Community

Service ProjectCamille 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 Introductionwatch link below:

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

ProposalOne 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

The Timeline

0 5 10

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Communication

Research

Site Work basedon hours logged

The following is a copy

of the

rubric that we used to

gauge our team efficacy.

(Robbins and Judges,

2013)

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

8 6 4 2

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

ReferencesRobbins, 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