'Strength lies in differences, not in similarities'
First of all, I must say that the first couple of weeks (especially the first week) were in fact difficult for me as well as my group to really cooperate effectively due to confusion. Even though we had assigned roles to each other, since some of us are not used to this working pace. it was difficult.
It’s been three weeks now, and I feel my group is improving on stabilizing. People are getting much more used to their roles now, as to what they would have to do. I will also keep on motivating my group since this really helps!
Other difficulties I encountered were, as also mentioned before by another friend, the different structure of the research/document done by each member has in a group. This makes it difficult when combining all the research together, since it takes a lot of time re-structuring it again. Of course this is perfectly normal because each one of us think differently and have a different style of writing. But perhaps agreeing on the layout standards will save us time. So next time, an idea I got inspired by group 8 --which coincidently also have the same theme ‘group work’--, is coming up with some group rules. These will be general rules like for coming late, but also rules for the structure for example. Having rules will be ‘fun’ as well, especially if we make people buy coffee for example if they are late! I think this idea is great, it will enhance the relationship of the team members, get them motivated, and work well! I would like to end my blog with this creative quote which very much defines our group; “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities” - Stephen R. Covey Any suggestions/tips/ideas for being a better/improve the role manager perhaps?