What things have I done to help/monitor a group member's performance

After one of the group members were absent for a couple of the group meetings, I felt that it was important that myself and the group helped him understand that the meetings play a vital role in the design and planning of the website. To ensure he fully understood this I decided to monitor his performance. This was a good idea because by monitoring their performance I was able to highlight the key areas that I felt he could improve and what areas that needed improving, would improve the teams performance in the production of the website. I wrote up a schedule for them which included the dates and times of the meeting that we planned to carry out. This was because they had a problem with attendance of the meetings. This schedule would hopefully help him attend all of the meetings for the rest of the unit. The group and I did everything we could do to support him and with perseverance, they then maintained a good attendance record for the team meetings.

These actions did however have an effect on myself and the group. Whilst we were busy supporting them it was important that we made sure we completed our own tasks and met all of the required deadlines supplied by the teacher. By supporting them, this made less time for other important tasks, therefore straining ourselves to get all of the work completed. For example, I had to complete the 'documenting my web pages' task all at home because I simply did not have the time to do it in class and I was caught up helping the group member. Although I did not mind doing this for him, it did put my work at risk. I feel we worked really well as a team member and I was a valid member of the group.

What effect my contributions had on others

The contributions I made to support another group member, were perceived as really helpful both by the group member himself and by the rest of the group. I feel that it was important that I offered my help to other members of the group because I would only expect the same thing back. My help made sure that all the work got completed and other team member were able to complete their work too.

Was this a long or short term issue?

This was a long term effect  because I had to make sure I monitored the team member's performance all the way through the project and offered help when necessary.