Looking back on the whole process of the group work I feel it went really well. I have learned a lot about working within a group. Time is always of the essence and I continually learn that in my second year forward planning is needed to make the most of the time you do have to complete an assignment. Compromise and hard work is needed when working within a group to make it work, however if you pick the right group this will become second nature.
After going against Belbin’s theory of having a mixed group of personalities we found that quite the opposite works too. Belbin does suggest that “Teamworkers are among the easiest of people to work with”. As we were all Teamworkers this definitely worked in our favour as I felt it very easy to work with the rest of my group.
Belbin is one theory that can be used when forming groups however Tuckman’s theory on groups he suggests every group goes through the following stages:
- · Forming- when the group first gets together
- · Storming- people fight for position
- · Norming- roles get established
- · Performing- getting the job done
- · Mourning- the task comes to an end and the group may not work together again.
For our group this theory would have been more accurate than Belbin, as we went through several of these stages.
Throughout I have learnt a lot about myself and my style of working which I will take on board with other assignments. The main thing would be I need to manage my time so I don’t feel so thinly spread and rushed when getting assignments done. I have also learnt I work best with like minded people as I feel that sharing interests with people is a foundation to building a good working relationship.
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