From the second we were assigned our groups and the Starbucks case, my group was determined to work together to come up with a successful strategy for the executive presentation. Through our group dynamics, we met dozens of times throughout the semester and progressed as a group while transforming our presentation. Despite various obstacles and a handful of unproductive group dynamics, we generally developed productive habits that helped us while developing our presentation. Ultimately, our norms, cohesiveness, and accountability lead to the success and shortcomings of the executive presentation. Transitioning from individual accountability to mutual accountability was the group dynamic that helped us overcome our biggest obstacle and it
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We established group norms of punctuality by always showing up to meetings on time or a few minutes early and would come prepared with our work, questions, and ideas for the executive presentation. We also developed norms in terms of individual roles in the group. For example, I was always the one to book a group study room in the library and figure out when everyone could meet, Meaghan always checked up on who completed their individual tasks, Nick always communicated with our professor to receive feedback, and Todd always provided us with more research sources. These were all productive group norms because with consistent individual actions, we helped our group stay organized which helped progress our presentation. One downfall of our group norms is that we would often go on long tangents about other subjects. This is an example of social loafing within a group, but we would always get back on track and return to our work. Through the norms we developed, we started performing well as a group because we always knew what to expect during a group meeting. Therefore, we would always accomplish work during our meetings and move a step closer to being ready for the executive …show more content…
After an unsuccessful dry run, we became more cohesive because we all became more focused on our common goals and recognized the necessary actions we needed to achieve them. We became committed to our individual and group goals, especially because we all wanted an A. We all agreed that we were willing to put more hours and effort towards achieving this goal. Once our group norms were established, we became more cohesive and productive. Also, the intense effort that we put into our work for the group portrayed our attraction and belonging to the group. Therefore, our group was in the performing stage of the five stages of group development. However, our cohesiveness led us to occasionally supporting our teammates’ work without questioning it. For example, we had trouble calculating financials for our strategy, but once the numbers were finally put into our strategy, we didn’t question them because we had trust in our teammates. During our executive presentation, the judges complimented every aspect of our presentation, but claimed that our financial errors were the sole reason that our grade was bumped down from an A to a B minus. This financial error portrays our conformity within the group because we did not go out of our ways to question the group and instead automatically approved our group member’s work and actions. Therefore, our conformity
We established group norms of punctuality by always showing up to meetings on time or a few minutes early and would come prepared with our work, questions, and ideas for the executive presentation. We also developed norms in terms of individual roles in the group. For example, I was always the one to book a group study room in the library and figure out when everyone could meet, Meaghan always checked up on who completed their individual tasks, Nick always communicated with our professor to receive feedback, and Todd always provided us with more research sources. These were all productive group norms because with consistent individual actions, we helped our group stay organized which helped progress our presentation. One downfall of our group norms is that we would often go on long tangents about other subjects. This is an example of social loafing within a group, but we would always get back on track and return to our work. Through the norms we developed, we started performing well as a group because we always knew what to expect during a group meeting. Therefore, we would always accomplish work during our meetings and move a step closer to being ready for the executive …show more content…
After an unsuccessful dry run, we became more cohesive because we all became more focused on our common goals and recognized the necessary actions we needed to achieve them. We became committed to our individual and group goals, especially because we all wanted an A. We all agreed that we were willing to put more hours and effort towards achieving this goal. Once our group norms were established, we became more cohesive and productive. Also, the intense effort that we put into our work for the group portrayed our attraction and belonging to the group. Therefore, our group was in the performing stage of the five stages of group development. However, our cohesiveness led us to occasionally supporting our teammates’ work without questioning it. For example, we had trouble calculating financials for our strategy, but once the numbers were finally put into our strategy, we didn’t question them because we had trust in our teammates. During our executive presentation, the judges complimented every aspect of our presentation, but claimed that our financial errors were the sole reason that our grade was bumped down from an A to a B minus. This financial error portrays our conformity within the group because we did not go out of our ways to question the group and instead automatically approved our group member’s work and actions. Therefore, our conformity