REFLECTION: GROUP DEVELOPMENT STAGE 02/102015
As I began reading chapter nine, I came across the above subject and it was so interesting that I had to do a great reflection on it. Anyone who have been opportune to work in any organization understand what it means to experience this stages in group development. For instance, when I was deployed in a group to undertake a project, it was exactly the description the author gave in the forming stage that happens to us in the group. Group members were generally respectful to each other and inquire from one another what they like and what each would prefer to be called. It was also a time of great uncertainty because nobody understands exactly how the group was going to function and what role one will be asked to play. However, there was a general pride and excitement that one is opportune to be selected to form a part of the group. In that group under description, I thought the level of decorum exhibited by members will continue, but I was wrong. Things quickly …show more content…
In this aspect of the reflection, I understand that designing a successful team entails a decision of who should be in that team, the team size; that is the number of members the team should have and the team diversity. In other words, a team could be successful if its members are diversified. That is, a team could have an engineer, and other skill required to successfully carry out the task or the purpose of the team. This strikes a point to me because I have worked in a team that didn’t have this requirement and at the end, the project failed, nobody was willing to take responsibility for the team’s failure. However, after reading this subject, I concluded that top management that assembled the team should be held accountable for the failure of the team because proper decisions on these three key issues were neglected and not everyone was qualified to participate in the task for which the team was set
As I began reading chapter nine, I came across the above subject and it was so interesting that I had to do a great reflection on it. Anyone who have been opportune to work in any organization understand what it means to experience this stages in group development. For instance, when I was deployed in a group to undertake a project, it was exactly the description the author gave in the forming stage that happens to us in the group. Group members were generally respectful to each other and inquire from one another what they like and what each would prefer to be called. It was also a time of great uncertainty because nobody understands exactly how the group was going to function and what role one will be asked to play. However, there was a general pride and excitement that one is opportune to be selected to form a part of the group. In that group under description, I thought the level of decorum exhibited by members will continue, but I was wrong. Things quickly …show more content…
In this aspect of the reflection, I understand that designing a successful team entails a decision of who should be in that team, the team size; that is the number of members the team should have and the team diversity. In other words, a team could be successful if its members are diversified. That is, a team could have an engineer, and other skill required to successfully carry out the task or the purpose of the team. This strikes a point to me because I have worked in a team that didn’t have this requirement and at the end, the project failed, nobody was willing to take responsibility for the team’s failure. However, after reading this subject, I concluded that top management that assembled the team should be held accountable for the failure of the team because proper decisions on these three key issues were neglected and not everyone was qualified to participate in the task for which the team was set