I came to realize that working in a group in University is easier than working individually. I felt extra motivated to do the work, and resulted in more creative and productive work done. As a group, we broke complex tasks into simpler parts so that the work is divided equally. This made us able to plan and manage our time as well as cultivate better communication skills as a group. After the research was done, we had to brainstorm several questions that the press might ask us therefore that caused us to challenge each other’s assumptions and critically analyze our work in order to come up with the questions. During the meeting, we looked at which parts that have been completed well and which parts that could of been improved. This made us more skillful in editing the presentation to replicate it as much as possible to a press conference. Finally, as a team, we were all invested in each other and not just the press conference itself by continuously supporting each other and having strong interpersonal …show more content…
Regardless, I believe that my group exceeded expectations. We worked perfectly together. I arranged about 5 meetings and everyone showed up at almost every meeting. We used Facebook Messenger as a mean of our communications. I created a group where all of the group members were able to join and communicate on. This model of communication follows Harold Lasswell’s model. It includes a “communicator” (any of the group members), a “message” (anything from arranging meetings to discussing work), a “medium” (Facebook Messenger), a “receiver” (anyone other than the communicator in the group), and an “effect” (such as gaining knowledge about the project or have a meeting set up.) This could also be an example of internal networks since it is defined as “inter-departmental and intra-departmental channels of