Due Dates:
- See the calendar for your section for due dates.
Purpose
This assignment is designed for you to apply course concepts to real-world groups.
Skills
In this assignment you will:
- Observe a group meeting and create an interaction diagram.
- Apply course concepts to the group you observe.
- Make recommendations for improved group processes based on course concepts.
Knowledge
This assignment will also help you become familiar with the following important content in this discipline:
- Types of groups in the community
- Making field notes
Task
You will observe a group meeting of a group in the community (ex: government group, school board meeting, social club, etc.). You should NOT choose a group you belong to or a group that meets on campus. Attend a meeting of this group, take notes during the meeting, and create an interaction diagram. Plan to take some additional time after the meeting to add additional information to your observation notes. The observation notes and interaction diagram will be scanned and turned in.
You will also write a report on what you observed. The report should describe the meeting, connect at least two concepts discussed in class to that meeting, and include at least two recommendations for specific ways that the group could improve. Your recommendations should be grounded in the content of the class. The report should be two FULL pages of content, double-spaced, in APA format (7th Ed.). References must be included and are not included in the page requirement. A title page and abstract are not required, but if either one is included it will also not count toward the page requirement.
To complete the assignment, you will need to:
- Submit a scanned copy of your notes (including the interaction diagram).
- Submit the written paper.
- Participate in discussion in class.