This is the second experiment of making a decision. This time the task is much harder then designing an egg protector. Not like the first time, Professor assigned everything and maxium 5 people in a group to make a decision. This time, the leader(professor) doesn't play any role and give group member enough freedom to decide what we want. Not like a small group that we are easier to compromise, the whole class need to agree with one idea in the limited time seems like an impossible task. But we did it, it is a shock to me. Bailey has a great leadership who steps out to lead the whole class make a compromise and solve the chaos situation, make an impossible task become possible.
At begainning, eveyone tries to compete and win agreement. Since different people have different needs, some people did bad at the exam try to higher their grades and people who did well want to change the test format to do even better next time. I use the compromise approach because I don't like the conflict. Whatever final decision will not affect me that much as long as I study hard I can handle every test format. I just want to follow the majority opinion to get a best deal for everyone so I didn't against anyone or any idea. I just sit behind and be quite. Time passing very fast people are still arguing and trying to get personal benefit, obviously it doesn't work. I can see the rest of peole start to worry about the risky condition because if there is no compromise decision come out at the end of class we will not get anything. We don't know what decision will be passed and don't the effects. Breaking down to small groups is the best way I can think but doesn't work at this chaos situation. No one wants to listen or waste time but actually they waste more time by arguing and competing. At this time, a powerful leader steps out and calms everyone down. She respect everyone's idea and ask why they make the decision. Suddenly, the procedure became organized and more peaceful. Finally we all agree with drop the lowest grade and double the highest one, also provide extra credits. This final decision looks like benefit eveyone. The experiment once again shows the importance of leadership. If Bailey didn't step out become a leader charactor i don't think we can come up with a decision in the end. There has to be a leader to guide group members to make a decision. The importance of management is once again presented.
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It definitely helped having a leader in a situation like this. With such a huge group, you need a faciliator/mediator to keep things organized and efficient. I can imagine if Bailey or anyone else hadn't step up, we would most likely have not come to any decision in the end.
ReplyDeleteI pretty much felt the same way. There were people who needed this more than me so I didn't disagree on any of the suggestions made in class. The outcome was definitely not what I expected. I think over all it was a success.
ReplyDeleteI agreed with almost every suggestion listed on the board,but I think if everyone argee, it's impossible. In this test, everyone had differnt grade, almost everyone only think about their situation.So I was surprised that we finally win the chance to make better on our grade. I appreciated for our leader, she did a very good job.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about everything. I think everyone was too busy trying to work for their self interest. Also I think you should talk and let yourself be heard because you have good ideas!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your suggestion. I think I felt the same way about conflicts. I agreed with majority but I also had my self interest in mind. I think we did a pretty good job with the decision for the first part. I didn't like what we did for the second part though.
ReplyDeleteI definitely felt a different need then the one you presented. I can see how you wanted to compromise with others to avoid conflict, but this may again be due to the grade you may have received. It was definitely great that we had one, and only one, leader. Anything else would have been chaos and thus resulting in no agreement. Maybe if I had done better on the exam I would have shown a similar approach to yourself. Let's all hope we do better on the second exam.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you for the best way to split up with small groups. I think that will have less conflict compare to the entire class. This way can help us to make a final decision for next test.
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