What does socio-legal mean?
Socio-legal is the combination of social and legal factors, mainly looking at the relationship between law and society . In this project, as law students, we must use our legal knowledge and skills in order to work well as a team to plan and carry out events for schools and colleges. The socio-legal role is to use our knowledge and expertise as law students and put them in to action by planning and undertaking successful events. This can be done in a variety of ways, but the main function is to be able to work well as a team/committee in order to gain the best outcome. Dr. Meredith Belbin is famously known for his team role theory where he looks at the different types of people and how they are effective in working in groups/teams. By looking at Dr. Belbin’s research and theory, I can come to a conclusion as to what is needed in order to work effectively as a team.
What is required in order to gain success as a team?
There isn’t much that is needed to gain success as a team. As long as everyone is on the same page, and focuses towards wanting the same end result, it is very easy to gain success. Some of these features include: Shared Goals, Productivity, Understanding the different roles, Good communication, Personal growth and recognition, Team spirit and mutual respect and Staying open to ‘outsiders’. When all, if not most, of these features taken into account, it makes it very easy to gain a successful team as well as gain a successful outcome. Below I have listed each feature with what they mean.
Shared Goals: ‘everyone is working towards the same result and there are no personal or hidden agendas’.
Productivity: ‘result of getting the work done, not wasting time, and making sure you meet deadl...
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• Belbin ‘Belbin Team Roles’ accessed February 2014
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