First Day of our group meeting.

I. Communication Network of your group meeting.

A: The most talkative members of the group where Shanna, Missy, and I.

B: The least talkative members where Jully and Tem.

II. Climate of the Group.

A: There was just a little trust, just what one would expect in the forming stage.

1. Yes. We were very cautious about our gestures and conversation.

2. No. Or very little.

B. Only one of our group members was very social and disclosed some information about personal life.

1. I was comfortable. I know that not all people are alike and we all have different ways of expressing ourselves. It didn’t bother me at all.

2. I assumed that all people were comfortable with Shannas personal life story.

3. I didn’t sense any discomfort from others.

III. Goal-Orientation of our group meeting.

A. We chose the topic during the meeting.

1. I was not satisfied with our accomplishments. Why? Because I felt we need to choose a narrower topic.

2. Other group members were satisfied.

a. Members of the group had no disagreements and they didn’t ask any questions.

b. Members said that the topic is broad enough to find some information on the Net and, at the same time, it is relatively narrow.

B. We decided to get information from the Internet and other sources about “cultural diversity”.

1. This is subject for next meeting.

2. Ditto

IV. Conflicts and Critical Thinking of Our Group.

A. Because of our not knowing of each other and the fact that our group was in the forming stage, I tried to be more social and not hard-headed. I assumed that this would help our group members to be more open and in the future meetings we could plan our actions and achieve results more easily and without any conflicts due to our differences.

1. On the first day I didn’t see any conflicts,

2. None

3. No. Not at all. We did accomplish our goal within fifteen minutes and all of us suggested something.

B. We joked and smiled a lot.

C. No.

1. N/A

2. We all of us were very smart and dedicated. We approach the topic systematically.

V. Issue of the Norms.

A. Our Group started building trust by encouraging respectful active listening, cooperation, and the freedom to disagree without being considered deviant.

1. Yes.

2. I will encourage others to speak freely without judging them.

B. Destructive norms have I noticed in our group.

I didn’t notice any destructive norms.