Soc 110 Week 1 Group Leadership And Conflict

Group Leadership and Conflict Summary
July 20, 2015
Adam Bandy-University of Phoenix
SOC 110/ Stephen Eckstone

The conversation of the team was informative as well as to the point. We discussed how the videos were displayed to us, in our own point of view. I responses to one another were thorough and accurate because each team member watched the videos, and depicted what they had examined in each scenario. The team uploaded their responses and we all responded to one another accordingly.
The team was prepared by reviewing the videos and looking over the scenario of each one. The team prepared themselves by responding to one another and leaving the discussion open for other team members to respond as well. Some of the team,
Betty, one of the team members discussed about bake sales. I enjoyed the idea of the bake sale, then the team felt this measure of funding would not have been adequate. The communication was open and productive. There was constructive conflict in the scenario. Constructive conflict occurs when the group or team expresses disagreements in ways that value everyone’s contributions and promote the group’s goals. (Engleberg, Wynn, 2012) The key factor is when the team did not agree with Betty’s idea of a bake sale. After not agreeing with the bake sale, the team discussed why the bake sale was not a good idea, then discussed another option for the funding. One conflict style that I saw was collaboration, and compromise. I would have prepared an agenda. In the agenda, I would have outlined what the task would have been and goals to be accomplished. I would have assigned everyone to different jobs to complete. For instance, Betty could have been the chairperson and Iyesha could have been the bookkeeper or handle the financial portion of the
By being an effective leader, one can use effective leadership skills to implement. Such skills such as promoting cohesion is one criteria needed in this scenario. I can incorporate cohesion by showing respect to other team members, and allow everyone to be active listeners. By showing respect to one another in a team, the members can reach the unaccomplished goal set. There are different personalities and diversities in a group, but as long as you can work together despite the diversities, attitude, behaviors, competition, the goal can be completed effectively. I enjoyed the team collaboration this week. I have so much from the videos and the team input and discussion. Effective communication is needed in all areas of teams. I know that working in team can be challenging, but always remember to put your best foot forward, and keep on moving towards the goal. Sometimes, teams may not perform in adequate time but be persistent and ask if you can be of any assistance in helping other team members. Unless, there is a leader assigned, there is not an “I” in teamwork. Working the team this week was productive and I have communication was open and to the point. Everyone discussed and posted about the scenarios on both videos as