1. Session 5 Review Home Study Presentations Group Work Group Evaluation
Portfolio Requirements
1:1 support on essays, reports, portfolios
Independent Study
Essays
Report
Portfolio
Reflections

2. Group Work
“A number of people or things gathered together for some purpose”
Oxford Dictionary

3. Why Part of HE Study? Learning Styles Support
Transferable Skills for Workplace

4. People Skills/Interpersonal Skills

5. People Skills/Interpersonal Skills
Building Rapport
Listening
Speaking
Communicating different audiences
Good Team Member
Setting up and Running Groups
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Assertiveness
Dealing with Difficult People
Negotiation Skills
Leadership

6. Benefits of Group Work

7. Benefits of Group Work Sharing ideas and wider pool of experience
Learning to deal with criticism and developing tolerance
Keep up morale and provide encouragement
Sharing work load

8. Group Maintenance
Task Orientation

9. Making the Group Work Create a supportive group atmosphere
Respect people’s feelings,
Address anxieties
Make ground rules
Investigate group strengths
Create an effective group environment
Set clear agendas and boundaries
Check progress
Task allocation
Group roles

10. Potential Hazards Copying Share work fairly Look after yourself first
Group sabotage

11. Group Roles Chairperson Record Keeper/Secretary Timekeeper
Task Manager

12. Belbin Team Roles (1981) A team role as defined by
Dr Meredith Belbin is:
"A tendency to behave, contribute and interrelate with others in a particular way."

13. Belbin Team Roles Nine team roles (originally 8).
action-oriented roles - Shaper, Implementer, and Completer Finisher
people-oriented roles - Co-ordinator, Teamworker and Resource Investigator
cerebral roles - Plant, Monitor Evaluator and Specialist

14. BELBIN® feedback will help you to:
Understand your own identity in terms of team roles
Manage your strengths and weaknesses
Learn how to develop your team roles
Project yourself in the best possible way
Work more effectively in teams

15. Further Reading
Management Teams - Why They Succeed or Fail by Dr Meredith Belbin, published by Butterworth Heinemann (2nd Edition) 2003.
The University of Hull Study Guide Group Work