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REFLECTIVE REPORT_______________________ INTRODUCTION

This report addresses my team member’s capacity to work in a diverse group during our group presentation that we had prepared for prior to this report. Within our group, we only had three people; two females and one male which is me. Aisha was one of the females in our group and she was born in Australia and went to High School and is doing an Engineering course. She is of an Asian descent and was highly capable of communicating in English fluently. Renee was the other female member. She was also born in Australia and attended High School here and is doing a Business course. She was of Anglo descent and could communicate in English fluently as well. On the other hand, I was the only male in my group and was not born in Australia but attended High School in Australia. I am also doing a Business course and is of Asian descent. Although being born in Malaysia, I am highly capable of communicating effectively in English. I would monitor our groups effectiveness by their willingness to complete the task before the set deadline and their efficacy. As a result of now knowing my group members personally, I took on a more participative approach to the group assignment in order to draw the most number of ideas that can be contributed to the presentation.

ESTABLISHING THE GROUP As Aisha and Renee were all made acquainted among themselves on the first day of class, it was fairly easy in forming the group. What we did to work together was to establish a group chat on Facebook and a Google Drive document to ensure that each member had a voice in the presentation and free will to made edits in their work on the Google Drive document. Among us however, there was not a clear defining leader within our group. The tasks and roles were individually discussed between each other and would then be worked on alone and would then be revised later on by the team. Although a role that was delegated was the input of graphics which was done by Aisha, she had a more creative ‘touch’ in comparison to Renee and me.

TEAM PROCESSES Our main mean of communication was Facebook Messenger. As previously mentioned a group chat was established early on for this presentation. This form of communication was highly effective as all of us are very familiar in its use and its capability to convey a message. Other than that, we did not have to establish any rules or protocols for behaviours as we knew how each other were prior and had a level of trust with one another and each other’s skills and knowledge. This did not change throughout the presentation preparation process as it was clearly displayed by each other.

STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES Team diversity can be defined as being “differences between individuals on any attribute that may lead to the perception that another person is different from the self” (K. W. De Dreu , Nijstad, & Van Knippenberg 2007). My team however was not particularly diverse due to our low numbers being the only team with three individuals instead of five. We had two females and one male while culturally, we had two Asians including myself and Renee which is of the Anglo background. Other than that, my team is not completely diverse. None of these aspects affected our team and our team’s capacity to achieve results by working together. This level of diversity did not challenge our work in any degree and was highly streamlined in work processes with minimal issues.

EQUAL CONTRIBUTION POLICY The use of the Equal Contribution Policy was not referred to much as we were individually well aware of carrying our own ‘weight’ in the assignment. Tasks, roles and speaking was individually assigned and delegated by each other and democratically in order to ensure fairness between all members. As a result, each of my team members did not feel a sense of unfair treatment in relation to work load and role delegation as we were individually independent and self-aware of the basic courtesies in group assignments.

CONCLUSION

In general, my team has been effective in working independently and carrying out their own research. Each of our individual research has been highly informative and of similar standards to one another. This has allowed our team to achieve a highly informative presentation through our professional research to ensure consistencies within each slide. Furthermore, each individual within my team are highly capable in public speaking, allowing for a smooth transition between speakers. This has enabled us to remain professional in speaking and demonstrate our extensive preparation before the presentation. Also, the communication within our group was effective. Although through the means of social media, it has allowed us to communicate ideas to one another despite our busy schedules. It has also aided us in saving time due to our individual locations being quite distant from one another and reducing travel time. However, we have had a meeting in person in the city which was beneficial in deciding on final roles and the parts to which we research. What could be improved on however is a more regular meet up as it allows us to make edits and communicate ideas quicker and more effectively in comparison to the already effective social media. Besides that, I believe my team has been successful in working effectively and efficiently with one another with zero issues with each another. We have completed the assignment to the best of our capabilities and the result would determine how accurate and precise our research has been.

REFERENCES 1. Day-Calder, M 2016, ‘Working well in a culturally diverse team’, Nursing Standard (2014+), vol. 31, pp. 37. 2. C. Homan, A, L. Greer, L 2013, ‘Considering diversity: the positive effects of considerate leadership in diverse teams’, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, vol. 16, pp. 105-125. 3. K. W. De Dreu, C, A. Nijstad, B, Van Knippenberg, D 2007, ‘Motivated Information Processing in Group Judgement and Decision Making’, Motivation in Group Decision Making, vol. 12, pp. 22-49....