My experiences in NUS regarding group work have mostly been limited to students from my course in Engineering Science. As such, I have had very little opportunities to work with people from different faculties and majors. In this module, I am very grateful for the opportunity to work with 2 smart minds from Science.
In terms of character, these 2 individuals have very jovial and easy-going personalities, which were personality traits that I myself possessed too. Perhaps that is why we got along so well as a group. Our discussions were littered with jokes and laughter as we talked about various parts of our project, from brainstorming ideas to discussing solutions for our proposal. I would say I had quite an enjoyable time during those discussions.
However, there were times when I felt that the similarities in personalities created a stumbling block towards our group project. As we were all comical people, the discussions sometimes went on unproductively for a substantial amount of time. Much time was spent on mindless chatter that could have otherwise been more fruitful in producing real work towards the project proposal.
While this may be acceptable in the context of a school project, it might not be practical or even acceptable in a work environment. After all, results are very important to the work place and low productivity is highly undesirable. Then again, having light-hearted discussions and fruitful discussions do not have to be at the end of a spectrum. One just has to take note of not allowing the discussion to stray too much and seek to maintain a meaningful discussion.
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