Reflective Report: My Role in a Work Group - Reflection and Analysis

This report is a reflective analysis of the student's experience working in a five-person research team over a five-week project. The student, acting as the team leader, discusses the positive aspects of teamwork, such as improved performance through task division and skill development, including interpersonal and leadership skills. The report also acknowledges the challenges, such as managing team dynamics and stress. Through critical analysis, the student identifies strengths like confidence and commitment, and weaknesses like temperamental reactions, and details how working in a group helped manage these. The student reflects on the importance of applying theoretical concepts, referencing Gibbs' reflective cycle and the use of reflective learning journals to improve individual and team performance, and concludes that teamwork is the best approach for future professional practice, enhancing collaboration and accountability.

Running head: MY ROLE AS PART OF A WORK GROUP 1
My Role as Part of a Work Group
Name
Institution

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Reflection: My Role as Part of a Work Group
Awareness
We formed a five-person research team at the start of the semester. We were given a
research project to work on which covered five weeks. It was a nice experience working closely
with my peers. Working in term assisted me to learn several benefits and disadvantages of
working with a team. The first positive thing that I learned about working in a group is that there
is performance. This because work can be divided among the group members hence saving on
time. For example, when we were given a project to work, we divided the work in such a way
that each person had his or her specific part to handle. Thereafter, each person presented the part
that they have researched elaborating their findings in detail. Another important thing I learned
about the group is that they aid in skill development. Being part of a team assisted me to develop
my interpersonal skills such as speaking as well as leadership skills. On the other hand, I came to
understand that working as a team also has its drawbacks. For example, a team leader may
encounter some stress from the team such as time. As the leader of the team, controlling and
directing the team was not easy because sometimes I was frustrated by the team. On some
occasions I found myself losing temper. I felt that working in a group is one of the best ways to
gain knowledge. Being in a group increases a person’s socializing skills. We make friends as we
interact throughout the group activities.
Critical analysis
Working in a group has impacted positively on my strengths. I am a confident person and
frank in addressing issues. Therefore, being the leader of a group made it possible for me to lead
my group and address issues confidently. Moreover, I am a committed person which made top

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act as motivation to the rest of the team (Loo & Thorpe, 2002). This made our group do research
and submit assignments on time. As a business student, I am not good at calculations as I am at
theory. Therefore, working in a group assisted me to able to tackle calculations and understand
the concepts that I was not conversant with. I am a temperamental person and working with a
group assisted me on how to manage my anger. Being the leader of the group, I could be angered
when the team failed to show up for group discussion or did not do their research. However, I
learned to manage my anger to manage group discussions.
Learning
In my future professional practice, I still believe working as a team is the best way to
handle tasks. As an employee, working as a team will improve how I relate with my colleagues
and increase the accountability of every member. Moreover, in the future, working as a team will
improve productivity and efficiency. This allows sharing of work hence reducing pressure on
people and ensuring that the assigned task competed within the given time.

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Reference
Loo, R., & Thorpe, K. (2002). Using reflective learning journals to improve individual and team
performance. Team Performance Management: An International Journal, 8(5/6), 134-
139.