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Reflection – Individual Analysis of Team Process

Henryk Jankowski
GB215-011
Professor Berdrow
12/7/14

Before coming to Bentley University, I had heard from many people who recommended the school that group work was heavily integrated into courses. Now, as a current sophomore at Bentley University, I have found this to be true for many of my classes. Some classes place more emphasis on group work than others. In GB214 (Marketing/Operations Fundamentals) for instance, from day one, students are divided into teams and are assigned a semester-long group project involving research and analysis of a company’s marketing and operations strategy. (Even the final exam for this class is a group presentation!). In other classes, such as GB215, …show more content…

As it turned out, we did not even really strongly adhere to these roles, as everyone took the time to make minor edits to papers, start discussions, and schedule rooms. Already by our first meeting, we all seemed to recognize that having this type of formal structure is not effective. Delegating one person to one specific role can be advantageous in the sense that we know someone is responsible for completing the task, but on the other hand it is limiting. For example, if we strictly abided by this structure, I would not be the one responsible for checking drafts and rewriting material; Frank would be. This brings up the question: what if I am considering a different idea or see an error that needs to be corrected, but it is not my “member role” to do so? Our ultimate strategy ended up being to have nearly every decision be a group-based

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