Essay On Group Reflection

There were 12 members in my LAPD group presentation including myself. It was my first time having to work with people that I have just met to produce a 50-minute presentation. Before forming a group, I was worried as we are to work in big groups and group size is one of the main factors that may affect a group performance. At first, I felt like we could not delegate our roles equally, as I had past experiences of doing most of the group work. However, during the first workshop, our tutor gave us guidelines for the roles needed and that, ground rules are compulsory in each team and to be submitted. This made me felt reassured, as students who would not want to be penalised, would follow the guidelines given. Ground rules are vital especially …show more content…
However, two weeks before the presentation, I came to realise that I had BUCS Climbing competition the weekend before the presentation day (Tuesday). At that time, I was stressed out and had the thought of quitting the presenting team, as I felt like I had a lot on my plate. I was in the midst of organising a few cultural events for Malaysian Society, training for climbing competition, Mondays PAL sessions to plan, and also to keep up with my workload and assignments …show more content…
I am glad to say that I have improved my presentation skills, which would be beneficial towards my career development. We have formed a team through a few development stages similar to Tuckman (1965), which includes forming, storming, norming and performing. In overall, I felt like my group bonded well and all team members worked equally hard for this presentation. This group work has improved my team working skills especially when adopting to different people’s needs. This experience is invaluable, which I could say, brought the best out of