Discuss how your communication skills have played a positive role in your project and/or impacted your group experience in a positive way.
Communication occurs within our group on a regular basis, but only when there is a purpose. We communicate both formally and informally. We've all exchanged phone numbers and become friends on the social networking site, Facebook. Besides seeing each other in class and at our group meetings, most communication is done electronically. Because there is no hierarchy of command within our team, and each of us is on the same level, we are demonstrating Lateral Communication.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Frank's Motivation
Discuss how motivation has played a positive role in your project and/or impacted your group experience in a positive way.
Robbins and Judge describe motivation as the processes that account for an individuals intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal. (Page 175)
This concept has impacted our group project in a positive way for multiple reasons. Each of us is motivated to achieve a decent grade in the course. Working hard on this project will help us attain that goal. It goes without saying that all group members are motivated by the idea of cheaper textbooks. According to Douglas McGregor, our team would be labeled a Theory Y group of students. We all enjoy working together, are creative, seek responsibility, and have exercised self-direction through individual performance.
Robbins and Judge describe motivation as the processes that account for an individuals intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal. (Page 175)
This concept has impacted our group project in a positive way for multiple reasons. Each of us is motivated to achieve a decent grade in the course. Working hard on this project will help us attain that goal. It goes without saying that all group members are motivated by the idea of cheaper textbooks. According to Douglas McGregor, our team would be labeled a Theory Y group of students. We all enjoy working together, are creative, seek responsibility, and have exercised self-direction through individual performance.
Frank's Perceptions and Decision-Making Processes
Discuss how perceptions and decision‐making processes have played a positive role in your project and/or impacted your group experience in a positive way.
All of our group members perceive the current book buying program here at UW-Milwaukee to be too costly and unnecessary. Sharing the same attitudes, motives, interests, experiences, and expectations has allowed our team to form a consensus and bypass any conflicts. Each member of our team has attempted to validate this perception by conducting research and interviews on the basis of finding an alternative books program.
Decision-making processes arise whenever there are problems. The problem in this instance is the rising cost of textbooks. Sharing similar perceptions has really simplified the decision-making process for our group as a whole, as well as for individual members. The rational decision making process used by our team is important because it encourages consistency and value-maximizing choices.
All of our group members perceive the current book buying program here at UW-Milwaukee to be too costly and unnecessary. Sharing the same attitudes, motives, interests, experiences, and expectations has allowed our team to form a consensus and bypass any conflicts. Each member of our team has attempted to validate this perception by conducting research and interviews on the basis of finding an alternative books program.
Decision-making processes arise whenever there are problems. The problem in this instance is the rising cost of textbooks. Sharing similar perceptions has really simplified the decision-making process for our group as a whole, as well as for individual members. The rational decision making process used by our team is important because it encourages consistency and value-maximizing choices.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Nathan's Communication
So communication is the glue that holds the group together right? We're all pretty good at talking to each other. Me personally, I make sure that I listen and that I do what's expected of me. While doing that I make sure that I give feedback on the rest of the group's part. While I'm working on my tasks I let the group know what I'm doing and how I'm doing it. After I'm finished I would like to receive feedback on my work. Communication will be need to make this group, and any group, work.
Nathan's Motivation
Alright. So basically my motivation in this project is the grade right? The most basic of the basic. I'd like to pass this class! However there's more to it than just that motivating factor. I'm motivated here because it's a personal vendetta to give my team what it needs from me. Working as a team and doing the best that I can for my peers is my main motivation in this group.
Caitlin's Communication Blog
My communication skills have impacted my group in a positive way because I'm good at explaining myself and the issues I'm having with the project. If I don't like the path our project is going down, I speak up and share my thoughts. Although I speak up, I don't do so in a negative sense that would cause arguments. Because of my positive communication skills, I've impacted this group in a positive way.
Jason's Communication Skills
Our communication skills have allowed us to stay current on what each member is doing as well as assigning new tasks. It has been a positive experience because all member have been easy to contact and willing to respond. It has enabled us to keep working on our project even when we are not all together.
Robert Rogers Blog #5 communication
Communication has played a positive role in our group in that without it, we wouldnt have anything done. Since we are able to contact each other and communicate what needs to be done, we are more efficient as a group and able to get things finished when they need to be. Also, since we can communicate group roles clearly, we all know what we have to do within the group.
Jason's Motivation
Motivation has played a positive role in our group experience because we all want a good grade. Each one of us wants to get the best grade we can, so it provides extra incentive to do well. Also, by being in a group, it provides motivation to do well because you do not want to be the one who lets the other people down.
robert rogers Blog#4
Motivation played a positive role in our project because we kind of fell behind on some of our goals. We needed to start filming and personal obligations kept us from starting until a week late, and our group morale was down. We thought that since we fell behind on that, the rest of our project would suffer. Well, we motivated ourselves to stay on schedule and completed what we needed on time and our motivation became positive again.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Nathan on "Perceptions and Decision Making"
Perceptions:
What's awesome about this group is that we all share a common perception. Each of us perceive that we could have a book rental system to lower our book costs each semester. Because we're all on the same basic wavelength we can spend less time with a clash of ideas and more time focusing on our task.
Decisions:
This is where the decision making begins. We all found a common ground and now we can make decisions based upon what we collectively agree on. When one person comes up with an idea we all analyze that idea, build upon it if necessary and create a decision to work towards our goal.
-Nathan Mouthey
What's awesome about this group is that we all share a common perception. Each of us perceive that we could have a book rental system to lower our book costs each semester. Because we're all on the same basic wavelength we can spend less time with a clash of ideas and more time focusing on our task.
Decisions:
This is where the decision making begins. We all found a common ground and now we can make decisions based upon what we collectively agree on. When one person comes up with an idea we all analyze that idea, build upon it if necessary and create a decision to work towards our goal.
-Nathan Mouthey
Caitlin's Perception and Decision Making
Perceptions have played a positive role in our project due to the fact that we all have similar views on how our project should be executed, so we don't get hung up on petty disagreements.
Because our perceptions are alike, it helps make the decision-making process a smooth one. We all have similar attitudes on what decisions would be the best ones for our project; therfore we all decide on the same thing and it helps move our project along at a speedy pace.
Because our perceptions are alike, it helps make the decision-making process a smooth one. We all have similar attitudes on what decisions would be the best ones for our project; therfore we all decide on the same thing and it helps move our project along at a speedy pace.
Robert Rogers
My perception regarding our project is that while we may not be able to convince the school to have a book rental program, our research may help others in a better position to enact it.
Also, Im glad that our group has a focus that we all agree on and that helps us to better congeal as a team.
My personal decision making processes have helped me with this project because it allows me to clearly say what i want to do in the group and what parts of the project i feel i can do well. Our group comes to consensus easily and helps us to make decisions quickly and efficiently.
My perception regarding our project is that while we may not be able to convince the school to have a book rental program, our research may help others in a better position to enact it.
Also, Im glad that our group has a focus that we all agree on and that helps us to better congeal as a team.
My personal decision making processes have helped me with this project because it allows me to clearly say what i want to do in the group and what parts of the project i feel i can do well. Our group comes to consensus easily and helps us to make decisions quickly and efficiently.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Jason's Perception and Decision Making
Perceptions have played a big role in our project because we all seem to share the same perception that out project would reduce the cost of books. This has unified us into a singular entity working toward a common goal. Our perceptions are our basis for our entire project so that is the fuel that drives us.
Our decision-making processes have had a similar impact. We have made most of our decision as a group allowing everyone to share their thoughts, ideas, and concerns, and weighed these before deciding how to proceed.
Our decision-making processes have had a similar impact. We have made most of our decision as a group allowing everyone to share their thoughts, ideas, and concerns, and weighed these before deciding how to proceed.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Nathan's Personality/Attitude
Discuss how your
attitudes and their three components (cognition, affect and behavior) have played a positive
role in your project and/or impacted your group experience in a positive way.
How has my attitude affected the group? I believe that I have a positive attitude towards this project. I'm engaged for the pure fact that I hate spending so much money on books that I use for only a few months. I really would like to see a book rental program at UWM.
Another way I believe I can affect the group positively is that I feel it's my duty to always show up and offer my help in anyway that I can. So, whatever my responsibilities are, I look at it as my job to do them.
Finally I have a playful innovation side. I've volunteered in being the eye catcher in future parts of our project. I believe it'll be fun and also helpful for the group.
I believe my attitude will help this group succeed.
-Nathan Mouthey
attitudes and their three components (cognition, affect and behavior) have played a positive
role in your project and/or impacted your group experience in a positive way.
How has my attitude affected the group? I believe that I have a positive attitude towards this project. I'm engaged for the pure fact that I hate spending so much money on books that I use for only a few months. I really would like to see a book rental program at UWM.
Another way I believe I can affect the group positively is that I feel it's my duty to always show up and offer my help in anyway that I can. So, whatever my responsibilities are, I look at it as my job to do them.
Finally I have a playful innovation side. I've volunteered in being the eye catcher in future parts of our project. I believe it'll be fun and also helpful for the group.
I believe my attitude will help this group succeed.
-Nathan Mouthey
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Frank's Personality
Discuss how your dominant personality traits (as measured by the self‐assessments you completed) have played a positive role in your project and/or impacted your group experience in a positive way.
Dominant personality traits are individual characteristics that occur in a large number of situations. The more consistent the characteristic and the more frequently a trait occurs in diverse situations, the more improtant that trait is in describing the individual. My dominant personality traits as described in the self-assessments have played a positive role in our group project. My organized and practical personality have kept the consistency of my efforts on par with that of my group members. High levels of agreeableness and conscientiousness have aided my group experience because I've been able to work without any major disagreements with fellow group members and have added thorough input to each milestone and step along the way.
Dominant personality traits are individual characteristics that occur in a large number of situations. The more consistent the characteristic and the more frequently a trait occurs in diverse situations, the more improtant that trait is in describing the individual. My dominant personality traits as described in the self-assessments have played a positive role in our group project. My organized and practical personality have kept the consistency of my efforts on par with that of my group members. High levels of agreeableness and conscientiousness have aided my group experience because I've been able to work without any major disagreements with fellow group members and have added thorough input to each milestone and step along the way.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Caitlin's Personality
My dominate personality traits are charisma, persuasiveness, and compassion. These traits have helped play a positive role in my project because my charisma has helped me convice my group members to see things my way and use my ideas. On the other hand, I'm also highly persuasive so, although my group members use my ideas, they can also persuade me to see things their way and also go with their ideas. Compassion has also helped play a positive role in my project because it's what gives me the drive to find answers for everyone at UWM with their problem of overspending on books.
Jason's Personality
My dominant personality traits were innovative, individualistic, versatile, and entrepreneurial. My innovative side has helped me come up with new and different ideas to help the project, like the survey. My individualistic side has helped me complete and research things on my own and then share them with the group. My versatile side has helped me to do help with a variety of different things from research to interviews. And my entrepreneurial side has allowed me to think creatively about how to propose and create a new plan for a book system at UWM.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Discuss how your
attitudes and their three components (cognition, affect and behavior) have played a positive
role in your project and/or impacted your group experience in a positive way.
Robert Rogers
my general attitude is about life is inquisitive and positive, which helps me with this project in that i want to find out about a book rental program. i have a vested interest in it as well because i pay the outrageous prices that we all do for books here at UWM, and i see friends going to whitewater and they dont pay jack compared to us. they all love their rental program and some even went as far as to say thats one of the reasons they went there. with declining application rates and money tight due to the economy, renting books could be what UWM needs to attract students. i also want to find out why this hasnt already happened. the SA is already looking into it casually, and i think if more students knew, there would be alot more support than there already is. a behavoiral attribute i have is that i want to complete tasks ive started and this project will get done because of that. i also get along well generally with people and i think our group is stronger because we all share that quality. none of us have personal issues with each other or problems cooperating.
attitudes and their three components (cognition, affect and behavior) have played a positive
role in your project and/or impacted your group experience in a positive way.
Robert Rogers
my general attitude is about life is inquisitive and positive, which helps me with this project in that i want to find out about a book rental program. i have a vested interest in it as well because i pay the outrageous prices that we all do for books here at UWM, and i see friends going to whitewater and they dont pay jack compared to us. they all love their rental program and some even went as far as to say thats one of the reasons they went there. with declining application rates and money tight due to the economy, renting books could be what UWM needs to attract students. i also want to find out why this hasnt already happened. the SA is already looking into it casually, and i think if more students knew, there would be alot more support than there already is. a behavoiral attribute i have is that i want to complete tasks ive started and this project will get done because of that. i also get along well generally with people and i think our group is stronger because we all share that quality. none of us have personal issues with each other or problems cooperating.
Caitlin Eggman's attitude blog
My attitude has affected my group in a positive way because I'm interested in the topic we are covering. Because I'm interested in what we're trying to achieve, have UWM become a textbook rental campus; my cognition, affect, and behavior all play positive parts in my overall attitude.
Because I want to know more about this topic, I'm actively involved in searching for background information about the issue and figuring out how we can solve it, which causes me to come up with pressing and intruiguing ideas, which helps my group delve deeper into this issue and come up with richer anwers.
Also, my feelings towards this issue are passionate and is what helps me search for answers for our issue, which in turn helps my team members.
Finally, my behavior is positive because I believe we can present this issue to the right people at UWM and get this program into action so all the students can benefit. This positive behavior helps bring a positive effect to my team members.
Caitlin Eggman
Because I want to know more about this topic, I'm actively involved in searching for background information about the issue and figuring out how we can solve it, which causes me to come up with pressing and intruiguing ideas, which helps my group delve deeper into this issue and come up with richer anwers.
Also, my feelings towards this issue are passionate and is what helps me search for answers for our issue, which in turn helps my team members.
Finally, my behavior is positive because I believe we can present this issue to the right people at UWM and get this program into action so all the students can benefit. This positive behavior helps bring a positive effect to my team members.
Caitlin Eggman
Frank's Attitude
Discuss how your attitudes and their three components (cognition, affect and behavior) have played a positive role in your project and/or impacted your group experience in a positive way.
The behavioral component of my attitude has played a positive role in our project because it is my intent to put forth all my effort and be the best I can be, no matter what situation. I also try to treat my group members fairly and with respect and do my best not to offend anyone.
The affective component of my attitude has played a positive role in our project so far because I try not to let things get to me. I am a very easy going person and like to think I am equally a very easy person to work with.
The cognitive component of my attitude has played a positive role in our group project because I have a firm standpoint on the idea of a book rental program here at UWM. I believe there should be a program put in place and agree with the goals of our group project.
Frank Barrie
The behavioral component of my attitude has played a positive role in our project because it is my intent to put forth all my effort and be the best I can be, no matter what situation. I also try to treat my group members fairly and with respect and do my best not to offend anyone.
The affective component of my attitude has played a positive role in our project so far because I try not to let things get to me. I am a very easy going person and like to think I am equally a very easy person to work with.
The cognitive component of my attitude has played a positive role in our group project because I have a firm standpoint on the idea of a book rental program here at UWM. I believe there should be a program put in place and agree with the goals of our group project.
Frank Barrie
Jason's Attitude
Discuss how your attitudes and their three components (cognition, affect and behavior) have played a positive role in your project and/or impacted your group experience in a positive way.
The cognitive component of my attitude has a positive affect on my role in this project because I have formed an opinion about our topic. I think that book rental is a good idea, so I will be more motivated to gather information and create a presentation in order to prove my opinion is correct. It will also be positive for my group work because we all share the same opinion so we will be able to work together instead of against each other.
The affective component of my attitude has a positive effect on my role in this project because I feel very strongly that books cost too much. Every year I experience the stress and panic on wondering if I have enough money for school and books. This will encourage me to pursue any avenue in order to find a cheaper alternative to purchasing books.
The behavioral component of my attitude has a positive effect on my role in this project because it will enforce my intention to learn more about our current policy. It will also promote my intention to be the best group member I can so I do not let my fellow Little Emperors down. I intend to fulfill my commitments to my group.
Jason Rick
The cognitive component of my attitude has a positive affect on my role in this project because I have formed an opinion about our topic. I think that book rental is a good idea, so I will be more motivated to gather information and create a presentation in order to prove my opinion is correct. It will also be positive for my group work because we all share the same opinion so we will be able to work together instead of against each other.
The affective component of my attitude has a positive effect on my role in this project because I feel very strongly that books cost too much. Every year I experience the stress and panic on wondering if I have enough money for school and books. This will encourage me to pursue any avenue in order to find a cheaper alternative to purchasing books.
The behavioral component of my attitude has a positive effect on my role in this project because it will enforce my intention to learn more about our current policy. It will also promote my intention to be the best group member I can so I do not let my fellow Little Emperors down. I intend to fulfill my commitments to my group.
Jason Rick
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Book Rental
To make a change in the world, we have chosen to explore the possibility of a book rental policy at UWM. We will investigate the current policies in place at UW-Whitewater and UW-La Crosse. This will determine if the book rental is benefitial to students at both schools. We will then use this information to determine if this plan can be successful at UWM. We also plan to present our findings to the appropriate person. Among the actions we will use to obtain information are surveys, interviews, and data collection.
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