Small Group Communication Competencies
Eight Small Group Competencies
Group Task Competencies
Number of
Occurrences
Satisfactory or
Unsatisfactory
Evaluation
Comments:
Rationale for
evaluations
Competency One: Defines and
analyzes problems and issues that help
orient the group to the task at hand
Competency Two: Participates in the
establishment of the group goal and
appropriately identifies criteria for
assessing the quality of the group
Competency Three: Identifies solution
or alternatives to appropriately manage
the problems or decisions the group
considers
Competency Four: Evaluates the
solutions or alternatives identified by
group members
Competency Five: Helps groups stay
on task, issue, or agenda the group is
discussing
Group Relational Competencies
Competency Six: Seeks to manage
disagreements and conflicts
Competency Seven: Provides
appropriate supportive comments to
other group members
Competency Eight: Helps manage
interaction and appropriately invites
others to participate.
Source: Beebe, S. and Barge, K. Small Group Communication. In Williams G. Christ (Ed.),
Assessing Communication Education (Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc., 1994). Used by permission.