A concept from the group communication book that I found interesting is the idea “What makes a good group?”. As college students, most of us have been involved in dozens of groups in high school, and have been a part of good groups and bad groups. The book lists a few characteristics that make a good group. One of these is cohesion. Group cohesion is the ability to stay together “in the face of opposition”. I feel that this is important for groups to have. Groups always have a variety of tasks to complete, and they are rarely ever balanced in difficulty and time required to complete. For example, last semester I was in a group that had quite a few tasks to do. Most groups members took the easiest ones, while the tougher ones were ignored or were postponed to be discussed at a later meeting. After a couple weeks of this, we had all the tough tasks left, with a small amount of time to complete them. Group cohesion prevents this by having members step up to the challenge for the benefit of the group, and as a result the group will complete the entire assignment in a more organized and timely manner.
With that said, I can't wait for this new group paper! My group and I are starting tomorrow!
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