Community Service Project

Camille YoungerBrittney Surber

Monique C. Mitchelson-DeLaurier

An Overview

– An introduction– The project proposal– An evaluation of the

project – The implementation

strategy for the project– A project timeline

– Assessment of group skills– Organizational development

or structure– Decision-making strategies– Motivation– Leadership– Power use– Organizational culture– Conflict resolution– Summary of group behavior

and performance during project

Breast Cancer Introduction watch link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvpMEs_2AJM&feature=youtu.be

Proposal

One of the group’s members is heavily involved in breast cancer awareness trainings. We collectively decided that we would attempt to champion this cause, despite the other members being not as well versed in the subject. We recognized it as cause is timeless. Our mission:“We believe in consumer health autonomy by making resources and information accessible in a grassroots forum to educate, inform, and empower women and men on breast cancer and breast health awareness." –Breast Cancer Awareness Group

The Evaluation & Implementation

• Virtual Team work is always challenging. In fact, this dynamic generally streamlines the amount and type of information shared. (Robbins and Judges, 2013). Collaborative members are more likely to only share information that they consider highly important. (Robbins and Judges, 2013). However, overall, the team regulated itself and was able to create a web site with regular visits from users and surfers. Hosted on the site is a poll, facts, a donation link, a discourse forum, and resources regarding breast cancer.

Website Development In Response to Project Expectation

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The Timeline

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Communication Research Site Work based on hours logged

The following is a copy of the rubric that we used to gauge our

team efficacy. (Robbins and Judges, 2013)

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file:///Users/mmdelaurier/Downloads/MyRubric-2.xls.html

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RESEARCH The workload is divided and shared equally by all team members.

The workload is divided and shared fairly by all team members, though workloads may vary from person to person.

The workload was divided, but one person in the group is viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work.

The workload was not divided OR several people in the group are viewed as not doing their fair share of the work.

COMMUNICA-TION

Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.

Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.

Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.

Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.

SITE WORK Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.

Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.

Content is logically organized for the most part.

There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.

Group Behavior

• Our group was a work team.

• We were able to generate a positive synergy that we would not have been able to create as individuals (Robbins and Judges, 2013).

• We were hugely collaborative and complimentary (Robbins and Judges, 2013).

Organizational Development or Structure

• There are three women in our organization.

• We are members of different ethnicities and generations.

• To help facilitate the achievement of our strategic goals we immediately agreed to first brainstorm and then delegate different tasks.

• Our goal was primarily dictated by teacher directed expectations; our process was student determined.

• Our medium project medium was chosen by the nature of the class and our proximity to one another.

Decision Making Strategies

• Based on our reflections: We utilized the rational decision making process: Intelligence, Design, Choice, & Evaluation

• (Robbins and Judges, 2013).

Motivation• Due to the nature of the class, this

assignment is a microscopic assessment of our motivation. (Which we felt to have maintained a very fluent level throughout.) Motivation is typically measured by a person’s intensity, “how hare a person tries”(Robbins and Judges, 2013), direction, effort and consistency with relationship to organizational goals, and persistence, the extent of which a person may maintain goals (Robbins and Judges, 2013).

• Our website as the capability to be sustained for a very long time. We encourage all of you to visit periodically to make your own assessments.

Leadership and Power

• We each had an area of expertise:

• Camille-cancer information broad base

• Brittney-research• Monique-technology

• Because of this, we were each able to triangulate expert information from varied locations in Virginia.

Organizational Culture

• Key Characteristics (as it relates to this assignment)-virtual and cancer related.

• Risk-takers-Stepping outside of our individual familiarity, but able to produce as a group team.

• Wanted to be accurate and aesthetically pleasing.

• Availability-Our website helps us to keep up with use and our mission by generating stats.

• We feel as though the site itself is very warm and people friendly.

Conflict Resolution

• While there may have been conflict, it was never

overt or debilitating. And because we each subscribe

to the Interactionist view (Robbins, Judges, and

Vohra, 2012), any conflicts were appreciated and

helped in generating new ideas and action.

SummaryDespite being a somewhat topical assignment, we feel as though the core concentration, community service, was

broad enough to make both the process and product authentic. We were able to proficiently navigate:

creativity, critical thinking, collaborative efforts, and communication relatively effortlessly.-

Camille, Brittney, and Monique

Dedicationwatch link below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-djRPSal8QI

References

Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. (2013). Organizational behavior. Upper Saddle River, N.J:

Pearson/ Prentice Hall.Robbins, Judges, and Vohra (2012). Organizational Behavior Conflict and Resolution. Retrieved from http://

www.slideshare.net/balajinages/conflict-and- negotiation-14766538