Reflective Reflection Of A Group Project

To further understand Belbin Team Role Theory, I, together with four students formed a team and simulated as being authorized by the Songjiang Government Bureau to investigate into the current situation and the prospect of the higher education industry in Songjiang District. Through unremitting team efforts, we successfully demonstrated our findings and recommended several ideas via a formal presentation. Reviewing the three-months-long process of cooperation, I really found this experience of learning meaningful and fruitful. This reflective essay is a conclusion of my sympathetic introspection of the

Andrew Carnegie, the eminent American industrialist and philanthropist, said “Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results”. This fuel generates the drive and motivation necessary for a group of people to come together and work towards a common interest. I have always been amazed by the amount of success a cohesive team achieves while pursuing its goal. However, I have experienced it first hand and know that a team can be chaotic and inefficient when influenced by a few factors. Over the last three weeks, I have learned a great deal on various elements affecting an organization. One key lesson among them is the factors which can make or break a team, leaving long-lasting impact on an organization.

In this essay I am going to reflect on my experience working as part of a team and the preparation on an oral presentation I had to do in class with people from different courses, as part of the Foundations for Practice in Health and Social Care module. Reflection is educational and is used as a means of self-knowledge and to develop using a process of feeling and learning by thinking about what happened and what could have been done differently. (Rolfe, 2011, p.8-12) I will be using the Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle to do this. In this model there are 6 different stages to look at to help structure reflection, the description of the event, your feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and an action plan. There is more than one model

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If you want a job done right, do it yourself. I have been guilty of approaching my job and many aspects of my personal life with this philosophy. I also enjoy the camaraderie of the team environment and enjoy working in a team environment, but it needs to be the right team. A critical assessment of my attitude towards group work is reflected in both philosophies. Teamwork is necessary but has always seemed flawed and ineffective. Someone still had to carry the burden and do most of the work. Looking back to when I first began this course, I was hopeful to learn more about the mechanics of groups and possible ways to promote positive teamwork. I expected to learn the theories behind organizational work groups regarding management, perhaps by doing case studies. I was not expecting to complete a group project; I had not previously heard of working collaboratively online to produce a combined paper.

My prior experience in leading a group is when I lead a group of young men that were growing up in low-income housing. Ironically, most of these young men were growing up in a household where there is no father present, and they looked to the streets for guidance. During these group sessions, we talk about the stigma that was placed upon them for coming from the area in which they were growing up in. We also talked about social issues that they are dealing with growing up as African American males. Another point that was brought up was how do they deal with the police that patrols the area. Also, we created a dialogue that entailed discussing what the short-term and long-term goals were. Many participants of this group were eager to

Tell us about the most successful group project you have ever been a part of

If I could summarize my group proposal experience in three works it would be patient, organized, and accomplished. My group proposal experience was not that bad. However, I did have to be patient and wait for other members to submit their work. I also had to be patient and see when we could meet because some of my group members did not show up for group meetings. I also felt like the majority of my group was not participating and getting work done. My group was some what organized because we had a checklist of the materials we had to submit and complete. My group was also able to accomplish our binder on time because we had to pull each other's weight. The only good thing I can say about my group is that they are nice

The chapter exhibited that it is important to build partnerships to create students’ individualized education programs due to the fact that collaboration decreases the likelihood of incorrect placement recommendations for students; additionally, collaborative partnerships increase the likelihood that the assessments completed will be nondiscriminatory and more appropriate educational plans and goals are created. Personally, the collaborative skills that I have that will benefit me in this collaborative type of teamwork include my ability to work in a team; I exhibit a high degree of cooperation with other individuals. Moreover, I display accountability for mistakes and work hard; I voluntary participation and parity in the relationship with mutual respect for others. Finally, the skill that I need to improve on, in order to work in an effective collaborated team, is my trust of others work.

I attended the University of Pittsburgh Student Government Board (SGB) meeting on November 10, 2015, to see first-hand how task oriented groups function. There was a presentation after the SGB meeting about the University Strategic Plan, soliciting suggestions for the implementation phase of the plan.

At initial of spring semester, Professor Nola Schmidt made groups in research method for evidence based practice (NUR 670) for paper and homework. After she made groups, I sent her email about change my partner in the group at the same day. However, she did not respond my email at that time. I was not comfortable when she said, " you will work with Jalal for homework and paper" because I knew him already, and we worked in the same hospital in my country. I told Professor, I want to work with domestic students or Indian students because they might have different ideas and knowledge about nursing, but she did not answer my email. In fact, I hoped to be alone to make paper after the Professor did not change the group. I knew my grade on the exam

Throughout my placement experience, one of my primary objectives has been to develop competency in facilitating client’s change process. As my role involved co-facilitating a group therapy workshop, it encompassed understanding the inter-play of group process and dynamics, coupled with ability to apply and translate interventions to suit group situation (Sonia Online, 2015).

For two weeks I had been researching for a group project. We were studying the different organ systems in the body and my group had been assigned the Circulatory system. I remember thinking that this project was the most ridiculous assignment. What could I possibly learn about the heart that I did not already know? By the end of this project I found that the answer to that question would take a lifetime to answer. That was something I was determined to do. This group project had given me excitement, something I had never experienced in a classroom.

Teamwork can be complex and challenging given task and interpersonal issues, level of group motivation and expected performance standards. The concrete experience spoken about in this reflection piece is in reference to the effectiveness of myself as a group member and the group, working to write a report outlining the organisation and structure of Volkswagen. Dennison (2009) applies Kolb’s learning cycle (1981, 1984) which suggests that learning moves through a continuous cycle, between having an experience, and then reflecting on that action. This cycle has been developed from Lewin’s (1951) model for experiential learning. Reflection termed by Boud, Keogh and Walker (1985) ‘is a forum of response to the learner to experience’(p. 18). On reflection, the early set group dynamics was a defining factor in the experience, and how the team conducted themselves throughout the task. Meyerson, Wick and Kramer (1996) note that ‘such rapidly converging groups require methods for developing “swift trust”’ (p. 8), which can explain why initial group dynamics are so important. I took on multiple team roles, including group leader, which could be translated into the team not performing collectively on a high level, however, I could view this as a personal ineffectiveness of my leadership style.

“Group work is a form of voluntary association of members benefiting from cooperative learning that enhances the total output of the activity than when done individually”.