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Post by jlurksacto on Jul 23, 2016 1:33:41 GMT -5
Jlurksacto, if you are lurking, check your messages. I sent you a PM. peace&love Just checked in and read your PM. I'll deliver your message. Cut and paste! Thanks for the thought.
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Post by Jablea on Jul 23, 2016 2:15:20 GMT -5
I read what I think may have been the original research article that this one is based on and it reminded me of my teaching Small Groups class at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In this class, we taught the dynamics of small groups in organizational formats [for the most part] and students were put into groups of between 5 and 7 students and then given group presentation tasks that required a distribution of tasks etc. It was up to the instructor to use whatever format she or he wished to make the group choices. We used numerous personality tests and after teaching this class in the neighborhood of 30 to 40 times, I finally concluded that there was only one constant to the well functioning groups and that was a congruent approach to leadership. Both a laissez faire, do your own thing, consultive and cooperative appproach could and did work just as well as a structured, authotarian approach, AS LONG AS ALL IN THE GROUP SHARED A COMMON SENSE OF WHAT GOOD LEADERSHIP LOOKED LIKE. But if you put a couple of vocal authoratarian students with a group that felt all should have a direct say in how the group operated, you were bound for group hell and usually nothing got done well and everyone was unhappy. Until I worked that out, it was hard to see why some odd ball groups did so well and loved the process and others that looked good on paper, just fought or 'dropped out' of the whole process with one or two people doing everything and complaining loudly the whole time. Really interesting..... I have had to deal with some work groups that experienced exactly what you are talking about, it just never dawned on me that this is the dynamic that might have been in play. Learn something new everyday. I'm going to use this when I work with educators who create project groups. This could explain some of the difficulty many women face in STEM fields. I copied your words over to the off-topic thread After Hours as I'm hoping we can continue detailed conversation there that might not be best suited for the main thread. adamtopia.com/thread/2528/welcome-conversation?page=16&scrollTo=770547
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Post by nonotme on Jul 23, 2016 15:54:29 GMT -5
Jlurksacto, if you are lurking, check your messages. I sent you a PM. peace&love Just checked in and read your PM. I'll deliver your message. Cut and paste! Thanks for the thought. Thanks Jlurksacto! I Pmed a thank you, but this is where you are more likely to see one, so adding my thanks again. peace&love
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