The concept I picked is from the Group Communication book named Goal Setting in Groups under Techniques for Improving Communication in Groups. I believe that setting a goal in a group is very important. It is nice to see what everyone is working and trying to strive for. When a group does not have a goal that they are working for, everyone who is in the group tend to start doing their own thing and not contribute anything toward the group. By having a goal it also helps the group figure out how close or how far they are from the goal. Members of the group will be able to analyze to see what needs to be done in order to obtain the goal. A goal also keeps the group in tact and organized so one in the group is lost or confused.
I worked with many different types of people in groups and I have seen the difference within a group with a goal and a group without a goal. In high school we had periods where it was dedicated to group work so that we can as a group work on our assigned projects because the teachers knew that it was hard sometimes to get together. I remember during freshman year of high school I had one of those periods and our group did nothing at all. We would sit there either talking or doing something else because half the time we do not know what in the world we need to do. When I was a senior things changed and we used the period more efficiently as a group. During these periods we would set a goal of what has to be done so that we can finish our projects. Sometimes we met the goals and sometimes we did not but it was okay because we were productive and we did not waste our time sitting behind our desk and staring at the wall.
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