1. I think I might be most predisposed to the saboteur role. I like to help people whenever I can, and I also like to take control when I know something isn't right. I'll really try instead to understand where the other group members are coming from and then, before the final tasks are to be made, also make my own point clearly understood. Then hopefully a third alternative can be reached synergistically.

2. I will try to be a moderator. Listening intentively to the input from all group members while courageously offering my own.

"Love, then whatever." -St. Augustine

1. I may have taken on the roll of martyr slightly when I first got to Purdue. I had a bunch of chemistry groups that did not know what they were doing. I will make sure to listen to others opinions about the project with more equality.

2. I will try to organize the group or come up with more compromises between others. I have picked up leadership skills since arriving at Purdue. Being vice president of a fraternity has helped me realize the value of a good leader.

-Ed

1. I think I might be considered either a martyr or a saboteur. In one sense I sometimes complain (to my friends not to group members) about all the work I have to do, but I always get the work done. In another sense, I sometimes proofread papers/projects and find a word misspelled or incorrect grammar. This is when I am likely to change something immediately and tell my group members at the next meeting. I will just work cooperatively with my group members and I think we will get along fine.

2. Possibly the "go-for" person. I don't know much about web pages, but I am willing to learn. Since I don't know that much I am willing to try to find any information that could be helpful (like pictures from the files or online resources).

1. I often step into a leadership position; sometimes this can translate into the role of a bully. I will listen to the feedback of my group in order to prevent any disruptive behavior on my part.

2. I'll try to be an initiator - one who brings new ideas to the table. I'll also try to be a devil's advocate - one who asks tough questions, reminds everyone of deadlines, makes sure that everything is done according to our prior agreements, class policies, and client guidelines.

1. I feel like I would be predisposed to the Deadbeat role. This is because I am afraid of taking any responsibility on paper (that is when decided by the group officially). However, in retrospect I have found that I have taken more responsibility than I originally signed up for but not as much as I could have taken. I would never fit into any of the other negative roles because of my passive nature.

2. Given my aforementioned tendencies, I would be good in any role that suits my skills and where I have been given clear instructions. This would be a positive role that is the opposite of the Bully. I cannot handle responsibility well.

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Anuttam Mahapatra

1. I cannot think of any particular instances in which I took on one of the roles described in the article, but there is one that I am predisposed toward. I like doing work myself sometimes because then I know that it was done well (at least in my opinion). For this reason, I would say that this is most similar to the role of the saboteur.
To make sure that I won't take on a disruptive role in my group, I will listen to what all the members of my group have to say and make any suggestions that I have.

2. I think a positive group member is someone who takes responsibility for his/her assigned task and is willing to cooperate with the other group members. In addition, a member who gives input whenever he/she can provides a positive aspect to the group.

If anything, depending on what the project is, I guess I would fall close to the Martyr. Sometimes I don't mind if I am doing most of the work, as long as I know what I am doing even if I find it difficult or an overwhelming amount of work.

I'm not sure about a name for the role I will play, but I will be open to the advice and input of others as well as provide my own. I will meet whenever possible or necessary and take responsibility for the work delegated to me. I will do what ever I can to make sure the assignment is turned in on time and the quality of the work meets the requirements.

In the past, Im sure i have been a "mild" bully. Working on an animation, the entire team has to be on the same page, or the animation is going to go haywire. When i took my first real animation class, i worked with a group of close friends. We had a large group, so we decided to make a large project. BAD IDEA. Two of the group members put very little time into the project and even less effort to do a good job. Thats when the bully in me came out. I decided to redo a lot of the work by myself with out telling them. I felt that i had to take care of the entire project myself to get it to a presentable project. I know for a fact that this wont happen in this project. First off, i know that i dont have the knowledge to be able to do this all by myself. Also, I know what its like to take on the burden of the entire project myself and never want to do that again.

I like to make sure that everyone is on the same page, and that we have a good time while doing the project. I think everyone has a strength to add to the project, and I hope that my strengths cover the other members weaknesses, and vice versa.

Aaron Georges
ageorges@purdue.edu

1) Of all the roles I am probably most like the Saboteur, but not to the extreme. To make sure I don't become of these roles I will do my part of the project and won't get involved in other people's part unless I am asked to help. Also, I will use my partners to keep me in line if I start to develop into one of these roles.

2) The Solider. This person does there part of the project and observes the other members in the group and make sure they are in line or if they need help. I will try to take this role and not be too powerful or too weak. With the main goal being to accomplish the project.

1. Back in High School, I have probably been a Sabotuer a few times. I know in Physics class we did a few group labs and at times if I didn't feel it was being done right I would redo those part of the experiment to see if it needed to be changed. I do not do that now in college but in the odd case to make sure I didn't take on the disruptive role I would make sure I would not be in charge of double checking or finalizing the work.

2. Um, I guess Helper to where if other members of the group might fall behind some or have trouble doing the part they were assigned the Helper would take time out to help the other members out while still doing their part.

1. I can think of a few instances where I have taken on one of the roles described in "Feuds in Student Groups." Usually it is the "Bully" role, and sometimes it happens because I have a better handle on what needs to be done and how to accomplish it. Other times it is because someone needs to take charge or nothing will get done. Though I try to make sure that I remain open to any ideas or suggestions that the rest of the group might have to offer. And I suppose that all I can do to make sure that I do not take on a disruptive role in my group this semester is to continue to remain open to other input besides my own.

2. This semester, for my group I think I will try to become... the "Coordinator." The person who knows who should be doing what for when, and tries to keep the group on track. Hopefully I will not devolve into a "Bully" or even worse, a "Nag."

I can sometimes be a bully in a group if no one else takes charge. I like for someone to tell everyone else what to do, and usually I want it to be someone else. If no one takes that role, I might step in. If I do have to deligate things, I think I do a pretty good job of listening to others.

I will try to adopt the role of the supporter. I guess the supporter would be someone who does their job and be willing to help anyone else in their group having difficulty.

1. I can't think of anytimes I have taken any of those types of roles. I can't see any that I may be presidposed towards. I think that communication is the key in not creating disruptions in a group. If communication is high then the group should be effective and work together well.

2. I will try to keep everyone organized and on task. I will also try to be an informer, in the way that I will try my best to teach what I know about website design and layouts. I will also always offer constructive criticism and will make my ideas known for my group to hear.

1. I can tend to be a bit of a control freak in some groups and think I'm predisposed to being a martyr. I like voicing my ideas in projects and I'm willing to do the extra work to realize them but I can be verbal about it.

2. The term I'm going to coin is compromiser. The compromiser is much like the leader, only instead of telling people what to do he's listening to all their ideas and helping create a solution where everyone is heard. The compromiser works with everyone making sure everyone has roughly the same idea of the direction the project is heading in. I think I would make a good compromiser because while I have some technical skills I doubt I am the most experienced web designer in our group and I don't think of myself as an amazing writer. But I can write and can web design when I need to.

I can't remember a time when I took on one of the five roles specifically but I there were times when I think the roles blended together. Group work can be very stressful, especially when working with a person or people who could be termed bullies and don’t want to hear what others in the group have to say.
If there was one that I was predisposed towards, I would have to say martyr. But one difference is I will usually not speak up about problems and just shoulder extra work. In order to make sure that I don’t assume the martyr role, I will talk to my group. If something bothers me, I’ll speak up about the problem while trying to keep it from being disruptive or argumentative. The article for today said “moderate conflict is a characteristic of high-performing groups.”

Positive Listener- a person who listens to everyone's ideas and helps the group pick out the best aspects from everyone's ideas. Find something that will work from everyone so people don't fell left out.

Melissa Grider

During one internship I had, I was working in a group of four on a project the whole summer, and I would sometimes fall into the role of the martyr. Our timeline ended up forcing us to stay much longer than the normal work day and the extra work often caused some complaining/boasting. After that summer was over, I felt bad about it and definitely learned from the experience, as the people I was in a group in were my friends. I'm going to make sure I don't fall into the same habits again by staying positive and involving all my teammates.

I think I could take on the positive roles of Initiator and Clarifier in a group. I find that a lot of group work problems are difficult because of the planning and oversight involved causing people to lose track of the goal. If the problems can be stated and solved clearly, the group will work a lot better. As a clarifier I can perhaps break down the project and explain each section, and as the initiator I would be able to give some initial ideas to discuss more in depth.

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I must admit that I have sometimes showed characteristics that could be put in a few of the disruptive categories. I am a habitual procrastinator. I am someone who waits till roughly the day before and then gets to work. In this way, I am a part of the Deadbeat group. I am also somewhat of a perfectionist, and have alterted things without checking with the other team members first--a characteristic of the saboteur group. This has had some bad consequences in the past. However, I do believe that I've learned from these mistakes in the past and that I am a better group member having experienced them. I think it will be useful to develop a schedule to help keep me and others on task during the project.

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Whenever I get into a group, I'm usually really good with keeping schedules and encouraging people to stay on task. I will try to play a time keeper and help our group maintain a productive pace.

Once I needed to take on the role of being a bully towards the sabotuer of the group, because I wouldn't stand for what was being done. I had to say something. I wasn't going to sit back and let someone else be in charge of making my grade. I will not try to take on a disruptive role in my groups, but I will make things known to the whole group that the assignment should be completed together.

I will try to adopt the group member role of initiator, which defines problems, proposes, action, and suggests procedures.

In all of my previous group activities, I am pretty sure that I have never fallen into one of these categories, but if I were to guess one that I would be prone to, I would say it would be the deadbeat. I have the tendancy to be quite lazy. To keep from becoming a deadbeat, I set goals for myself. These include finishing certain project goals by certain dates. This strategy usually keeps me on track.

A positive group member role i usually follow is one where I help with idea input, but i like to be really hands on in the creation. Im not sure what to call it, but one word I can come up with is work-horse.