Routine Check-In Group Work

I believe our group work is going well. We haven’t had many meetings concerning bringing all the work together, but people have been working had individually as noted in the annotated bibliography. One complaint is that in the agreement we said that the annotated bibliography would be completed by the Sunday before the due date, when in actuality two members did not add their work to the group until the day the assignment was due. However, this is minor in the larger scheme since it was completed and submitted on time. We have made plans to come together next week to work on the project together and how and where everyone’s contribution will be placed. Overall I don’t have much to complain about as communication and work ethic are good. I

It was clear that our agreed upon norms placed a significant level of responsibility on the group leader. In this instance, Kristian served the role well. Due to the variance in time zones the use of Google Docs as a collaborative effort, was helpful to ensuring that each member was able to participate effectively. One member of our group, had difficulty accessing the internet on a regular basis and email the group portions of the assignment for the leader to incorporate into the draft. While this allowed the individual to contribute, it placed an additional burden on the leader to incorporate the suggestions into the final draft of the assignment. Additionally, during one assignment, the leader formatted the document early in the day and email it out prior to allowing everyone to contribute. This created confusion regarding whether the Google Doc or the emailed draft was the current working copy. Through email communication, this small obstacle was overcome and the group was successful over

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

Another group challenge we experienced was putting the first proposal together as we all have different methods of writing and explaining our topic. We each wrote a part of the paper and combined the input from each team member to created our final proposal. In addition, we took turns editing the document to assure the paper was flowing and all grammatical errors were

Group and team work is described as two or more interacting individuals who share collective norms and goals and have a common identity. The size of the group is key, a large group the leader may not catch all. However, a small group becomes more bonded, allowing interaction and shared awareness.

Hi, Zack here. I am a member of the management team for our group, Modelty. The first thing our team can do to ensure success before submitting our next draft is get together more frequently. We found a way to execute the first task profiently, but I feel we could go above and beyond with more frqunt meetings.The second thing we could do better as a group is have more fun while working on the plans. Rather then seeing these assinments as chores we could approach the task at hand as if we are partaking in a hobby with friends. If we are having fun whlile completing the task I believe our team will show improvement dramatically. The third thing we could look into is reading off our plans to eachother before submitting. Then we can ensure we are all on the same page.

Group work has been a cornerstone of the social work profession and requires a variety of facilitator skills and awareness of group processes. The SSLDTM Group Program for People with Difficulties in Social Situations (Socialwork1914, 2017) provides an excellent example of a psycho-educational group co-facilitated by two female social workers, Jane and Karen. After viewing the 6th session of this 8-week program, I began to understand how the concepts of group formation/development, interpersonal dynamics, and leadership styles contribute to successful group work outcomes.

Writing on an individual basis feels like an artist with a blank canvas, but when you have a group writing, the process changes to something more like a team trying to win a game of charades. It is completely different. My group and I had to take a website none of us had ever seen before, break it down and analyze it, while using a power point presentation to display our findings. On one side, the process was difficult, and my role and strategies as a writer changed by listening to others perspective and making sure to create a flowing tone. On the other side, the actual presentation included different multimodal elements, which I critically had to think about my role and strategies as a writer to compose the different modalities on screen.

Learning objectives promoted in the college level class on teaching writing that this text was handed out in, strongly emphasize the importance of group work, as revealed in the writing theory handout and the scholarly overview handout (see attached).

In order to achieve the goals set by the department heads, communication and interaction within the team is important. We would usually begin a project with a whole team meeting and brainstorm ideas. Everyone would be invited to these early meeting to ensure that all members of the team have an opportunity to voice any concerns or make any suggestions they may have. We would also invite the team leaders from other teams that may be involved or affected by the project to ensure the goals are achievable. Once tasks have been agreed upon and set, communicating the progress both up and down the chain is important. I would expect progress reports from my team members on an agreed time frame. I would in turn provide progress reports to my managers and department heads. These reports can come in many forms from Emails, telephone calls, meetings or sometimes one on one conversation. It is important to promote synergy, if a team works well together the final result can often be far greater than the sum of its parts.

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.

At the time of the incident, I was surprised at how it didn’t effect, me as much as I thought it would. I was more fascinated by how they deescalated the situation and the process of a critical incident. I accepted the offer to observe this incident as I felt that if I was to experience it, early in my placement, it would assist me in normalizing my reactions to those kinds of behaviours.

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.

The team leader or other designated individual should upload the final group document to the ASSIGNMENTS tool located in the course website. In addition, EACH MEMBER OF THE GROUP SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR PORTION OF THE PAPER TO ME AS AN ATTACHMENT TO MY COURSE EMAIL. THIS IS MANDATORY. Non-compliance will result in deduction of points from final project

Groupwork tools have revolutionized the way teams collaborate, and it is almost impossible to imagine workflow without them. I feel this way, and so do most of the people I know who use cloud-based computing options. Even the most basic type of tools for collaboration such as Dropbox has made sharing information and ideas easier. I use Dropbox to share everything from photos to memos, and Dropbox is only a file folder, and not a true suite of collaborative software interface. Actual collaborative software adds a whole new dimension to the way we work, facilitating most aspects of the creative and productivity processes. Of course, solo workers find no purpose in collaborative software but still appreciate the functionality of Dropbox. Even social media websites offer the sense of collaboration within a shared online environment; social media spaces are shared and interactive but they do not allow the powerful types of productivity or collaborative creativity that other options offer.