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The Rule Of Three And Flixlist

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This semester I was involved with two uniquely different groups for presentations, The Rule of Three and FlixList. The first group had a total of three members while the second group started off with five members, but grew to six during the course of the project. Both groups shared similarities such as they both experienced the establishment of roles within the groups, both experienced group cohesiveness (albeit in different ways and on different levels of cohesion), both groups picked topics and executed plans to be successful in the desired outcome of both groups and attainment of group goal which, in both cases, was ultimately earning a good grades on our presentations. On the other hand, the groups in which I was involved in were …show more content…

Further complicating group cohesion, one member never fully “buying into” the group. This was partly because of the topic being chosen at a meeting they could not attend, due to the own member’s refusal to meet except for a particular day in which the other two members both had scheduling conflicts. We solicited their feedback by text and email multiple times all of which went unanswered. As a result, this member was like “pushing an elephant” throughout the project and constantly threatened our group success. Whether it was through lack of competent communication, constant questioning of our project, insulting other members (I truly don’t think this person was remotely aware of how they were coming across even after it was pointed out), overall lack of enthusiasm for the project, and group itself; group cohesion was a constant struggle and the success of the group was in question. To handle the situation, the other two group members worked together, dug our heels in and kind of “dragged” the third person along for the ride. To the naysayer’s credit, when it came right down to it, they delivered for our group. We were able to present a well thought out, planned, and polished presentation despite internal tension present at the time. In both our Call and on our feedback from our presentation to the

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