The decision making process that was used in the classroom was somewhat chaotic. It showed that there are some who doesn't consider themselves team players, and there were others who has that take charge mentality. They was given a agenda and they took control of the situation, whether others wanted them to or not. Even though they took charge, they didn't have control over the group. People were talking over each other, and everyone wanting their opinion to be heard. Which made it hard for some to keep up with what was going on. The atmosphere was thick with tension, some of my classmates can be very rude. Not only during this exercise, but also when the professor is teaching the class. I was impressed that with all the overtalking and those not wanting to accomodate others we did get a nice package deal. As for me I sat back and watched how my classmates interacted with one another. It amazed me that we got anything at all. I believe the professor gave us a second chance to get the deal, I know for a fact that we had lost our opportunity.
As for me I normally deal with situations in one or two ways, I either go along with the majority if I feel that the majority is best for all involved, or I sit back and watch the chaos. In this case I sat back and watched as some my the classmates showed their true colors. I really didn't believe we were going to get anything the way the decision process was going.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
eggs-cellent
When we were doing the project we didn't intentionally follow any set guidelines. We threw ideas at one another until we found one that everyone was satisified with. Looking at the planning process I can say that we did follow steps 3 to step 5.
Defining the objective was bypassed due to the objective was given by the instructor: make a device that would protect your egg, if dropped ten feet into a container.
When someone would give an idea of the device they wanted to build, the team would look at the idea from all angles to see if the device would actually accomplish the task of protecting the egg. Then everyone decided on a course of action, to tape the straws together, then attach it to the egg. They then demonstrated and tested the device to see if it would work,(meaning sustain the egg without falling apart). The end result the device worked.
Defining the objective was bypassed due to the objective was given by the instructor: make a device that would protect your egg, if dropped ten feet into a container.
When someone would give an idea of the device they wanted to build, the team would look at the idea from all angles to see if the device would actually accomplish the task of protecting the egg. Then everyone decided on a course of action, to tape the straws together, then attach it to the egg. They then demonstrated and tested the device to see if it would work,(meaning sustain the egg without falling apart). The end result the device worked.
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