Friday, October 10, 2008

Looking back at the Research Project Experience


Working together with Mindy and Xue Xin for this research project was definitely an enriching experience. The group dynamics was good, and all of us worked well with each other. I felt that the main reason behind our successful working relationship is our ability to communicate well with each other. No misunderstanding arose during our course of work, and I can safely say that our working relationship has fostered invaluable friendship between the three of us.

As many of you may agree with me, the amount of time we had (1 month) to complete this research project was very tight. We had to do some form of editing or writeup almost every day, and our mailboxes were always flooded with each other's mails. It certainly was a nerve-wrecking period, but my reaseach group managed to stay together and focussed (and sane too!). Everybody showed initiative, and we all pulled our weight.

As for some of the improvements that we can make for our oral presentation, I think we can improve on our formal speech, and use less colloquial language. Also, we could build up our confidence in public speech to facilitate our presentation.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Jaymie,

There is no doubt that effective communication plays such a vital role in any group work. The dynamics of working with different people would mean that interpretation may differ from time to time and such is an opportunity for misunderstandings.

I congratulate Mindy, Xue Xin and you for being able to do so in your project and make new friends at the same time.

daniel said...

Hi Jaymie,

I agree with you that effective communication is very important in any teamwork. Given the tight schedule of this project, any miscommunication would have been very costly. Thus, I think expectations and time management should be discussed extensively at the beginning of the project so that there is minimal miscommunication.

It was great that you made new friends in the course of your project. I think have done so too, and it has been great working with my teammates!

Chiew Yen said...

Hi,

I do have the habit now to check my mailbox as and when i'm free as i'm worried that my group members may send me something important each day. Sometimes came back from home to find my mail box flooded with lots of mail from them too.

Communication is very important within the group itself as it can either cause confliction or have a group work together well. I'm glad that you and your group had a great working experience.

Sabrina He said...

Hi Jaymie,

Nice to see your group picture up there!

I agree that the time given to complete the project is short. With all the rushing of work, I am glad that strong bond is fostered within the short period of time. Able to stay focus is also one important key to work well.

I wish you all the best for your presentation.

Divya said...

Hi Jaymie

I agree with you that working in this project has been an enriching experience. The ability to communicate well without having any misunderstanding under stress is a good accomplishment.
My group also faced similar problems and I think facing problems with your teammates strengthens your bond with them.

grace kim said...

Hi Jaymie,

I'm happy to know that you had a "successful working relationship" with your group members and thus an "enriching experience". I'm glad that you cultivated new friendships
as a result of this project.

It would have been good to include more details in your reflection. For example, you could have described a situation to illustrate the effectiveness of the communication process within your group since that is the main reason for your successful co-operation.

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