Aspects of Interactions
Instructions
Consider your experiences at work, school, and in
your personal life. You have, at some point, been asked to work with a
group to achieve a particular goal. It might have been a group research
project, a new marketing plan, a learning plan, a schedule to roll out
new technology, planning a wedding, or even planning and creating a
large family meal. In many collaborative efforts like these, there are
disagreements. Select one collaborative experience from your past that
involved some disagreements or significant differences of opinion.
Write a short (2-page) paper in APA style discussing the following elements:
- Describe the project that you were working on, including the people involved.
- Explain the problem that you encountered with the
group. How was that problem overcome? What was the end result of
encountering and dealing with that problem? - What do you think was the cause of the problem?
How much of the problem came from miscommunication, either from you or
from other people involved? What did you do to help resolve the
problem? - If you were able to relive that experience, how
would you change the way that you approached the encountered problem?
How would you communicate differently? - How, ultimately, was the conflict resolved?
