The Politics of Sociology Video
Group Member Diversity and Communication Style
We can see in the video one of the local college’s sociology department trying to brainstorm what courses they should offer for the following semester. Their group consists of 5 members (3 male and 2 female) and they are locked in a discussion that shares the ideas they have. With its composition, we can say that it has great diversity and with their acquaintances, it promotes a much easier time communicating with each other. Their leader pushes for each member’s position to be recognized by the others in the group so that they can succeed in communicating with one another.
Their leader would keep them within their procedure so that they won’t stray away from their goals when their members are talking out of the topic. With their efforts, such as being knowledgeable of the topic of discussion, being acquainted with other members, composition of the whole group, and implicit norms really helped them communicate effectively from within. With both genders represented it provided a variety in views, and it did not become a hindrance when they tried to communicate as one. Effective groups completely understand what their goal is and have the utmost belief that it has meaning and its achievement would be worth it. For this situation, progression would be hindered if they go into the topic of how relevant the course is and their enrollment.
Asides from that, with their expression saying, “student will vote with their feet”, shows to us an offer which won’t satisfy their interests as stakeholders and that means accomplishing this goal wouldn’t be done. Based on Jensen and Tuckman, we have forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning as the 5 stages of a group’s life cycle (Engleberg & Wynn, 2010). With how they communicated, they didn’t achieve the performance that they wanted so