EffectiveGroup Working

EXTRACTof Workshop Slides(for LTA submission)

Coursework - Group Presentation • Group work task.

Groups will be assigned today

• Task- Analyse the components of fitness and the principles of training as they apply to a sport of your choice.- Propose a suitable training programme for an athlete of your choice, to conduct over 8 weeks.

• Submission Week 1210 minute presentation (50%)

A discussion process with the tutor will be held after the presentation and students awarded a percentage of the grade depending on input.

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What you will learn in this Workshop Learn a useful framework for understanding your own and others’ behavioural preferences

Understand your preferences in working style, response to change, deadlines, decision-making and communication

Use this knowledge to identify your personal strengths and weaknesses as a team member

Learn to apply this understanding to work effectively as a Project Group

SUMMARY: WORKSHOP SECTION 1

Students:

• are introduced to a Behavioural Model

• Identify their own behaviour tendencies and preferred ways of working and how that may differ from others

• Understand how that may impact role allocation, communication styles, decision making and conflict management within groups

• Consider the impact of these different styles on effective group working

Strengths and Weaknesses

Consider your ‘preferred behavioural style’, and:

1. identify 3 ways in which it makes a positive contribution to the group work and presentation

2. Identify 3 ways in which it might cause problems in group work and presentation

3. Describe what kind of team leader you might make?

Create a poster listing all of above

SMALL GROUP

ACTIVITY

Effective project groups

Move into your project groups

SUMMARY: WORKSHOP SECTION 2

Students:

• are allocated working groups

• Apply the behavioural model to their ‘group profile’

• Consider the implications (positive and negative) of that on group dynamics and execution of the processes and tasks required within the Group Task

• Agree some ways of working, groundrules and conflict management approaches

Team Evaluation

Q - what are the strengths of our team profile?

Q - what are the weaknesses of our profile?

Now add the main points to your team colour profile poster.

Ground rules:

In view of your team profile, create a series of agreed ground rules to ensure your team is

successful in:meeting management

time management and communication.

Now add the main points to your

team colour profile poster.

Examples of Ground Rules• Set deadlines and stick to them

• Share information by email

• Notify people in good time if can’t make meeting or other deadline

• Everyone to speak at meetings

• Warn problem members before Tutor is notified

• Meetings to start and finish on time

• Agendas will follow a particular format

• Notes will be kept by particular individual or take it in turns

• Meetings will be chaired by particular individual or take it in turns

One of the ground rules at a golf course in Nairobi:-

A ball lying less than 10 yards from a lion need not be played!

What you will learn in this Workshop Learn a useful framework for understanding your own and others’ behavioural preferences

Understand your preferences in working style, response to change, deadlines, decision-making and communication

Use this knowledge to identify your personal strengths and weaknesses as a team member

Learn to apply this understanding to work effectively as a Project Group

We hope you found this workshop useful. We value honest, constructive feedback.Please take a few minutes to complete a

feedback form.

Please complete thePersonal Learning Outcomes

in your Workbook p 12

This will help your reflection on your own behaviour and the overall group dynamics in

your final assessment

Reflection and evaluation