I speak U listen, U speak I listen

Overall our communication is fairly well. I don't see any problems with it. Even though some of the teammates don't respond as quickly as others do, but we can still count on them. Its mostly about trust, even if I sent an email out, and that person doesn't get to read it or does, but I get no response back, I just trust them that it'll come through, and if not, we in trouble. But as our group go in a whole, we don't really have any flaws. Sure I hardly know about what my teammates like or don't like, but that's not the matter here. What matters is working as a team and communicating well. We don't have time to chit chat, because everyone wants to get this done so, that's what I like. Less time playing more time work. I do say this group was my best group out of all the group projects I had to do in college. Maybe its the effect of the organization behavior classes that cause all the students to act as a team, unlike other group projects I have in the past, no communication what so ever. So I do give some credits to the class that's why our group is far and communicating well overall.

communication skills

I think I have done a really great job communicating to my team. I frequently email the team members about updated information, team meetings, and discuss certain ideas. Communication was very important in the creation of our project because we had to figure out what we wanted to do and have everyone agree on it. As a leader, I had to make sure everyone was on task and fulfilling their roles. This required an immense amount of communication.

In the middle of the process of the project, I later found out that communicating over emails were a little time consuming and not taking into account real time. Sometimes, one of the team members would not respond fast enough or in time to carry the project forward . Therefore, I decided to collect everyone's phone numbers and use the method of texting. This was a very effective way to communicate when we were trying to set up meeting time. Everyone could respond in real time and faster. Also, simple yes or no questions to team members were easier to do this way.

Physically communicating was pretty successful for our team. Likewise, our team communication such as expressing our views and opinions or concerns, was the same. Everyone was open and did not feel pressure to withhold any concerns or ideas for the project. For example, when someone voiced their idea or concern, they wait until the other person is finished explaining their view. Everyone is respectful and courteous of each other. We have not run into conflicts or problems with each other so far.

Motivation in a Postive Way

As the leader of the group I feel it is extremely important to motivate the team. So far I have been complimenting the team when ever I get a chance. I try to consistently acknowledge what they have been contributing to the project. Simple things such as showing up to scheduled meetings or expressing an idea are important to take into account. Little gestures such as these can help bring the team up as a whole and encourage participation. When you are doing so much all the time and don't really notice the differences, it is a good feeling to hear from someone else that you are doing good. It helps bring a positive confirmation on your part.

Motivation

Well, most of the motivation I get is from the group itself. Without them I will probably not doing the stuff I have done. Its my team mates that keep their end of the deal, that's what motivates me to finish my share. That is also why our group has gotten so far ahead of schedule. And I would honestly say that helping clean-up or giving out awareness on e-waste also motivates me. Its just the grade or project that I have to do, I actually find e-waste quite amusing. An its also for a good deed.

Perceptions and Decision Making

Perceptions and decision making were two important aspects of our group communication towards a common goal. Throughout the course of our group project, decision making has played a key role. Our first decision making task was to simply chose a project and with group communication and decision making, we were able to do so. Throughout the course of our group work, I developed perceptions about the project. These perceptions helped me to formulate ideas to better improve on our project and better contribute with the group.

Perception and Decision Making

When we first started this project, I was really unsure about e-waste and I felt like it really was a big deal. Now after working on this, and actually volunteering at the e-waste event I feel like my perception on e-waste has changed. At the event I didn't imagine how much stuff and junk people we throwing out. This is only the people who bothered to show up and this is only the greater Milwaukee area. Now I can imagine this on a world wide scale and see how harmful and how much space e-waste can take up in landfills. This is my greatest outlook on the project so far.

Perception and Decision Making

At first my perception about e-waste was nothing, but after doing some research and seeing how important recycling e-waste is, my perception is change about e-waste and I care more about it. Also, my teammate play a big role on changing my perception on e-waste if it wasn't for them to assign task and jobs, I would just go on doing the project without caring, and the actual volunteer that our team did was had the most impact on my perception on e-waste. About the decision making for our group, I believe that we carry everything out in order and had barely had any mistake. Which makes our project moves faster and smoother. What we have left to do now is mainly the editing of our video. I predict that later in the few weeks to come, we can carry out task and jobs to finish off the project in time due.