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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.