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College class question...what do you think? long...
I'm in a class in the midst of the first team assignment. No one stepped up to the plate for leadership, so I did it. Again. I divided the assignment into 5 sections (5 members) and claimed the edit/proofread/cohesiveness/formatting/plagiarism & grammar check/submission role. This is my forte and I don't want to turn anything in with my name on it that I have not personally checked for plagiarism (not that I don't trust others to not plagiarize, but I don't! BTDT, already had to fix it several times). I also put dibs on the 2 companies I wanted to profile. The team has been {cricket, cricket} until one member got miffy b/c *SHE* was looking at one of my company's FIRST. Well, chickie, you should have said something EARLY ON, is the way I look at it. Also, I assigned a deadline (supposed to be last night) for the individual sections to give the team today and tomorrow to compile the group section, giving me Monday to do my part.
This person decided she was too busy and so sections wouldn't be due until Sunday at noon after which the team would work on the other sections (NOT enough time to evaluate 10 companies). NOW she's complaining that the work was distributed unevenly and 2 of the section-writers will need more help (one has to compare, the other contrast concepts). I know how much work I put into the editing, etc. which is why it is always a seperate task. I do not believe it to be uneven, it's just they've all dragged their feet all week and the deadline is upon us.
How would you handle it? The course is transformational leadership and I'm trying to do a good job. There were NO cooks earlier and now, there's at least one too many...
I can't tell you how much I HATE group projects. HATE! There are no words strong enough.
I'm taking a Managerial Presentations class this semester and we'll be doing a group presentation and I'm already dreading it.
Good luck. Sound like you'll seriously need it!
back to you! I DETEST team projects, but University of Phoenix requires it in each and every one of my courses. Last class was fine (fun, even), but I've had a few doozies. Thank GOODNESS we only have 2 team projects this time!
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IMHO face to face projects were easier to do then over the computer/phone.
While it was a chore to get people to do what needed to be done, at least if
you could see them then you could read their willingness from the begining.
What always made me crazy was the fact that people were paying to be lazy?!?!
It's one thing to do it in HS but college?????
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Sometimes it is the professor and sometimes it is one of the classmates that force everyone else to pull an all-nighter to make the deadline. I'm sorry you have no way to 'fire' your team mates...
Sounds like this other cook is unsure what teamwork really is.
I remember when my city management class had an abbreviated exercise using the "Sim City" game, which I had played extensivley (before being married with children). As no one else had ever played it, I convinced them to give me absolute power, because the goal was to win and have your team's city name forever on the plaque in the program office. The result was that we won, but I don't think that my team mates learned much about how to play the game or envision city planning with it...
It would be nice if you were able to point to your project management track record and say because of what I did, my team got ___ grade, so do what I say and let me polish the report and we will all get a good grade!
Dawn - I have taken that class and I have also been in the same position as you when the group has just sat on their behinds and then complained when someone took the initiative.
My last class I was waiting until Monday for certain sections to be turned in. The compare / contrast sections have also been a problem - in the last few classes everyone ended up adding their own compare / contrasts to the section - using their two companies in retrospect with whatever overall concepts we were dealing with.
It went over well but I think it made it harder to deal with when it came to making the whole paper flow.
Sorry you are going through such a hard time with this group...
I detest group projects! I'm in the middle of 4 of them, and I hate them!
One thing that my college has done this year, that I love, is "Grade Sharing". Here's the premise: Say there are 3 people in a group, and your group received a "C". Now, the group gets to decide how to split the grade. You might say that someone did most of the work, and therefore gets an "A". Someone else did some work, and that person gets a "C" and the third person did nothing. That person would receive an "F". And - the whole group has to decide this, and sign off on it. It's made doing group projects a bit easier - since in the nursing program, anything under a "C+" is a failure and that class has to be repeated. And, we're only allowed to repeat 2 classes before we're kicked out of the program.
Pixies to you - sounds like you're def. going to need them!
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I sent my prof an email and she suggested that I try to lead the team through it, but offered to step in if I wasn't comfortable with that. Since it's a management class, I decided to go ahead. I redirected the team members to our charter (where it talks about checking in daily and deadlines) and the 2 who bothered to read and post were like "eh" and the one woman was "well, it will get done, even if I have to do it myself!" huffy. The other one didn't understand why I'd set up the deadlines like I did (like it's no biggie to wait until the very last second). We have a team member in AFRICA and he needs time to read and respond, y'know!
I emailed the prof again and asked if the others don't do their sections if it's my responsibility and she said NO, it is only my job to do what I signed up for, which is the edit through submission. WHEW! At least I know I'll be OK through all this!
I emailed the prof again and asked if the others don't do their sections if it's my responsibility and she said NO, it is only my job to do what I signed up for, which is the edit through submission. WHEW! At least I know I'll be OK through all this!
I'm glad to hear that the prof. knows what's going on and won't hold the other members' actions (or lack of) against you. Let them sink or swim, you did you're part.
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I divided the assignment into 5 sections (5 members) and claimed the edit/proofread/cohesiveness/formatting/plagiarism & grammar check/submission role. This is my forte and I don't want to turn anything in with my name on it that I have not personally checked for plagiarism (not that I don't trust others to not plagiarize, but I don't! BTDT, already had to fix it several times). I also put dibs on the 2 companies I wanted to profile. The team has been {cricket, cricket} until one member got miffy b/c *SHE* was looking at one of my company's FIRST. Well, chickie, you should have said something EARLY ON, is the way I look at it. Also, I assigned a deadline (supposed to be last night) for the individual sections to give the team today and tomorrow to compile the group section, giving me Monday to do my part.
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