Sunday, October 21, 2007
Oh the yelling and name calling...!
The group excercise that we did revising our class syllabus was a great demostration of types of conflict that come up during planning. One major problem was agreeing. Another, communication. And I could probably think of five or 8 more. Our class demostrated all the problems that go hand in hand with handling conflict. Some people did not really participate, and others really wanted to get their own way. They firmly said, you will never get me to vote for this, and that was the end of that. They were set on getting their own way, and did not care if others had to suffer. Some people compromised. An example of that is when the debate was going on about how many extra credit points one we can get and we started with 25, and had some people that did not want anyone to get any extra credit points at all. So we conpromised on 7. The accomodated to other's needs because they saw that although maybe they did not need the curve...others did. And finally, we all collaborated on making the rules on that board, and getting everyone to agree on one proposal that was thankfully accepted! We could have have a little less screaming, and a little more organization. But at the end of the day, we got it done!
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Yeah I agree, collaboration was a major point that we did quite well. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to ever agree, people had to accomodate for others. The main thing was to get everyone happy and it took a while but we did it. We had no choice but to do it because everyone wanted the same goal, to get a better grade. So there was no chance we were gonna leave the class without agreeing on something.
I think you have a good attitude about the situation. It all worked out in the end and that's what matters. However, if we were a business group or team that had to make similar decisions on a recurring basis, I think that the way people acted would cause more harm than good. The hostile relationships that were formed during the exercise left issues that would need to be resolved before a more respectful way of communicating could be established.
We sure got it done....in overtime though. The assertive bunch of people were the ones that moved the whole process along, while those who didn't contribute were forced to conform. After all, unless you voice your opinion and make yourself heard, your thoughts fall on deaf ears, which are your own. Given the time and group constraints I think we did a pretty good job. However, if the class was broken into 4 to 5 groups people would certainly have more time and "legroom" to speak up and speak out. It's a good thing you were one of the forward-looking but cooperative speakers.
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