01.20.06
Group Work
I know I know the MBA is supposed to be all about working in teams and the power of the group dynamic…
I think this will be the most valuable lesson that I take away from my time at Anderson because I am still finding it very hard to work effectively in my teams. It is so hectic day to day that it is just easier to divide and concur on most of the work; “you take this I’ll take that and we’ll assemble it just before submission.”
While this is usually the easy thing to do I think it is also the most unfortunate. It is not often that one gets the opportunity to develop their teamwork and leadership skills in a protected environment and I think I am learning that true value can come when effort is put into developing synergy. When the team is able to come together and create a force greater than the sum of it’s individual members…
I will keep my focus on this goal and try to resist my urge to just “Do it myself”… It won’t be easy though 
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Carla said,
January 27, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Ah yeah, the least common denominator syndrome, and having to carry your co-workers… sounds like they are indeed teaching you about business.
How’s that going btw?
Jason said,
January 27, 2006 at 8:36 pm
Well today I wound up doing the entire Finance Case that was supposed to be a group project… How do you think it’s going