This assignment will help you meet CLO1, Determine the proper channel for information delivery, CLO3, Demonstrate effective listening skills, CLO4, Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills appropriate to the workplace, and CLO5, Analyze group interaction and work to make the group more effective.

Attached is a form that you will use to analyze how a group that you are currently working with - at work, at school, at church, a social group - is communicating. Please start this assignment early in the semester because the topics in the form will help you analyze how well or not so well the group is working and hopefully give you some ideas on how to improve the group interaction.

A few things to remember about group work:

Everyone's input is important! You are there to add your ideas to the discussion. Often my students will say, "I never thought of it that way," so your perspective is important.

Keep the group on topic. Social interaction is important when working in a group over time but that shouldn't prevent getting things accomplished every meeting. How frustrating it is when you sit through a meeting for 60 minutes or so and nothing ever happens!

An agenda might help. I've attached a sample agenda to give you some ideas on how to prepare on. This might help your group stay on task.

1. Did your team establish ground rules? Yes No 2. Do all members of the team have an equal opportunity to participate? Yes No 3. Have all members of the team shared equally in the team responsibilities Yes No and workload? 4. Do al members function as team players (as opposed to putting Yes No themselves before the team? Scale: NeedsimprovementAverageExcellent 12345 1 2 3 4 How effective is your team in using tools (agendas, team objectives, action plans or work plans)? 1 2 3 4 11 2 4 How productive are your team meetings? How orderly and systematic is the team in its overall approach to team project? How conducive is the team atmosphere to effective communication? 1 2 1 2 3 4 How effective are your team problem-solving methods? Actions we have taken What worked didn't work Team tools Team Objectives Team ground rules Meeting agendas Action plans Work plans Team activities Actions we have taken What needs to be improved What can do to fix this problem Meeting productivity Project management Communication Division of labor Team learning The purpose of this assignment is for you to be more aware of ways that you could improve group interaction. Se focus on behaviors/actions you could take to deal with challenges. Other comments: So what did you learn? SAMPLE AGENDAS RECLYCING TASK FORCE AGENDA Date: November 2015 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Date: September 15th Place: Conference Room 352 Time: 12:30-4:45 p.m. Purpose: To recommend ways to increase the Place: Presidential Ballroom effectiveness of and participation in the company's recycling program. 1. Call to order by president 1. What is the goal of this meeting: What have we been asked to do? 1. Approval of minutes and agenda 11. How effective is the company's current recycling effort m. Reports by officers and committees 11. Why has the program lacked effectiveness and full participation? IV. What are the requirements or standards 1. Unfinished business for an ideal program? A Level of participation v. New business B. Reasonable cost c. Physical requirements D. Legal requirements VI. Announcements v. What are the possible ways in which we could improve the recycling program? vi. What specific methods do we recommend VII Adjournment for increasing the recycling program's effectiveness? vul. How should the recommendations be implements? Who or what groups should be charged with implementation