Monday, May 10, 2010
Good Group Members/Good Group
Of all the topics discussed throughout the semester, I've found that in the book The Essential Guide to Group Communication by Dan O' Hair and Mary O. Wiemann, chapter two Participating in Small Group Communication was the most interesting. I especially liked the part where the book talked about what makes a good group member, where it discussed the “key competencies for individual success in group work” (O' Hair & Wiemann, 10). These key competencies include applying critical thinking, making use of attributions, monitoring perceptions, and overcoming communication apprehension. I agree with the book on all of these competencies because they help to make a group work better together if every member follows these simple key items. I also thought that the section on what makes a good group was just as helpful as the section on what makes a good group member because now the whole group can follow a set of rules together as well as individually.
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i liked how you used a topic from The Essential Guide to Group Communication. Although we have not used the book too much and we have focused on the Epstein text, there is a lot of valuable information within the tiny book. I agree with you in that that topic is an interesting topic. And everything that is said about participating in small group communications is true. I think this is something that us as students can relate to just because we will face projects or anything of that matter in college and it is good to understand how to work through it and make it successful.
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