Each student is
required to write a 4 – 5 page paper (approximately 1000-1200 words) that will
analyze your group/team project experiences this semester. Overall, your job is
to critically examine your group/team’s functioning, diagnose any issues that
took place, and provide insights to explain your process and your outcomes. In
general, the ideal paper will describe what was done well, what could be
improved, and how you might improve it. You will need to examine your
group/team and write your reflection from two perspectives: 1) group/team perspective and 2) individual perspective.
In both cases, be sure to connect your experiences to the group and team
material covered in the course.
1. Group/Team Perspective:
When writing from the group/team
perspective, it’s best to focus on the most significant experiences of the
group/team as a whole. Assess the most
important characteristics of your project experiences, and make them the
“theme(s)” of the paper. You should refer back to text and class concepts and
theories from the areas in which you choose to focus your paper. These theories
and concepts should be defined and used to support your assertions and
conclusions. For instance, if your group includes a strong leader, then perhaps
leadership and its impact on the
group processes should be a theme. If your group experienced communication issues, then their impact
and how you overcome them might be a good theme. If many conflicts occurred,
then perhaps conflict management would
be a good theme.
2.
Individual Reflection:
The individual portion of your paper will be a reflection on your
individual learning within the group/team. Pertinent questions that should be
answered in your analysis include but are not limited to:
· What did YOU do?
· Did everyone contribute equally?
· What did you learn about group/team processes and about yourself while
working on the project?
· What would you do differently, if anything, the next time you have a
group/team project?
How will you use what you learned in the future?
