Portion B

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.

Add a comment May 4, 2008

I Love YOU… means so many things

I Love You is a word that is heard in many contexts and between many different types of relationships. The meaning of love is diverse, but somehow through the context in which it is used, conveys its purpose. In America especially, the word love and “I love you” gets tossed around many times a day. The words can be shared and felt between families friends, and lovers. Love is even known to be experienced at first sight. Love is a feeling, but it has different feelings within it. For example, you love your mother in a different way then you love your significant other. This does not mean that you love either one of them more, but the feeling is different even though you “love” both of them. Sometimes you can love someone for a period of time, but that love goes away, or you can love someone forever like your child, regardless of what they do and if they hurt you. I have yet to hear the word Love in our Group Dynamics class (Sorry to say, especailly not last week!) But I have seen feelings of caring, and thoughtfulness, and kindness, which all can be related to love. In some of the fishbowls and Schein groups people are very thoughtful and considerate of the other classmates feelings, some people try to be accepting and make the others feel important. I noticed this a lot with Ally, after someone expresses and idea or opinion she tries to say an accepting approval after. This helps a lot in a class called Group Dynamics because everyone wants to feel apart of the class and whats to know that there opinions are understood and appreciated. Ally really helps to do this. as well as others i’ve seen among the class, but I’m still learning names! Showing love does not have to be in saying it. I personally think that the word gets thrown around way too much. Its nice to hear it but knowing its gentuity is sometimes difficult. I think Love is shown, and since love can be shown in many different ways, i’m sure its being shown in our class, but maybe we don’t always recognize it as love. I personally think that the main purpose of being on this earth is to love and be loved and so maybe we should try harder in our class to be kinder and more accepting of each other, instead of yelling and getting on each others cases about a WIKI project?!

1 comment March 8, 2008

Hair What Does It Say About You?

Group 4

Today in class we were asked to discuss a cultural text, the teacher, Steph’s hair cut. Our group came to the conclusion that it is a personal preference the way she and anyone chooses to wear, style, or cut their hair. Steph’s hair cut is un-arguable different than most seen in our culture, and the people that would take notice and talk about it would be people that notice this difference and who care about appearances. People that would not talk about her style would be people that either have the same style of a cut, or just don’t take notice at appearances.

Society would talk about this hair cut because it can be considered different compared to the way most people in our society style and cut their hair, however by wearing your hair in this way its just another way of expressing yourself and trying to look different. If this style is familiar to you, you are probably not going to talk about it because it doesn’t make a statement to you, its natural for that person.

Our group came to the conclusion that by wearing her hair this way Steph is just being herself, hair is such an insignificant thing that it really doesn’t matter, whatever makes you feel comfortable and yourself is all that matters. Hair doesn’t make a person, but at the same time Steph is making a statement that she wants to be looked at or noticed differently than other people whose hair looks like the majority of people in our society.

11 comments September 13, 2007

Babel As It Relates to Communication

Babel is a movie that shows how three different sets of circumstances, in three very different parts of the world, all relate to one another in a larger sense. Babel relates to the subject matter of this class because Babel deals with communication, this class is “writing as communication,” although the movie is not “written,” it is all about different forms of communication. In Japan the deaf girl cannot communicate through talking. She is limited in her forms of communication which leads her to frustration, she uses her sexuality and anger to communicate to people. In Morroco, the Jones cannot communicate through talking because they do not understand the language. In a time of emergency, they must find any form of understanding and communication, and trust foreign strangers to help them. In Mexico the children recieve messages and understanding of the culture by watching and participating in a new and different way of life then what they have ever known. Communication can come in many forms I think the movie Babel is a wonderful example of this. Writing is also this way, their are many ways in which you can communicate ideas, thoughts, and information through writing.

1 comment September 7, 2007

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1 comment September 6, 2007