Group Work Evaluation Essay
Review and evaluate the group work involved in creating your poster
Initially the prospect of working as part of a group for the first assignment was unnerving and I can fully understood why it is “one of the most emotionally charged areas of university life”1, I also felt nervous about working as part of a group because, like other students, I “did not want my grade based on the effort – or lack of effort – of other people”2. However, after thinking about the concept of group work my opinion changed slightly as I feel that my first assignment would have been more daunting working independently as “group work offers support and tasks are easier when they are shared”. My past experiences of group work have not been overly successful or pleasant …show more content…
The group consisted of three males and one female, one of which seemed overly confident in his knowledge of breach of duty and as such took a stance as the group leader. It was apparent that his presence at the group first group meeting allowed the other three members to relax. However, this also created problems as it seemed that “bad habits developed”5 and these accepted bad behaviours, in particular rearranging meetings or not being productive in meetings that were attended, became “the norm in the group”6. Although I initially thought that the more confident boy in the group had taken it upon himself to become the group leader he continuously missed meetings and seemed disinterested in the work. Without realising I assumed the role of group leader and as a result of the lack of communication among the other members of the group and so I found myself constantly passing on messages and attempting to organise mutually convenient meeting times. I felt that despite my best efforts we had no formality to our meetings and that the majority of the time in the library was spent socialising rather than being productive. In time these bad habits that formed in the initial meeting became more frequent and I found that other members of the group did not take an equal role in researching the
Initially the prospect of working as part of a group for the first assignment was unnerving and I can fully understood why it is “one of the most emotionally charged areas of university life”1, I also felt nervous about working as part of a group because, like other students, I “did not want my grade based on the effort – or lack of effort – of other people”2. However, after thinking about the concept of group work my opinion changed slightly as I feel that my first assignment would have been more daunting working independently as “group work offers support and tasks are easier when they are shared”. My past experiences of group work have not been overly successful or pleasant …show more content…
The group consisted of three males and one female, one of which seemed overly confident in his knowledge of breach of duty and as such took a stance as the group leader. It was apparent that his presence at the group first group meeting allowed the other three members to relax. However, this also created problems as it seemed that “bad habits developed”5 and these accepted bad behaviours, in particular rearranging meetings or not being productive in meetings that were attended, became “the norm in the group”6. Although I initially thought that the more confident boy in the group had taken it upon himself to become the group leader he continuously missed meetings and seemed disinterested in the work. Without realising I assumed the role of group leader and as a result of the lack of communication among the other members of the group and so I found myself constantly passing on messages and attempting to organise mutually convenient meeting times. I felt that despite my best efforts we had no formality to our meetings and that the majority of the time in the library was spent socialising rather than being productive. In time these bad habits that formed in the initial meeting became more frequent and I found that other members of the group did not take an equal role in researching the