Teamwork In Support Group Analysis

When I first took the Assessing Teamwork in Your Group self-assessment, I answered the questions according to my experience with one of the support groups that I founded and actively participate in regularly. The results indicate that this support group is extremely effective in teamwork, scoring a total of 11 “mostly true” answers on a scale that ranges from one to 12, where one means ineffective teamwork and 12 signifies effective teamwork. Besides the fact that I am just learning that my support group demonstrates many of the characteristics of effective teamwork, which is amazing since the group was only founded within the last year, this assessment also gave me some insight as to what areas the group is doing well in and what areas the

However, in this case, I only answered three of the questions on the assessment as being “mostly true”, which indicates that the teamwork in my class group was extremely ineffective. One of the reasons for this is that I took this assessment toward the end of the sixth week of the semester so my answers likely represent some of my frustrations with the project. The large difference between the high score of teamwork in my support group versus the low score in my class group likely results from the type of relationship established among the members of each group and the last week of the project has not gone very well for the class team so I have a very different assessment as to how well the class team is working together in comparison to what I would have rated the in weeks four and

Considering that the project deadline is in less than 24 hours at this point and that half of the group missed the first deadline of the week, it’s hard to rate to see the teamwork of my group as effective. It also doesn’t help that there have been plenty of excuses given for not meeting expectations or deadlines. Although I do understand that things come up, especially with it being a busy time of the year with the holiday, there has to be communication. After deadlines were missed, there were plenty of opportunities to correct the problem or ask for help if it was needed. The lack of accountability and follow through as far as doing the work both before and after the deadline is honestly disappointing given how well the group started out. Personally, I would feel guilty if the roles were reversed – but I also know that not everyone thinks or feels the same way that I do. This is also where I begin to struggle while working in a group or team setting – I can’t seem to let go of my need to have