The Effect Of Single Loop And Double Loop

Learning how to work effectively in a group situation is key to success in many professions as well as in social situations. Groups vary from each other based on the individuals that make up each group, all of us belong to various groups at one time or another. The roles that we fulfill vary from group to

Initially, I had a negative view on group working because of the challenges that I had. When I was in high school, my five other friends and I used to work together in a music competition. Although we were supposed to get together to practice

qualified for every opened position. Since I am offered a new position my leadership style

Corey, G., Corey, M., & Haynes, R. (2014). Groups in action: Evolution and challenges (2nd

This semester has felt how Joan Didion describes her time in New York City in Goodbye to All That, “how six months can become eight years with the deceptive ease of a film dissolve” (Didion). The semester has flown by. It is something I have come to call “the time-warp of college,” when days become weeks and last week felt like four weeks ago, but four weeks ago felt like yesterday. In my opinion, it is a beautiful phenomenon. On the surface I am still the same person I was in August, but internally I am different. Not a bad different, but an improved different. It is like when Apple released the iPhone 7 and you did not know how it is different from the iPhone 6. The differences are small technical things that are only significant to a select

For many decades people have been considered to be either right or left side dominant in regards to brain function which came with defined roles such as “creative” or “analytical”. This thinking tends to be over-simplified as most people use their entire brains daily (Jensen, 2010). On the other hand people do use different parts of their brain for different tasks according to how they perceive those tasks.

the group was split up among friends. One group would go out and do one thing,

The group norms played in the group were who ever spoke we listened. Taking notes if you have to. Every individual in the group has there name card in front of them and the back of it was their assigned role. We raised our hands when we vote about a descision on the issue.

Right brain? Left brain? Both sides are very different and have their own characteristics that help determine what a persons potential strengths and weaknesses will be. “The human brain is split into two halves, each with its own unique abilities. This phenomenon, discovered three decades ago by Nobel Prize winner Dr. Roger Sperry and his associates at the California Institute of Technology, is known as brain lateralization” (Raudsepp, 1992, p. 85). Certain characteristics of a person can go so much deeper then just hobbies that a person enjoys. Brain function can play a major role in how a person perceives their surroundings, such as if someone like to draw or do math. On the other side of that if a person is very analytical and good at subjects in school such as math it could be linked to which side of their brain is dominant.

I have only had three different jobs in my life, two of them where only three people worked at an office. At my other job where we were a bigger group, I was able to see more of in-groups and out-groups. I started as a volunteer evaluation research assistant at a physical activity in San Diego, and after six months I was hired by this same program. According to Northouse (2016) “Followers who are interested in negotiating with the leader what they are willing to do for the group can become a part of the in-group. These negotiations involve exchanges in which followers do certain activities that go beyond their formal job descriptions, and the leader, in turn, does more for those followers” (pg. 138), I believe I became part of the in-group

The things I will have done differently in the group was to use my time wisely. I believe because we were on a time frame, I tended to rush things just to say okay where done. Also, more support and trust at a point of time I was kind of second guessing another idea. I feel that you have to have trust in your group member to make it effective.

People who are left brain tend to approach each problem with an analytical point of view. Right

Working in groups you will have to know who is who and what they like to do, and then you can do what it is that has to be done for that group. Group dynamics is when we interact with all groups involved with the project. (Chapter 1, pg 1 joining together; group theory and group skills 10th edition). With group dynamics we can learn about how a person

I used to believe that I did not perform very well in groups. I am an observer who likes to learn alone. I thought I learned best when I worked on my own. Even though I always knew group work had many positive values, I was more comfortable with the lecture-based approach and resisted group work merely because it involved change, not because it had a collaborative learning approach. However, during the learning community project, I came to realize that I learn more effectively when I work in groups. Working in a group was like an adventure for me; there were both exciting and challenging times while preparing for the learning community project.

In conclusion, this class has changed my perspective about working in a group. Since my prior experience with groups was so unsettling, I believed that all groups were going to be the same. However, this class has made it possible to believe that there are groups that respect and take into consideration other members’