Hanni Egal Journal 3 1. What Happened This group work day occurred on April 12th. We met up at the Rec center on campus. It’s not an unfamiliar location, we met at this location several times to discuss our group projects over the semester. Everyone was in attendance aside from Isabel. Isabel was having car issues and couldn’t make it so she alerted the group via GroupMe. The rest of the group met up around 5:30 and the meeting continued until about 6:30. At the previous meeting we had already discussed the roles that we would take on in order to successfully complete the final project. So this meeting was more so a get together to make sure everyone understood their roles and if they had any questions, they were free to ask the group. …show more content…
2. Analysis First I’d like to say, this group project is a little more difficult than the other group projects because while those depended more on a certain topic (Coachella, Streaming services), this one is focusing on our own group history. It’s easier to focus on one topic with your group, it is more difficult to work on a group project about your group. In the meeting we spent a majority of the time working on the different questions we would have to ask and how we wanted to go forward with our project for presentation day. There was personal responsibility. Everyone had tasks assigned to them and what would be required to get the project done. It wasn’t forced, we decided on what topics we wanted to focus on collectively. Once we knew our roles and requirements, it was easier because then we had a partnership. There was a promised task and a commitment to the goal. Tasks would need to be completed in order to finish the project successful and be prepared for the presentation. We spent some time talking about our personal lives. We got a little carried away and started talking about drunken experiences and teenage rebellion. It established trust. We were able to let loose and get to know each other better. It helped because we got more comfortable with one another. And not to mention, some of the stories were actually quite hilarious. However, shenanigans put aside, I actually noticed that there were
Participating in group activities have never really been my thing, but this project was a great experience. I got the chance to meet individuals with different problem solving solutions than I, and the people I communicate with daily. This project helped me gain communication skills amongst others when trying to make a decision, and the process of coming to an agreement. The knowledge, skills, and abilities I demonstrated throughout the weeks have grown and boosted my confidence when partaking in a group setting. I learned that people are easily offended and it may be hard to steer away from it, but it can be done. Teamwork has always been easy for me because I offer more help than needed to my teammates. The panel discussion taught me that not everyone one wants help, but the opportunity for their opinions to be considered. Each tool I have gained from this experience will make it easier for me to engage with others in the near future in a mannerly way whether it is for a grade or not.
Overall, this group project went very well and was completed on time due to the fact there everyone including myself assigned ourselves with a task role, relational role and from the start had individual roles present such as leader, compromiser, and gatekeepers in the group that made it
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
Through out the process of creating our project as a group there wasn’t as many obstacles as I thought there would be. In other words, everything went smooth it was just what I wanted. I believe the reason for such great outcome was because we all learned how to work as a group and interact with each other because of our Chicano studies class. Knowing what we did wrong in group projects in that class certainly made me change and understand what group studies really are and mean. Therefore, there wasn’t any problems as a group we communicated well and if a person couldn’t meet up we would let them know how they could contribute and certainly they did their part.
One groupmate would be in charge of preparing a PowerPoint presentation and acting as an interpreter, introducing the case and facts. The other was to represent the labor union’s side of the case, coming up with the opening statement and a rebuttal to my opening statement. That left management’s side of the case, which would be presented by me.
Although, I hate group projects and my group members are procrastinators we were able to pull it all together
We each completed different aspects of the project which highlighted our creative and intellectual strengths. For example, Emily is very artistic. Therefore, Emily utilized her artistic skills and drew and decorated the game board. Although each member focused on different aspects of the project which highlighted her strengths, we all worked together and did not leave one person doing all of the work. Lisa and I spoke with Emily about the design of the game and we all shared ideas about how the board should look and which elements of famous board games should be incorporated into our project. All group members also brainstormed about what the game’s instructions should be and which elements of other famous board games our game should be based off
We walked around the campus for an hour and half telling each other about ourselves once our conversation
My initial response to our group project is that I thought we did well, especially given the fact that all four of us are very different people. Not only did we have very diverse interests and ideas, but we also had a slight language barrier in our group. I ultimately do not believe that this caused any harm to our group. The hardest part of the project may have been choosing a topic. Initially our choice was to do a response to the Koran. Although I would have enjoyed something that is intellectually stimulating and will continue to be debated, especially recently in the media, it was important that I took that off the table and suggested Cars instead.
Since it was drawing the end of the semester, I admit I had to inform my fellow group members that I would need a 24 hour extension to get things done in time. The other group members said that this was fine, but I would always be the first person to finish. It would take days for the other members of the group to get their work on time. I understand that this is a busy time for everyone, but I felt disappointed that they were not communicating with me until it was too late as to why nothing was being done. The day before presenting, we met up and made sure we all knew what was expected of us and talked about the project in general. Questions were answered, and it sounds like everything would be done later that night. However, while I think it will all be done by the time we present, I cannot be sure if the quality of the presentation will be as good as I personally would expect from a group of mine.
The big problem people have to projects is that they do not really listen to both sides. When we spoke our minds of the situation we listened to each side and negotiated. Everyone was very well educated along with being very kind as well as patient. As the project kept proceeding bumps in the road were hit, however we got over it then grew from it. In the end we went into the presentation with confidence, and it seemed flawless. We were all proud of what we were able to accomplish in five days. In conclusion, from the very beginning we were all unsure about how this arrangement was going to workout, we each had our beliefs that conflicted with others, however in the end we worked so well that we ended making a relationship with each other we probably did not expect. It is safe to say that my beliefs as to how we were going to work together changed as time went on, I enjoyed it and along the way I learned so much about different beliefs and cultures that it changed the way I look at everything. This experience to work with different people has really helped me grow as a teammate and a
Have you ever been stuck doing a group project? If you ask most people that question the answer would be yes, but I don’t like the idea of doing group projects. When being stuck in a group arguments may start, people may get off task, and people may cause conflicts because they’re not in charge.
For hours we went on about the worst and best books, movie plot twists, and awkward scenarios in our lives. We talked about social and stress difficulties from being high school and the freedom of having endless days to ourselves
Hopefully, we would get a wide point of view to the case. Happily, it was worked out. We collected the problems and everyone got certain problems to look for more information. I, myself, got to check out more for health insurance and law matters. Also, we had second meeting to discuss about the report and presentation. At the meeting, we decided to give one or two topics each. Everyone got the same chance to get the topics. Due to I got an introduction only, therefore, I had to help other pals. In addition, I offered myself to edit the report and hope for the others’ contribution as well. At the end of the meeting everyone was told to send their parts to me, and we would have an online meeting. Also, the part that we got at the day would be, automatically, his or her responsibility for the presentation. This was a very interesting and incredible group.
The way we first formed was by us being the closest together we just decided to be in a group together. We weren’t sure how it would be, but we eventually just introduced ourselves and shared information about ourselves. We then began to start discussing about the first project we did. We divided portions of the content and started placing information into the PowerPoint that we felt was useful to present. After, presenting the PowerPoint we noticed how each other works and were okay with it. We then presented our topic and was fine. When we then began to discuss topics about our final presentations we didn’t have any problems. Throughout the process of our big project we didn’t have any issues, but when we presented it was good, but could have been better.