Problematic Group Roles
In the group, some members were overshadowed and few were too dominating. A few were not listened to and some were favored a lot. A businessman who was a major donor for the group was given undue importance. Despite his suggestions were often awkward, they were practiced. He was a dominator and the members he disliked were not appreciated by group management a lot. Nothing significant was done against the dominator though. We could challenge him to give supporting facts for his opinion but we could not deny doing what he wanted to do.
Group Strategy
The group progression is very important to maintain on going concern. The strategy adopted for going forward was to evaluate group performance after the end of every year to find if the group objectives were achieved or not. It was also evaluated if the group members were enough or new needed to be enrolled. The group is currently in the performing stage and there is a project of community dispensary...
However, sometimes more than few group members join and some old members leave and the group formation restarts. I played the role of coordinator and meeting minutes' writer.
If I was required to facilitate the group too besides coordinating, I would ensure right time and place for group meetings and brainstorming. I do not believe in having too many meetings, yet I would give time to members to plan their ideas individually and then they would be called to meetings so that their time is not wasted (Axner, 2013). I would make sure that the members' whose opinions were not followed still feel that their opinion is valued.
References
Axner, M., (2013), "Developing Facilitation Skills," Retrieved from:
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/sub_section_main_1154.aspx
Tuckman forming storming norming performing model, (2013), Retrieved from:
http://www.businessballs.com/tuckmanformingstormingnormingperforming.htm
