Group Evaluation

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There are 4 stages in group development. The first stage is orientation. During this stage of group of development, we got to know who each person was and what they were studying. My group members were Chris Davis, Maria Agosalim, Myra Portillo, Russel Clay, and Abrahana James. Our group leader was Abrahana James, an 18 year old business major. She assigned everyone to a certain task and made sure that everything was in order. Russel Clay, a 21 year old AG Economics major, was responsible for finding the background information on our problem. Maria Agosalim, a criminal justice major, was given to the task to host interviews with the cafeteria staff and taking pictures of the food stations in the cafeteria. Chris Davis, a 19 year old psychology major, and Myra Portillo, a 19 year old business management major, were responsible for providing the group with surveys to our problem. I am an 18 year old biology major and I was responsible for typing up all of the information that was provided by each group member, printing out the Agendas, and creating the power point presentation. When it was time for our group to come up with a topic for our problem, we faced a few difficulties. Which brings us to stage 2 of group development: Conflict and tension. Our first idea for a problem was “The Cafeteria Hours.” After being assigned each part we made a decision to have our first group meeting. In the meeting we discussed the possible ideas for a problem but we faced a problem of our own. The information that each group member found did not correspond with the topic. We noticed that our topic was too broad and this caused our group members to become stressed. We had to start over from the beginning and come up with a new topic. We made a list o... ... middle of paper ... ...r audience did not have a full opportunity to express their opinions because we ran out of time. However, we still pulled it together and had a successful presentation. Working with my group was exciting, frustrating, and challenging. We did struggle with communication in the beginning. For example, some of the group members were not happy with the ideas that were picked for our problem and they didn’t voice their opinions about it. Nothing gets solved until you express how you truly feel. So we were left with group members that were unhappy and the other group members didn’t have a clue why they were upset. It took for us to have multiple meetings for us to truly understand the best way to voice our opinions without causing any unwanted issues. In the end, our group accomplished a lot of obstacles but I can honestly say I had a great experience working with them.

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