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applicable resources for our chapter, while Charles organized the chapter outline.
Matthew served as the Chapter Prospectus Project Manager. Moving forward,
Charles will be the final assignments Project Manager and has agreed to work on
sections outlining the psychology of conflict and conflict in teams, while Matthew
will work focus on sections regarding conflict resolve and the effects of unresolved
conflict.
I think the greatest thing I have brought to the team is a strong opinion, my
take on the requirements of our assignments, and a take action approach. Often
times in teams there is a sense of group think, in that no one wants to step on
someone elses toes or seem like a dictator, so we talk and talk and talk things out
but often dont plan a call to action. I believe I have done a great service to the
group by helping to finalize individual tasks. I think this has allowed us each to
move forward on our individual responsibilities and has provided us adequate time
to be able to complete these tasks, while still being able to contribute to each
others before deadlines pass.
Overall, I have felt a high level of team cohesiveness amongst this group. I
believe we are on the same page as far as team norms, individual responsibility
within the group, and the desire for high achievement. I trust my team members to
communicate openly and effectively, to give their best, and to abide by any
deadlines we agree upon and feel that trust reciprocated. I think we definitely have
a strong level of respect for each other, as we have provided support and
encouragement when team members noted struggle with the work-home lifegraduate school balance and even shared the sweetest Happy Fathers Day post
with those celebrating new or longstanding fatherhood. We have avoided group
think by talking openly about our abilities to accept constructive criticism and work
with each other, not against. We have utilized brainwriting by accessing the
Blackboard Collaborate Group Discussion Board to share initial ideas on each
section of impending assignments, as well as to provide feedback and other
insights.
Moving forward, I think it will be important that our group keep the high level
of motivation, communication, and reliability we have shown up to this point. We
have already assigned chapter focus areas for each team member and created a
weekly check in deadline to ensure we stay on track for our overall project deadline.
I am looking forward to Thompsons future chapter on Teamwork via Information
Technology to hopefully gain some added insight on teamwork and communication
in virtual teams. I am very much looking forward to the coming weeks for increased
time to focus solely on my individual responsibilities for our team competency
project and working as a group to formalize our chapter on conflict in teams.