Small Group Communication

MODULE 6

Benchmark - Group Analysis Paper

This paper will address the interactions and effectiveness of your CLC groups. It is not a CLC paper but individual. This assignment will allow you to synthesize the concepts learned during this course.

Write a 1,000-1,250-word essay that presents your analysis of your CLC group's effectiveness. Include the following in your paper:

1. Group Effectiveness - Discuss the skills that you use to work effectively in your CLC team. What skills are not used that might help your team be more effective?

2. Group Development - Using either Tuckman's Stages or Fisher's Phases, describe the development of your group. How useful were Tuckman's Stages or Fisher's Phases in accurately explaining your group's development?

3. Norms - Identify the interaction, achievement, status, and procedural norms for your group. Identify whether or not these norms are explicit or implicit. Be sure to give examples.

4. Leadership – Who is (are) the leader(s) of your group? Did your group appoint a leader, or did the leader(s) emerge? Describe and analyze the leadership of your group.

5. Roles - Identify each group member by name and the role(s) they played in the group. Discuss the distribution of tasks, maintenance, and self-centered roles using the terminology of the text.

6. Participation - Identify each group member by name and describe each group member's level of participation in the group process.

You are required to use five cited and references sources.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. 

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies and professional standards:

Bachelor of Science in Public Health

1.3 Explain the appropriate skills needed to work effectively in teams.