This week's workshop focused on Project Management and Professional Development. This program focused on the different qualities of problematic team members and possible productive ways to engage and collaborate with such individuals. We discussed some of the most common problematic roles in group work under the following role titles: closet dictator, complainer, dictator, do-it-all, free-riders, poor students, procrastinators, quiet teammate, and socializer. Each group discussed and presented three of these problematic roles. My group even acted out scenarios during our presentations for the free-riders, poor student, and quiet teammate roles. Though suggestions on productive ways to engage with each type of teammate changed per scenario, some common themes were:
clarify goals and expectations early on in group work, set firm deadlines and meeting dates for projects, and readily provide feedback to individuals of the group and on the overall progress of the project.
Overall, this work shop was very relatable from our previous experiences with group work throughout our education. We have all had to deal with group members that exemplify one of these roles and we can't deny that we have all participated in one of the roles at some point.
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