing the roles of coordinator, time keeper and recorder and agreeing that those roles would be rotated every week at the beginning of the group meeting (Connery & Vohs, 2006). We agreed that everyone will be respectful of others and everyone will have an opportunity to voice their

Everyone in the group was respectful of others. When Heather was asking what everyone was interested in, everyone gave an answer and participated. Everyone was also encouraging of each other, kind, and supportive while throwing out potential topic ideas for our group. The environment felt safe, caring and inviting.

Considering that this was my first time, the purpose of the group is to address any PTSD symptomatology and invite all members to participate in group discussion about any related issues or topics. The group doesn’t seem structured or formatted in any way. I believe it meets the pt’s where they are and goes from there.

This group started out with the initial stage of introduction. This stage allowed for the trust to begin. This night was one of the most heartwarming experiences. It truly touched a side of me that I cannot describe. I want to bring that

A chairperson needs to understand group dynamics when chairing a meeting simply because of the human condition. People are not robots, they have emotions and sometimes those emotions can cause us to do things disruptive to meetings such as being loud, being quiet, taking control, distracting others, being distracted and showing no respect.

In reflecting on my child hood to present, the six life events I identified at this stage of the course are, (1) the death of my father, (2) ending an emotionally abusive relationship (3) my sister’s diagnoses of MS, (4) dropping out of college, (5) unexpectedly laid off from a job of ten years laid (6) returning to college. All the events mentioned have had a profound effect on me in one way or the other. A few have caused me to view and appreciate life more. Others, have encouraged growth, resiliency, self-awareness, and patience.

Although we had been using the consensus making decision style since the beginning of the semester we were also able to improve upon our administration of it. This approach is time consuming because it requires every group member to discuss an issue and all agree on it before it can be accepted (Levi, 2011). We found that it was taking too long for us to reach group decisions because no one wanted to offend anyone else or offer their honest opinion at first. The more we developed trust the better we could discuss issues honestly in a timely fashion and make well thought out decisions quickly.

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.

Each individual is categorized into a group from the day they were conceived. According to Kozier et al (2010) a group is “two are more people who have shared need and goals, who taken each other in account in their and who, thus, are held together and set apart from others by virtue of their interaction” (p. 400). The communicate that takes place between members of the group is group dynamic (Kozier et al, 2010). Motivation for participation and similarity of other group members and the goals of the group will affect the group dynamic (Kozier et al, 2010). The type of group that was created was a task group and Kozier et al (2010) stated that “the focus for such group is completion of a specific task, and the format is defined at the

The forming – storming – norming – performing. My team was formed by our module instructor which obviously gave us a guide to execute our group task. When it comes to storming, we encountered a hitch because one our group member was inactive all through and that initially hindered our functionality as tasks were delegated to each member. Our disagreement or hitch in the group was due to unavailability of one group member which affected us immensely but we handled it by assigning the task to another group member and communicated swiftly to our instructor about the situation. Our group tasks were already delegated to each member and we knew what was expected of us to perform optimally and score

This is my first semester at City Tech. When I signed up for the group dynamics class I expected to have some difficulties. Prior to this class I worked on various group projects and for the most part it was a wreck. The information given was unclear, members were not focused and/ or the professor was too busy to help. As a result, I ended up doing all the work and not feeling confident in my projects.

Welcome to Focus, we are an organization that functions through a unique structure, with elements borrowed from several approaches and theories studied throughout the course of our year. Focus’s structure most closely models the systems approach. In addition to functioning like a human body, Focus has borrowed elements from the classical approach through ordered structuring of department levels, the family metaphor and human resources encapsulates our employees, and cognitive strategies to influence our decision making. Like a human body we need to operate at full capacity and so our group has added the best prescribed medicines, practices, to ensure that Focus efficiently functions internally between departments and employees as well as