Description of all four observation parameters, noting specific strengths and suggestions for improvement:
Facilitator ability to recognize group members’ verbal and non-verbal messages.
Facilitator ability to interpret group members’ meaning and motivation.
Facilitator ability to manage group members’ participation.
Facilitator recognition of the cultural roots of expected or accepted forms of communication in the group.
Part 4: Group Progress.
Description of all three observation parameters, noting specific strengths and suggestions for improvement:
Facilitator ability to manage sensitive self-disclosure to the group.
Facilitator management of issues of vertical versus horizontal disclosure.
Facilitator management of content versus process.
Firstly, I will have an online meeting with my teammates. The first problem we will face is that 6 experts in the team are geographically dispersed which means I can not require them to be in a same place at the same time to have a meeting to discuss about our project. It is not good to only use writing or e-mail to discuss about our task because it lacks of feedback. So online meeting is an alternative way that can make them get to know each other face-to-face so that they can get feedback rapidly. Interpersonal communication has three ways: oral communication, writing communication and nonverbal communication. (Stephen P. Robbins, 2005) Oral communication is a good and fast way to communicate with each other and every member can get the feedback rapidly. I will let them introduce themselves and what they are good at in their fields. It is a good way to realize what they are good at and what they are not good at. In the future, they will learn from each other and use others’ advantages to complete the task efficiently.
Secondly, we will discuss and figure out what is our task and the process of completing the project in case we will not deviated our tasks. And then I will train them. According to a paper in 2008, “team training promotes teamwork and enhances team performance.” (Salas, Eduardo, Nancy J. Cooke, and Michael A. Rosen, 2008). An analysis in 2014 concluded that team training is “useful for improving cognitive outcomes, affective outcomes, teamwork processes, and performance outcomes.” (Eduardo Salas, Deborah DiazGranados, Cameron Klein, C. Shawn Burke, Kevin C. Stagl, Gerald F. Goodwin, and Stanley M. Halpin, 50(6), 2008) Since they are experts, I will not train them about knowledge but how to work together. Cohesion is the soul of a team. It is very necessary to train the members of team to make them realize that how important it is. The experts are all the figures of authority, they must be very proud. This will must bring the barriers and bad influence during the team work. Therefore my job is to break the barriers and get