Monday, February 1, 2010
W2 - Discussion Question # 3
One concept that I found interesting from this weeks reading was in regards to feedback. Feedback can occur unintentionally or intentionally and can come in positive or negative forms. I think that is important to give feedback so that other group members are aware of your presence and it can also help to keep the group focused on the task and can help to solve problems or roadblocks that may arise during group interaction. However, too much feedback can also be detrimental to the group as it can seem insincere (over doing of positive feedback) or just rude (over doing negative feedback). In addition, I think to some degree the positive and negative feedback should be constructive and there should be a clear reason. One frustration that comes to my mind is that when I am working in small group and there is someone who never provides any feedback during the planning process but has a lot of negative things to say when goal has been achieved or the task has been completed. At this point, I feel that there is feedback is not valid and not necessary as they should have provided their input a lot sooner.
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Hi!
ReplyDeleteI thought your discussion on feedback was very interesting. I agree with you when you say that it is important to give feedback. I think that no matter what role you are playing it is important to receive feedback so that you know where you stand and you know how you can improve. I also think that providing a lot of feedback is good in a small group process because then everyone's thoughts can be considered, and like they say - "two heads are better than one".
You gave a good example of what frustrates you - when there is someone who never provides any feedback or input during the planning process in a group setting and then after everything has been decided complains about what is going on. What is the point? I agree with you - they should have provided feedback sooner.
Good job on the post!
Molly