Group Working Skills

There are increasingly more people considering that group work is quite significant. Group work may be defined as a mode of cooperative learning, it aims to develop students' knowledge, cater for individual differences, generic skills and attitudes. Whether students are studying or employees are working, group work is able to demonstrate their comprehensive skills. Nonetheless, other people state that group work enables them too dependent on others, and gradually were losing the ability to think by themselves; whereas my conviction is that group work allows students to learn team working skills.Furthermore, it helps students training their sense of responsibility. In this essay, I will analyses how our group performs, regarding roles and cohesiveness. Regarding roles, which can be defined as people have a common goal when they work together, it also occurs in students groups. Each individual group member will have a particular position and function in it. Roles consist of group task roles, group maintenance roles and self-seeking roles. Group task roles are related to accomplish tasks and to achieve goals of the group.In my academic career I have taken part in several groups. Actually, I now play the part of evaluator. For instance, my group ember gives me some advice; I decide which ideas are good or bad. This is important because I will receive a good deal of ideas from my partner; it provides our group with the opportunity have a choice process. This helps our group to achieve are student group need to beware of pursuing the task at the expense of maintaining relationships. † This meaner, group maintenance roles are linked to interpersonal relationships.In my group I play the role of harmonies, my responsibility is conflict- resolving. Group unity is very important for the team work and members. If our group does not have unity, the group cannot do anything. For example, if the group members have conflict with others, they may not be successful when wo rking together. An understanding of unity can help us to deal with many questions with members to achieve common purpose. Whether in the large or small group, the unity is the most important factor.Regarding self-seeking roles, Payne E and Whittaker L (2000) state that â€Å"Self-seeking roles are more likely to be an indicator of an individual student's personality'. This is to say, self-seeking roles reflect personality. I play the role of aggressor, in my group; I will criticism my partner and argue with reasonable mints put forward by others. I do so because not only it enables my partner to improve themselves but it also allows our team to progress. Finally, in my point of view, high cohesiveness is the most concepts in group work.As the proverb goes, solidarity meaner strength; solidarity meaner victory. â€Å"Cohesiveness is a measure of the attraction of the group to its members, the sense of team spirit, and the willingness of its members to coordinate their efforts† (2011 Oxford Brooked University) So, when member working at university or company, they should share more particular information and individual skills, good cohesiveness should built a tuneful relationships. Sometimes, high cohesiveness enables group members to increase trust and confidence.These benefit of building a good communication; it allows my group members to enhance their friendship. In my group, part of members' hard working and have a high efficiency to finish the work, they will help other members to provide more good ideas to finish the work. Conclusion In summary, this essay has discussed that the group working skills are helpful for students or employees to achieve the tasks. In my view group task roles, group maintenance roles and self-seeking roles are the most important in group work.