To analyze my group dynamics experience using relevant theories related to group processes and performance; it is crucial to start by identifying teamwork constraints that occurred during and after the process. Having identified such limitations, the best possible way to approach each area in concern is by strategically design a course of action, always keeping in mind that these are valuable learning experiences for our personal and professional growth. The implementation …show more content…
The process of decision making is vital for teams to reach consensus and make better decisions; however, it requires willingness from each member, tolerance, acceptance, respect and value differences in reasoning. Particularly, our group experienced difficulties in deciding for a topic, some of the members were pro ethnic groups and the rest preferred to research on a community. Once we decided for a community, we encountered another disagreement and it was rooted on the fact that one of the members was proposing to research on a San Diego county community, but some of us were concerned on the time range we had available to complete the task, availability of the members, and accessibility to the community’s information. According to class lectures, poor decision making does not only correlates with not having enough time and information for the task completion, failure to reach consensus; but it also deals with social loafing which in our case mired the group from taking better decisions especially when trying to synthesize points of agreement. Additionally, our group dealt with free riding because evidently some of the members demonstrated a lack of accountability. For example, deficiency of ethical responsibilities was present especially during group meetings because some of the members …show more content…
In other words, by having a democratic form of deliberation in making group decisions it is more possible to foster a sense of participation, control and autonomy. Our group definitely faced leadership conflicts because some of the members demonstrated a very competitive and closed attitude towards other members’ expertise; this limited the opportunities to be empowered by working in a group. At one point, there was some sort of friction due to certain comments about some of the members’ strengths and weaknesses. It is essential to emphasize that because each individual can draw on many strands of experiences it is our responsibility to recognize that using team input is challenging; however, if we utilize effective decision making strategies we should be able to achieve consensus, cohesion and eventually group