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Individual Reflection experience working a group
It was quite an experience to work with a group on a project instead of working alone. There is actually a delicate dichotomy between the characteristics required to fulfill these two pivotal components of both education and the modern workplace environment. On the one hand, autonomy, independence, and self-motivation are vital prerequisites for working alone, and are desirable qualities as such. On the other hand, these qualities are useless if an individual is not adroit at communicating, resolving conflict by considering different perspectives (Melamed and Reiman, 2006), and working well with others. There are two distinct sets of skills required for working in these various settings, although there are some aspects of working in a group which do require the aforementioned traits associated with working independently.
My experience working in a group was actually fairly pleasant, and certainly productive. Essentially, what is required when working in a group is collectively delineating all of the tasks and responsibilities that one would simply take on oneself in a situation in which he or she was working autonomously....
As such, one of the most pivotal aspects of working with a group was collectively deciding what specific steps needed to be taken in order to accomplish our objective. In this initial step, the various intricacies associated with working with others were unveiled. The first of these was communicating ideas to others in a respectful way -- in an efficient and effective manner (Harper, 2011) -- in which no one would take anything personally and get offended.
A crucial aspect of doing this involves listening. There are many people who are trained and bred to be leaders, and who automatically want to simply disseminate orders. However, in a group setting in which everyone has such a proclivity, someone has got to listen. Therefore, in this initial step I had the opportunity to practice active listening and "respond appropriately" (Cortright, 2012). Doing so enabled me to understand not only what the others were saying, but also what they were not saying -- which yielded insight into the project as well. However, active listening does not work in a group setting if only one person is engaged in this practice. Therefore, it was necessary a couple of times to tell certain…
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