Portion B

May 4, 2008 aligirl22

4.) Goal-setting is a responsibility that I share.

For this answer I chose TRUE! I feel that in order to fulfill a goal you have to first set one! I think I have taken responsibility for setting goals especially within my coarse Wiki group. Ashley and I took it upon ourselves to decide what we wanted our portion of the site to look like, and how we were going to achieve it.

10.) Our class/group has all the roles necessary to achieve optimum group growth and productivity.

I chose true for number 10, I think our class most definitely has the roles necessary to achieve optimum growth and productivity. I think any group has the potential for that matter. At first I was worried that our class would be caught in the storming phase for the entire semester, but after we reached the calming phase I started to notice how different members of the class began filling role that were beneficial to success, the leaders stepped up, and the followers contributed and I can already see that our coarse WIKI is amazing, our pages look better than most of the other pages I have seen! (Not to boast or anything)

11.) Our class/group has not yet generated effective work on the problem of role-required ness. I chose false for “our class has not yet generated effective work on the problem of role required ness” because I believe that there is no right or wrong answer to which role are required to fulfill “optimum group growth and productivity (Benne and Sheats) I don’t remember ever talking to my peers and saying “I am going to fulfill the role as follower in order to make the coarse Wiki a success.” I feel like within the group people contributed and worked together to decide on a project and then to create our Coarse Wiki. I think we have generated effective work!

15.) I have role flexibility. I feel that I have switched roles many times within our group dynamics class. I have been a Recorder when I examined the fishbowls and observed my peers for decision making procedures. I feel I have been a Contributor when I went into the fishbowl and gave my ideas. I feel I have been an Encourager, when I agreed and accepted the contributions of others (Benne Sheats)

16. Developing role flexibility is an important objective of group member training.

The three roles I flex among the most are: a) encourager, b) recorder, c)follower. My decision to flex is based upon: The situation of the group and the roles that others play within it. Two factors are that when there was no one else to step up as leader in our group project, I did, I am not a leader usually but because of the circumstances of the group and some people not contributing or even responding to our group; I had to take the lead in order for my groups grade not to suffer. Another example is when I was as follower, one time I went along with the group and acted passively in order to keep the peace and just get the work done.

18.) I never find myself resisting the retraining required to be a functional group member. I responded False for resisting the retraining required to be a functional group member. I think it has been hard for me in certain situations to not feel tension or anxiety. I really don’t like speaking in class, I definitely have gotten batter at it through this class, but this anxiety for speaking has caused me to not say things that I should have. I also found that when I did I would try to just go along with the group to ease tension which is also a problem when you are trying to work in a functional group.

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