Final Communication Blog

Hello Colleagues,

For the last eight weeks, I want to thank you to everyone. Most of us have been in classes together from the beginning and I am hoping some of us will be together again in our specializations. I have learned new ideas and concepts from reading your posts and different blogs. As our journey comes near, I hope to keep in touch with all of you. Also, one thing I learned about communication is the process in which we can develop meaningful relationships with others (O'Hair & Wiemann, 2009).  In order to continue our meaningful relationships, I encourage everyone to e-mail me at:oceangolddiva@yahoo.com. I will be waiting!!

I enjoyed working with all of you!

Team Building and Collarboration, Part 1

This week, we learned about the five stages of team development: forming, storming, performing, and adjourning (Adudi, 2010).

The group that was the hardest for me to leave was the five member women group named the Classy Ladies. Our group spent a lot of happy times together where we celebrated birthdays, holidays, and cookouts together. Since we knew each other before, the forming staging stage worked well for all us. The rest of the stages: storming, performing, and adjourning stages went great together. All of us did our part to make sure our group worked toghether to make sure our parties, fundraisers and cookouts were a success. Our high performing group stayed together for ten years. As the group ended, as we got older and moved away, we cried, hugged, and exchanged e-mails. We all vowed to stay in touch and visit whenever possible.

When it is time to adjourn from my colleagues at Walden, it will be bitter sweet because we have worked together and learned  a lot through the discussion boards, blogs, and e-mails. Therefore, I hope we will decide to stay in touch as we continue our next journey in our lives. Also, I hope we will remember our happy times spent together.

The adjourning phrase is an essential stage to teamwork because it shows the team members how all their dedication and commitment were appreciate in the group. This gives them the opportunity to say good bye and wish each other well in the next step in their lives (Audi, 2010).

Reference

Abudi, G. (2010), The five stages of team development: a case study, Retrieved from http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/the-five-stages-of-team-development-a-case-study.html

Nonviolent Communication and Conflict Management

This week I learned about various ways to deal with conflicts. I am going to share a personal conflict. My sister is having problems with her supervisor. The supervisor do not respect my sister becasue she demands her to do something, she expects my sister to get off her daily schedule and come do her job. This is the type conflict- power dynamics (when one person has power over another, that dynamic can cause one or both of the people to handle the conflict unproductively (O'Hair & Wiemann, 2009). In order to help my sister to solve this conflict, I would use two strategies which includes keeping the focus on the issue of the supervisor using her power to demand and expect my sister to do whatever she tells her to do. Therefore, it would be best to include cooperative strategies that would strive to benefit both parties. In addition, the supervisor would benefit from learning about the 3 R's. A demonstration from the 3 R's would help the supervisor to learn  the importance of being respectful of others.