I think that high-performing groups would be a little difficult to leave because you were able to get along well with everyone involved and was actually able to establish a relationship with your team. Norms may be a hard to leave to because the group was ran as a business and the primary goal was to accomplish the goal. I have not experienced any closing rituals when completing an assignment with a group. I guess we should have, we should have gotten refreshements when we completed the assignment; to kind of celebrate our accomplishement. Upon completing this master's degree program I imagine I will adjorn from the group by informing my colleagues that it has been a pleasure working and learning with them and I wish them the best in the rest of their life's journey. Adjourning is an essential stage of teamwork in that it allows each group member to say thank you to one another, it is a way of displaying your appreciation for the others hardwork. It can also give someone the confidence needed to keep working hard in future team work situations. Members may also opt to maintain friendships even if they will no longer be working together (O'Hair & Wieman, 2009).
Refrence:
O’Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2009). Real communication. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s
Hi Erikka,
ReplyDeleteI can see where you could think that high-performing groups would be a little difficult to leave because you were able to get along well with everyone involved and was actually able to establish a relationship with your team. I have work with many high performing groups we did great work together with our project but when we were finished we all went home. We did not share our personal lives just work. I have experence when you get to know your group personaly you bond together and become friends not not just a group of people who work together.
Thank You for your posting and I hope to get to know you personaly and become friends.
Alice