Please provide some thoughts/feedback in the post below: The last group project I was a part of here at Columbus State w
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 9:00 am
Please provide some thoughts/feedback in the postbelow:
The last group project I was a part of here at Columbus Statewent very poorly.
This was two semesters ago in an HR Management class.
My 3 pieces of advice for my team to drive higher performancewould be:- Set specific, clear, measurable goals for each member for eachweek - Outline and schedule goals for each team meeting- Communicate needs within the group as well as with theteacher
I think at the root of what happened was communication; Nobodyin the group was a self-starter and I waited too long beforeassigning specific tasks, and the project outline itself did notcommunicate clear guidelines of what was expected of us. It wasvery much a "Do whatever you want but I expect it to be spectacularand include specificies that I have not specified in my rubric"type of project. The teacher was very new to teaching and we werevery much guinea pigs for this project.
My vision was that we could all brainstorm ideas together, andthen I could do an outline of the project and everyone could pickaspects of the project that appealed to them. What actuallyhappened was that 2/3 members brainstormed with me, I did theoutline, waited 4 weeks (pestering everyone on Microsoft Teams allthe while), and then completed the project almost entirely bymyself with feedback from 1.5 of the 3 group members (1.5 because Ihad one guy who was engaged but very busy, a girl who popped inoccasionally and wrote a few sentences that were okay, and a guywho did not do anything except complain and lie about the groupproject in another class that the girl was in; he claimed he wasdoing the entire project by himself despite the fact that we didnot even hear from him until the end of the 3rd week, he skippedevery single group meeting except the last one, and his singlecontribution was to try and sabotage the completed project at thevery last second (end of the 6th week). Luckily, Microsoft Teamshas a version control / reset feature).
Our weekly scheduled meetings only lasted a few minutes and theymostly consisted of me explaining what needs to be done and askingif any of it appeals to anyone. Per the textbook, effectivescheduled meetings last for 30 minutes to an hour, include theminutes from the previous meeting, and have specified topics. Theyare not just "Sooo, can we please try to work on it this week? No?Okay
Well this is what I am going to do this week" over and overagain.
If I was able to get a do-over on the project, I would start byassigning specific and measurable tasks/roles to the group membersright away and communicate my expectations. I would alsocommunicate with the teacher better, as we did not tell her we werehaving a problem until shortly before the presentation was due.
There was also little to no trust built within this team, whichthe textbook says is a major problem and the first barrier toeffective teamwork.
The last group project I was a part of here at Columbus Statewent very poorly.
This was two semesters ago in an HR Management class.
My 3 pieces of advice for my team to drive higher performancewould be:- Set specific, clear, measurable goals for each member for eachweek - Outline and schedule goals for each team meeting- Communicate needs within the group as well as with theteacher
I think at the root of what happened was communication; Nobodyin the group was a self-starter and I waited too long beforeassigning specific tasks, and the project outline itself did notcommunicate clear guidelines of what was expected of us. It wasvery much a "Do whatever you want but I expect it to be spectacularand include specificies that I have not specified in my rubric"type of project. The teacher was very new to teaching and we werevery much guinea pigs for this project.
My vision was that we could all brainstorm ideas together, andthen I could do an outline of the project and everyone could pickaspects of the project that appealed to them. What actuallyhappened was that 2/3 members brainstormed with me, I did theoutline, waited 4 weeks (pestering everyone on Microsoft Teams allthe while), and then completed the project almost entirely bymyself with feedback from 1.5 of the 3 group members (1.5 because Ihad one guy who was engaged but very busy, a girl who popped inoccasionally and wrote a few sentences that were okay, and a guywho did not do anything except complain and lie about the groupproject in another class that the girl was in; he claimed he wasdoing the entire project by himself despite the fact that we didnot even hear from him until the end of the 3rd week, he skippedevery single group meeting except the last one, and his singlecontribution was to try and sabotage the completed project at thevery last second (end of the 6th week). Luckily, Microsoft Teamshas a version control / reset feature).
Our weekly scheduled meetings only lasted a few minutes and theymostly consisted of me explaining what needs to be done and askingif any of it appeals to anyone. Per the textbook, effectivescheduled meetings last for 30 minutes to an hour, include theminutes from the previous meeting, and have specified topics. Theyare not just "Sooo, can we please try to work on it this week? No?Okay
Well this is what I am going to do this week" over and overagain.If I was able to get a do-over on the project, I would start byassigning specific and measurable tasks/roles to the group membersright away and communicate my expectations. I would alsocommunicate with the teacher better, as we did not tell her we werehaving a problem until shortly before the presentation was due.
There was also little to no trust built within this team, whichthe textbook says is a major problem and the first barrier toeffective teamwork.