Decision making can be a difficult task for individuals, let along an entire group of people. So what do many of us do when faced with decision making that involves others? Some of us fight to the death and do not budge; some avoid the decision making all together out of laziness, fear, or just simple frustration; some compromise, you give a little, you get a little; others sacrifice to accommodate the group, and then we have others who try and come up with various options. So what happens when you have a classroom full of students in which half did very well on an exam and the other half not so well???
While we tried to come up with a solution to our exam grading system it became clear we had a room full of all kinds of decision makers. Baily, thankfully, took the lead and guided our decision making process while the rest of us fell into one or more of the descriptions mentioned prior. I for one was definitely not going to be the avoider considering the final decision would have the potential to affect my grade. I can safely say I was one of the students who was in the "did well" side of things so I wasn't too boisterous on my demands, so I decided to take the route of the collaborator. I threw out there some suggestions that could possibly help out those who really needed the help but at the same time fairness would be taken into consideration for those who really didn't need the help for a better grade.
I think with the specific demands Kurpis placed on our final decision we did pretty good in coming to a well rounded conclusion. However, after going through the process and lecture, I feel breaking up into smaller groups could have sped up our process. Within these smaller groups each person would have the opportunity to speak. We could have had sub-leaders who would then voice out each groups top concerns. In using this kind of decision making we probably would have noticed quicker where the majority stood on certain suggestions. We also could have established which were the overlapping ideas and possibly combine them to make a better thought out and concise option.
Decision making...it's a work in process!
Ciao,
C.
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I agree! I think as a whole we did a pretty good job by coming up with a decision for the exam. However, like you said I do think that smaller groups would have been helpful in making the process simplier, more organized, and quicker. A sub-leader like you mentioned is a great idea!
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