The definition of a group is two or more people with a common relationship while the definition of a team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. The process of development from a group to a team is worth devoting time and effort and is remarkable.
Our group of COMM292 has formed for approximately one week, and the due date of our first group fantasy project Is approaching. At first, we are distinct individuals with diverse values and personal traits; by combining and relating to each other strongly, I am confident to declare that our team has already been successfully formed. Our group name is Outliers, and creating our own sense of identity in the vast and open world is what we do. We are undoubtedly differentiated; but as a team, we are together one sole beam of power.
By doing the icebreaker and charter assignment, we have set up a list of rules and established regular meeting times for group interaction, built trust and commitment, closely understanding each other through communication. We are accomplishing all the factors involved in managing a real team.
Each of us, sharing the common target, are clear about what needs to be done and take initiative to play a useful role with our differentiated skills and merits to together achieve our goal. With every team member satisfying role expectations, our meeting ran smoothly. In terms of stages of group development and accompanying issues, including forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning, we gradually moved from being independent to working interdependently with group members. From getting to know and understand each other in terms of personal information as well as life goals to performing the task at hand with each one taking a role that he or she is good at, the process of becoming effective is considered complex but meaningful.
I would like to mention my classmate Bamboo’s blog indicating the diversity of her team since my team is also relatively diverse, which will ultimately lead to harvest and success of this course, as Bamboo believes.
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