Group Contract

In the beginning of the course, my group was instructed by the professor to come up with a contract that all the group members will apply effort to participate with the assigned group assignments. The contract entails being able to communicate with all group members , complete assignments in a timely manner, being open to ask questions , express concerns, attend meetings and being responsible with completing assigned tasks..
VI. Identify the properties of your small group
After participating in my assigned group the properties I was able to identify inside the group was group participation, communication patterns, decision – making and overall level of cohesion. The first property I want to discuss is group participation, I had felt as …show more content…
I personally felt as if group members could have put in more effort when it came to the overall group participation.
VII. What degree did your group achieve the specific elements of the mutually agreed upon contract?
I personally felt as if my group did not follow all the elements we had agreed upon in the contract. One of the situations I had encountered through the process of trying to finish the group theory project was members not attending scheduled meeting times.
Another element that some members did not adhere to was turning work in at a timely manner. For example, the first group project we agree as a group that members would send their slides to me so I could put the power point together. Members did not send their work to me at a respectable time. I was still receiving emails the day after we all agree to have the presentation done. I also had to go back and correct grammar mistakes and ask individuals to make sure they incorporated all the required information that was asked of them.
VIII. List group members, describe the member contribution to the …show more content…
Another suggestion is to make sure everyone is aware of their role will reduce the stresses you may have of your group members not doing the assignment in full entirety.
Last suggestion would be to assign group members specific roles that will fit adequate with their strengths.
X. Overall feelings about your experience in the small group. To what degree did the group members meet your socio-emotional needs with regards to its goals of education, support and growth?
Overall experience in the small group I felt as if we would have met more and completed the assignments in appropriate time it would made me feel better about how successful the group would have been in our group assignments.
As a group the way the members met my social emotional needs is being able to complete the tasks and doing well in our group presentations.
Individually member I felt that met my socio-emotional needs was regarding to being available to meet with me on several occasions and to discuss our concerns about the project was