Friday, February 4, 2011
Week 2, Question 3
Another concept of this weeks reading I found interesting was the one about coordinating mechanisms. Looking at things like planning, orginizating, assessing preformances and moticating other members was something I know I use in my everyday life. As a member of a team, we have as well a set of coordinating mechanisms that we live and thrieve by. Being on a team means that there are 20 other girls that rely on you to put in as much work and do what you need to do to make the team stronger as well as carry your own weight. I see this playing out when we have a rutine set for a performance. Sometimes you are expected to do a skill that may be difficult or you havnt perfected yet. But it is up to you to push yourself to achieve that skill in order to make the team stronger. Our team is based, as the book says, on “mutual trust and shared beliefes that team member will perform their roles…” We always take feedback from others and learn from what we have found works and doesn’t. We always have our teammates in mind when we are out and doing things that may reflect negative on our image as a team. We do what is best for the whole and not the individual.
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Hey little miss cheerleader. I want to start off by saying that I think you do a great job explaining coordinating mechanisms. I also like the way that you applied this concept to your cheerleading team. I was a cheerleader in high school so I know exactly what you mean when you said that when you are on a team you have 20 other people relying on you to put in as much work as everyone else. As you know you have to be really disciplined when you are on a cheerleading team because you are performing skills that can be very dangerous if one person doesn't work as hard as everyone else. Coordinating mechanisms applies to families as well. A family can be looked at as a small group. They need to communicate with each other and make sure that everyone does their part in order for it to function properly.
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ReplyDeleteSo a concept that I found interesting was wholeness and synergy. But after reading this blog I agree that this topic important to small groups as well. Coordinating mechanisms is important because without planning, organization, assessing performances, and motivating other members a group would be in shambles. It is important to hone skills such as these to be a productive group member and to make a good small group. I can relate when you talk about this quote from the book, “mutual trust and shared beliefs that team member will perform their roles…”.I myself am on a team that requires this and for that I know how important something like this is. When I line up I have to Know and fully trust in my team mates to perform their job. If all eleven guys were trying to get everyone elses job done then nothing would get done at all. This is why believing in team mates or group members is an important thing to do.