Through picking and choosing roles based on
behaviour rather than discipline and dividing the labour up accordingly, then
adding in our group identity and aesthetic this is the presentation we
produced.
We received
a 6+ and this gave us the drive to keep striving for excellent marks.
Thomas
Kvan (2000) identified three facets of a task which determines the success of a
group effectiveness: “Task independence (how closely group members work
together), outcome interdependence (whether, and how, group performance is
rewarded), and potency (members’ belief that the group can be effective).” Quite
simply, we worked closely, we were rewarded with good marks and we believed in
the group to be effective: this made us an effective group.
An advantage of knowing each other already meant that
without needing to have the talk, we knew what our common goal was. We knew
that we wanted to do well and achieve top marks to everything we touched. As we
were working directly with the ‘client’ (Helen and Billerwell i.e. SFA) there
was a possibility that if our design was good enough, it would be constructed
and become a reality to ride around on Brisbane streets. This was a possible
reward of group performance as mentioned in Kvan (2000) that made us effective.
From any discipline’s point of view, this was an invaluable experience and
reward to strive for.
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