The theoretical model that our team made included many aspects of a great team. At first our group had some issues because we had no organization. After discussing that we would need to work more as a team, we found that focusing on specific aspect of our project before collaborating would be much easier. After a lot of trial and error, we finally discovered how to be more efficient. Both David and I wanted to take the role of being more the leader, we eventually settled into finding more specific roles for our personalities. He had really good ideas, but I was better at making sure everyone was on the same page. I first took the initiative to get our group together. We originally only had two members but we were then able to find a third. When we did, breaking up the work really helped us when we got together after making our model. We were able to work as a team to put the ideas that we had together as one.
After creating our group theoretical model, we established the goals that each of us had for our project. We each decided on which team-task or team-building role best fit us. David and I were both saying how we are creative people who like to make sure that things are completed to their full extent. After realizing that we would both be able to equally contribute to the team no matter the exact role that we took, we were able to be much more successful.
The coordinator of a group or team will work to make sure that everyone is included and knows what tasks we need to be working on. They can be pushy sometimes, but I used my previous bad experience to know what was too much. I was making sure that I didn’t ask anyone to do something that they weren’t comfortable with or didn’t want to. The coordinator makes sure that the tasks will be successfully completed on time and done the correct way the first time.
I am a very organized person, so I wanted to make sure that I could use that to my advantage in carrying out my role. I made sure that our team didn’t see that I was using my self-entitled “power” as the coordinator to be rude or disrespectful of any ideas. For this, I made sure that I used my referent power to, “show acceptance and positive regard,” as well as, “use sincere forms of ingratiation.” (Colquitt 434). I made a commitment to my team that I would use their interests as well as my own when working on digital media project three. Consulting with my fellow group members helped us to work out what specific parts of the project ideas we did and did not like. We worked on our model early in the project and then ended up completely redoing the model in our second round of working together.
We came to the realizations that team structure was the most important part of our task. Using these team task roles and team-building roles we were able to guide each other through our ups and downs. Having a coordinator, initiator of ideas, and a harmonizer helped us to maintain a stable environment for the duration of our group project.
Throughout our project, we came to realize that every group will function differently to become a team. Teams are created over time when a group works together efficiently and effectively. I felt at the beginning of the project we were more of a group, but establishing our similar backgrounds in teamwork we were quickly able to become a team. We needed to use our “mix of knowledge, skills, abilities, and personalities, “to then “get along fairly well together” (Colquitt 365). This is what led us to our success.
Successful teams can come in all sizes and diversity levels. We were fortunate to have the diversity of different sexes in our group, which is said to have benefits to a project overall. Giving different ideas from different insights can lead you to new findings. Every team will work in a way that is effective to them by how or what type of task they need to complete. We worked hard to find a way that works for us, so every group will need to start small and become a team through dedication and listening to each other.
After creating our group theoretical model, we established the goals that each of us had for our project. We each decided on which team-task or team-building role best fit us. David and I were both saying how we are creative people who like to make sure that things are completed to their full extent. After realizing that we would both be able to equally contribute to the team no matter the exact role that we took, we were able to be much more successful.
The coordinator of a group or team will work to make sure that everyone is included and knows what tasks we need to be working on. They can be pushy sometimes, but I used my previous bad experience to know what was too much. I was making sure that I didn’t ask anyone to do something that they weren’t comfortable with or didn’t want to. The coordinator makes sure that the tasks will be successfully completed on time and done the correct way the first time.
I am a very organized person, so I wanted to make sure that I could use that to my advantage in carrying out my role. I made sure that our team didn’t see that I was using my self-entitled “power” as the coordinator to be rude or disrespectful of any ideas. For this, I made sure that I used my referent power to, “show acceptance and positive regard,” as well as, “use sincere forms of ingratiation.” (Colquitt 434). I made a commitment to my team that I would use their interests as well as my own when working on digital media project three. Consulting with my fellow group members helped us to work out what specific parts of the project ideas we did and did not like. We worked on our model early in the project and then ended up completely redoing the model in our second round of working together.
We came to the realizations that team structure was the most important part of our task. Using these team task roles and team-building roles we were able to guide each other through our ups and downs. Having a coordinator, initiator of ideas, and a harmonizer helped us to maintain a stable environment for the duration of our group project.
Throughout our project, we came to realize that every group will function differently to become a team. Teams are created over time when a group works together efficiently and effectively. I felt at the beginning of the project we were more of a group, but establishing our similar backgrounds in teamwork we were quickly able to become a team. We needed to use our “mix of knowledge, skills, abilities, and personalities, “to then “get along fairly well together” (Colquitt 365). This is what led us to our success.
Successful teams can come in all sizes and diversity levels. We were fortunate to have the diversity of different sexes in our group, which is said to have benefits to a project overall. Giving different ideas from different insights can lead you to new findings. Every team will work in a way that is effective to them by how or what type of task they need to complete. We worked hard to find a way that works for us, so every group will need to start small and become a team through dedication and listening to each other.