Case Study
"Group
think is when a person discourages creativity or individual
responsibility by making decisions for the group. A few examples of
it that are shown in our Appendix B is when Tom, Susie and Richard
plan the paper into sections without Mark and Betty. To further on
that one, the second example is that they already indicated what the
different sections should include. Third example is that they also
chose who should write each section. Then again when Mark and Betty
bring up that the citations are required but the rest of the group
turns them down.
A few
things that I would have done is bring up that I'm a new insight to
the paper and that I can do a lot more than what they had "assigned"
me to do. As a group, though, it is important to remember that you're
a team. Everyone needs to work together, and just because you might
have worked with people previously doesn't mean that someone doesn't
know that section better. Making plans as a team can really help.
Also, in this case a reason why the team got a lower grade is because
people weren't being listened to. If everyone had listened to Mark
and Betty, they would have included the citations that were needed in
each section, and they would have gotten a higher grade since that's
the only reason they got a low grade.
If Mark
and Betty had grouped together and listened to each other, they could
have made their sections of the paper proper and the teacher would
have been bound to notice that only two people followed the syllabus
as it was supposed to be. Asserting yourself and following what you
know can be the best way to go, even if it means going against the
group's decision."
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