As I think about the process that our team went through to
create our learning charter, I can’t help but think that it was not a very
complicated process that required a small amount of interaction. The main behavior that help the team
successfully (if successfully means submitted a document for review vice
actually getting a good grade on it which is what I would deem successful)
complete the charter was definitely motivation.
We were discussing the charter half way through the first week of the
class and had a draft created by the first Sunday. Sure we could have waited longer and still
submitted a document, but the longer you wait to do something the less time you
have to review it, which at times could mean trouble. I wouldn’t say there were any real factors
that inhibited decision making or problem solving as there were really no big
issues. If there would have been one
that required a discussion, I would imagine that a big problem would have been
getting the 4 of us together all at once to discuss the problem, develop
solutions, and decide on the course of action.
All of us have varying schedules with some of us working in the morning
and others working later in the night so this might end up being an
inconvenience in the future. There were
a couple of minor issues regarding the format of how individual inputs would be
reflected in the charter. We worked
around this by discussing the options on the discussion board. Again, I think this is a suitable solution
for small problems; however if a larger problem occurs on future projects, we
might have to establish real-time communications to solve it.
As I discussed above, information was shared on our group
discussion board via posting of thoughts and of the charter itself. One person would provide their inputs into
the charter, and then the next person would review, provide their inputs, and
provide their feedback for what the other person provided. This process repeated until we had our final
document. In the end, I think this was
effective for the charter as all of us have similar opinions on how the group
should or should not be run, but in the event that there are real problems that
must be solved, I think real time comms will be required. So far there hasn’t been any issues with
authority or power within the group.
Obviously with most of us being type A personalities, there could be a
potential for problems, but as long as we all stay cordial and professional, I
see no problems. One of the great things
about being in the military is you learn how to be a follower very quickly
regardless of your position as an officer or enlisted – I can lead if needed or
I can follow if needed!
There was no discussion or information passed about other
teams so collaboration was not existent.
I am a competitive person by nature but to be honest the competitive bug
didn’t even cross my mind with this project, and I would imagine that it didn’t
cross the other team member’s minds either base upon their posts in the group
discussion page. In future projects I
might want to get a bit more competitive but not with the charter. The last question of process interventions
made me go back and read through the discussion posts we made – I don’t really
think we did on ourselves however this assignment is pretty much a big process
intervention on your part to help us understand how our group worked on this basic
assignment, thus helping us get better as a team for better performance on more
challenging assignments.
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