Reflection on GEM Experience

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REFLECTION ON GEM EXPERIENCE
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Our team decided to carry out a marketing project of growing early minds (GEM)
(growingearlyminds.org.au. 2019). The company is engaged in carrying out non-profit
operations and is basically carrying out operations of supporting the disable children and early
intervention for the children between the age group of 0-16 years. The company is engaged in
providing occupational therapy, pathology and various other services. While carrying out the
marketing project of the company, we had to first form a team of 5people. We had to work in
teams because it helps in learning the skills at a faster rate. While working in teams we all learnt
faster and for complex projects it is better to work in teams than working individually. While
working in teams each person gets through personal development. Therefore we decide to
approach the marketing process by first forming a team. Our main purpose as a group was to
carry out the marketing project of the not-for-profit organizations. Therefore in order to carry out
all the activities effectively the job roles was defined properly. We all knew what was expected
from us and our job roles. Trust and open communication were the two main aspects that needs
to be present in a group in order to be successful. While carrying out the project, there were
many circumstances where the we had share a lot of information with each other because we
were stuck in a problem and without proper communication solving the problems was not
possible. We had faced many problems related t carrying out the marketing project for the
company GEM such as creating awareness about the company to the target market such that
proper treatment can be given to organization. Our team went through the four phases of
Tuckman’s team development theory such as the – forming stage, storming stage, the norming
stage and the performing stage. When our team was formed we went through the first stage that
is the stage of introducing each other and others. In rge second stage or the storming stage, we
had many conflicts due to different beliefs that w shared and in this stage we actually understood

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about the working style of others members in the group due to which the conflict arose. In the
third stage or the norming stage, we learnt how to solve our conflicts and build trust in each other
and others. In the final stage or the performing stage, having decided our roles, our norms we
started performing our activities properly.
Figure 1: Tuckman’s stages of team development
Source: (Natvig and Stark 2016 )
Role assignment is the process of properly understanding the skills and knowledge of the
individuals in the group and finally assigning of the roles on the basis of the same (Natvig and
Stark 2016). A person can occupy different roles in a group. There are basically four main types
of role in a group- task roles, functional roles, maintenance roles and dysfunctional roles. Once
our group was formed, the next step was to divided the task into different roles such that each