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Monday, October 20, 2008
Group Conflict
During the course of my college education I have participated in several group project. Statistics for productive cooperation are about 50/50 in my experience. My first time was a very positive experience, with group members working well together. The other extreme took place a few years later, when we were asked to form teams to present a chapter from our textbook. I teamed up with one other person, and we had begun working on our presentation, when the instructor placed a third student in our group. Although we were unhappy about it, we were being graded as a team, therefore felt we could not complain. The fact that our work was already half done and that the new student had missed many classes did not help matters. On the day of our presentation our third team mate did not show up for class, nor did she attempt to contact us. She later claimed she had had a family emergency. My team mate and I felt used and angry at the other student, as well as the professor.
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Whenever I do a project with more than two people, there's usually one person in the group who wanders off into outer space partway through the process, and no amount of communication will get them back into the fold. They may or may not show up for group meetings, but even when their body is present, their minds may be anywhere else. (And I must admit, at least once at Northwestern I was that person when dealing with health issues, though I managed to jump back in just in time.)
I used to get really bothered by those situations, but as time goes on, I've gotten to the point where I don't take it personally anymore. I shrug, keep an eye on the situation, and am prepared to approach other group members with a Plan B for getting the work done in case we lose a member's participation. Sometimes I've been pleasantly surprised when people do step up with their work, and other times, I've been relieved when our Plan B is available to switch to. Is it fair? No, but neither is life - and a lot of the time, I expect that's part of the lesson we're supposed to learn from group work.
That’s really unfortunate. Sooner or later, I think that conflict in groups is inevitable. I have had a similar experience with groups; although, I have had a slightly higher success rate, possibly due to luck.
I can think of a couple times when one or two team mates weren’t on the same page. Usually, it was because they had different standards. For example, in one group a team member didn’t care as long as he received a “c” in the class. Most of our grade was from group work, and the effort he put in reflected his attitude.
Better luck next time!
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