After our midterm, the professor assigned gave us an activity to decide what to do with that midterm and how to structure the next one. According to the slides, the professor had very low influence and the group had very high freedom. We were allowed to make the decide anything we want, within a certain limit. Professor Kurpis stayed in the back and has no role in the group’s deliberations. However, the group did not have strong communicating skills and people were pretty much throwing ideas around and disagreeing with each other. One student took a leading role and tried to organize the class our ideas, it helped a little but if we didn’t have a time limit to work under, I’m sure we would have been there for hours or until most students just quit. Most of the class was competing to win; they all felt their idea was the best and that was the way to go. The students that didn’t say much simply raised their hand to vote against.
If I were to decide, I would give both the leader and group moderate power so they can split into groups and present a more organized idea. This way they have a suggestion and can try to influence the rest of the class. I think it is very important to accommodate and collaborate in order to reach a decision in a professional manner. I am personally not satisfied with the outcome of the chaos, but I chose to compromise.
