Effective
Group Working
EXTRACT
of Workshop Slides
(for LTA submission)
Coursework - Group Presentation
• Group work task.
Groups will be assigned today
• Task
- Analyse the components of fitness and the principles of
training as they apply to a sport of your choice.
- Propose a suitable training programme for an athlete of
your choice, to conduct over 8 weeks.
• Submission Week 12
10 minute presentation (50%)
A discussion process with the tutor will be held after the presentation and
students awarded a percentage of the grade depending on input.
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What you will learn in this Workshop
 Learn a useful framework for
understanding your own and others’
behavioural preferences
Understand your preferences in working
style, response to change, deadlines,
decision-making and communication
Use this knowledge to identify your
personal strengths and weaknesses as a
team member
Learn to apply this understanding to
work effectively as a Project Group
SUMMARY: WORKSHOP SECTION 1
Students:
• are introduced to a Behavioural Model
• Identify their own behaviour tendencies and preferred ways of
working and how that may differ from others
• Understand how that may impact role allocation, communication
styles, decision making and conflict management within groups
• Consider the impact of these different styles on effective group
working
Strengths and Weaknesses
Consider your ‘preferred behavioural style’, and:
1. identify 3 ways in which it makes a positive
contribution to the group work and presentation
2. Identify 3 ways in which it might cause problems in
group work and presentation
3. Describe what kind of team leader you might make?
Create a
poster
listing all of above
Effective project groups
Move into your project groups
SUMMARY: WORKSHOP SECTION 2
Students:
• are allocated working groups
• Apply the behavioural model to their ‘group profile’
• Consider the implications (positive and negative) of that on group
dynamics and execution of the processes and tasks required within
the Group Task
• Agree some ways of working, groundrules and conflict management
approaches
Team Evaluation
Q - what are the strengths of our team profile?
Q - what are the weaknesses of our profile?
Now add the main points to your
team colour profile poster.
Ground rules:
In view of your team profile, create a series
of agreed ground rules to ensure your team
is successful in:
meeting management
time management and communication.
Now add the main points
to your
team colour profile
poster.
Examples of Ground Rules
• Set deadlines and stick to them
• Share information by email
• Notify people in good time if can’t make meeting or other
deadline
• Everyone to speak at meetings
• Warn problem members before Tutor is notified
• Meetings to start and finish on time
• Agendas will follow a particular format
• Notes will be kept by particular individual or take it in
turns
• Meetings will be chaired by particular individual or take it
in turns
One of the ground rules at a golf course in Nairobi:A ball lying less than 10 yards from a lion need not be played!
What you will learn in this Workshop
 Learn a useful framework for
understanding your own and others’
behavioural preferences
Understand your preferences in working
style, response to change, deadlines,
decision-making and communication
Use this knowledge to identify your
personal strengths and weaknesses as a
team member
Learn to apply this understanding to
work effectively as a Project Group
Reflection and evaluation
Please complete the
Personal Learning Outcomes
in your Workbook p 12
This will help your reflection on your own
behaviour and the overall group dynamics in
your final assessment
We hope you found this workshop useful.
We value honest, constructive feedback.
Please take a few minutes to complete a
feedback form.