Organizational Behavior Reflection on Group Work Experience

This article reflects on the group work experience and how it has helped in developing communication skills. It also discusses relevant OB concepts and theories from Topic 6.

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Organizational Behavior
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Briefly introduce the aspect of the group work experience that you want to reflect on (this
should also include your thoughts, emotions, and/or assumptions that affected your
participation in the group). Choose a situation that is meaningful to you in terms of
development of your group work or leadership skills.
I think that working in a group has really been very helpful to me. This has taught me to
develop a feeling of cooperation and trust among one another. I was doing an internship in a
company. I was assigned with a role of delivering a presentation as part of one group assignment.
Earlier I was very hesitant is speaking with people. I feared that I might fumble in front of them
and this will be a huge problem for my reputation. As expected, I was very nervous while doing
speaking and I as fumbling a lot. I was suffering from the fear of public speaking and could not
communicate properly. I was very restless and was about to break down but my team members
really supported me a lot.
This group work has really been very useful to me. I could work a lot on my
communication skills. After being appointed in the group, I was unable to understand the work
properly and often had some doubts. However I was not very affluent in communication and so I
could not approach anyone or clear my doubts. This was having a bad impact on my overall
performance. However I saw that all my co workers started supporting me and they approached
me every single day. They encouraged me to open up with them and clear all my doubts. I also
noticed that our team leader was very supportive and sympathetic towards me. He took up the
pains of conducting regular sessions and asking me about the issues that I was facing at work. He
arranged for special training sessions for solving my problem. As a team leader he made sure
that all his team mates are working together and are supporting each other in their hours of need.

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Explore the chosen situation in depth by analysing it and using 4 relevant OB
concepts/theories from Topic 6.
Team spirit is one of the major aspects of working in a group. There are also many
important theories of organizational behavior that must be incorporated within the organization.
After joining this organization I was really feeling hesitant and uncomfortable. I did not really
find any employees coming and speaking with me. This was perhaps due to the
theory of proximity. As I was new to this organization there was a communication gap among all
the co workers. They did not feel it comfortable in coming and speaking with me. Moreover I
was also keeping a closed approach and was not opening up. The social exchange theory has
been helpful in my case. I saw that the managers and the leaders are unbiased and they follow the
process of rewarding their employees in an impartial manner.
This has really been very helpful for me. I realized that feeling of belongingness. This
helped me to come out of my shell and start interacting with all my colleagues and the managers
as well. I have also seen that the managers always follow the Tuckman’s OB theory. They follow
the forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning stages for making their employees
work together in the organization.
Explain what you have learned about yourself and the Topic 6 as a result of this reflection
exercise.
I have learned that not every group can be a team. A team is one where the employees act
as complimentary factors of one another. In other words, they are ready to support each other and
cooperate with each other at every point of time. For an instance, I was of a very introvert nature
and had many communication issues. The managers made all other co workers interact with me

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and also motivated me to a great extent. It is through this team that I have been able to work over
my communication skills and this will also help me a lot in future. A team is one where the
members hold each other mutually accountable for the performance. The managers and the
leaders make sure that the team mates are working with a joint and collaborative effort rather
than focusing only on their personal individualistic goals. Tea, cohesiveness is one of the major
aspect of a well organized idea team. I have learned that accountability is responsibility towards
one’s team role forms the key factor for the overall success of the team.

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