Why It Is Difficult To Work In Groups

Working in groups can be difficult. This semester, in one of my classes we have a group project that we have to work on throughout the semester. In my group there are seven people. We all are responsible for turning in a final paper, presentation, and evaluating one another. As college students, it is difficult to get everyone to work on the project at once. My group members and I introduced each other when we were placed in the group. Afterwards, we have not meet once in person. We communicate through a group chat and on google doc. On the google doc, we had agreed on deadlines that our paper and presentation would be done. This relates to the concept of team self-evaluation, "create measurable task and process objectives and then measure them" (Johnson, p. 300). Everyone had to do research …show more content…
Only three of the seven members, did their part including the research and paragraphs. Everyone else, just did their research and worked on the google doc once. Being in a group, it is difficult to confront people and tell them to do their part. Some individuals, may perceive the person who is confronting them as bossy or won't like them being in charge.

Our presentation is due in a week in a half and my group still has not finished the paper. Earlier, in the semester one of my group members, made it clear to finish the paper by the second week of March. Most individuals agreed, but a few did not respond. Those who did not respond, would never contribute to the conversations we would have group chat. It was difficult to figure out who was not answering because we didn't save the individual as a contact in our phones. We just numbers popping up in the conversation. Later, one of the group members asked everyone to send a text with their name. Afterwards, I decided to message the group to see if everyone finished their part of the