Assignment: Talk specifically about how you established rules for behaving within your group. Were this specifically discussed? Did you reference past work? Did you talk about problems with previous group work? How did you establish the way in which you would communicate and interact regarding your project?
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One of the first rules of group work is be on time and be prepared! Since I was in Phoenix last Thursday and could not find a way to gracefully leave the meeting I was in, I was late to our online class that night. As a result, topics and teams had already been chosen. Fortunately, that’s not a problem since, first of all, that’s not the kind of thing that bothers me too much but also there is the advantage of having been in the program long enough to know most everyone to some degree.
When we split off to our own group, there was some deafening silence which meant no decisions which was not good because I had a very short amount of time before I needed to be back in another meeting in Phoenix. I started by asking Lakita if she’d like to be the leader since she’s the one that works for Sally Beauty and suggested to Stephen that if he’d choose the role of technical or writer, I’d be happy to step in as the other. Once we got the roles agreed upon we then strategized the best time and place to meet. It was decided we would meet via skype tomorrow night. I expect that we will have some discussion at that time on rules of engagement, etc.
