Answer to Question #204709 in Management for Hadia

Question

Explain a situation when it was really difficult for you to collaborate in a team such as to work on an assignment with class fellows?

What were the reasons?

What are the personality characteristics of the people in the group which made it difficult for you to collaborate?

What did you learn from that situation?

How did you manage that situation?

Answer 1

1) I once found it difficult to collaborate in a team and work on an assignment with my class fellows due to lack of proper planning by the team leader. This resulted to late submission of the assignment and my team was not awarded a mark which forced us to be assigned new assignment under strict orders such as doing completion of the task under a short period of time.

2)The reasons that led to lack of proper planning was due to miscommunication on meeting dates, misunderstandings on members roles and responsibilities and conflicting priorities on how to complete the assignment.

3) The personality characteristics of the people in the group which made it difficult for me to collaborate are;

I) Laziness- the team leader did not take an initiative to properly organize and communicate the meeting dates to the team members.

II) Passive-Aggressive Types- some team members promised to help with the project but then they did not and some showed up late during discussions.

III) Authoritative- the team leader sounded authoritative and was not ready to listen to the suggested meeting dates from other team members.

4) I learnt that proper planning involves working with other teams members and the team leader together with the members need to plan accordingly so know how to help themselves prioritize.

5) I managed the situation encouraging my team members to combine every effort, big or small, hence proper planning. This helped to create a shared vision for everyone involved, which is essential for smooth collaboration.