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Group Work Log 7-Win as Much as You Can

The purpose of this activity was to show us that you have to build cohesion when

working in a group, because it will produce more effective outcomes in the end. Also that you

have to look for the self interest of the group at times and for your own self interest. There are

times in your group that you will have to use the different conflict styles to achieve the best work

possible from your group.

1. At first my teammate (Matt Geslin) and I did believe that the You in the title meant thetwo of us. At the beginning of the class Matt asked you what the correct definition of you

meant but of course you could not answer. It wasnt later on in the activity that we

realized what you truly meant. Once the group was able to discuss we realized that since

the room was divided in half that it was more than likely group against group and we had

to collaborate with one another. Because at the beginning we were only looking out for

our own teams self interest.

My whole group I think throughout the whole activity thought that we were trying to win

money because it was a competition in some since. Later on after we were able to discuss

the activity it was clear that we should have been earning the trust of our other group

members. I think if the you had have been defined from the start the game would have

been played differently the group would have made a strategy of compromise that we

would have all worked together so the whole group would have had the most points.

2. I think that once the teams became more competitive within our group there wasprocedural and substantive conflict, because some group members wanted everyone to

put their xs in the middle of the table or for a plan to be devised. During one of the

rounds TC and Matt went against the groups plan.

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3. When trust started to break down was when all group members were not showing Ys sowe could all prosper, so then every team started to look out only for themselves. Also

some members were trying to build cohesion throughout and wanted to use collaboration.

4. For both of our teams no one won because we both tied. No one was truly successful. Mygroup however once realizing that we were probably in a competition against the other

group decided that we would collaborate and build cohesion I feel that we did use the

AEIOU model in our heads and started to work together.

5. I dont think that any of the teams truly felt betrayed by the other team members, but myteam could have won if TC and Matt would have followed the groups plan from the

beginning. So there was slight distrust because you werent sure that each group would

do what they said.

6. One of the main consequences of having a competitive approach in my group was that wedid not win in the end. When one team or person only looks out for themselves it hurts

the whole group in return. If we would have all worked together from the beginning and

not have been competitive we would have created the best possible outcome.