Group member problems

The only real problem that causes concern was the absence of some team member. This was a problem because when it came to doing group work, we were sometimes un-able to complete the tasks as we needed the whole group to be present. In group meetings it was hard because if one person was absent that meant we had to record that one person was absent and this meant that that group member could not give their feedback. For example, on of our first meeting was a review on a piece of work we completed called 'evaluation of existing commercial websites' This piece of work was important because it allowed the group to go away and research artist website. After this was complete we would hold a group meeting to relay what each individual had found and what features we could use. For this particular meeting, IG was absent. This meant that the rest of the group missed out on what IG had found out from his evaluation and therefore he could not put forward any ideas for the website we were going to produce.

To help this situation it was important that we still found out the what IG had found from his evaluation. When he returned for the next lesson of ICT I ensured that I asked him what he found from his evaluation and if there were any ideas that he would like to put forward for the website design. IG made sure that he made his ideas clear and I asked the rest of the group if they would like to include any of IG's ideas and together we all decided what ideas were best to use and the ideas that were not. To help IG make sure that he is present for all of the group meetings, I told him what days we have planned to hold the group meetings so he knows that it is an important day and he should be present.

How my contributions affected others

I made a good contribution here and I made it clear when the team meeting were going to be held. This was important because we needed the first task to be completed so we could plan our project.

Was this a long or short term issue?

This was a short term issue because it was highlighted and dealt with very quickly by myself and no further problems were created.