Adjourning
This week’s assignment will be a bit difficult
for me because I have only been involved in maybe two activities or assignments
which involved groups. The first one I
was involved in was very difficult because there was no trust, communication or
leadership. This actually made me have
negative feelings regarding group assignments.
The second time that I had the opportunity to work with a group; it was
not related to school. This activity
involved taking part in our annual family reunion. I along with five others was responsible for
the entertainment for the three day family reunion. It took us two months to get everything planned,
because we had live entertainment. We
all met once a week for two months, we had a leader or one person who was in
charge. We had to consider the various
age groups of the people who would be attend the reunion, the cost, how long
each group would perform, etc. We all
had a lot of fun and we all got along well.
We valued one another as well as each person’s opinions; we trusted one
another’s judgment and everything ran very smoothly.
This was our first time working together for
this part of our family reunion. I felt
that is was important to achieve closure on a positive note, which we did. It was not so hard to adjourn at the end of
the reunion because we were family and we all lived in the same town which
meant we would run into each other frequently.
This was an event that was held once a year and it was something that we
looked forward to each year, only with different responsibilities in each
area. I think the hardest part was
seeing family members that lived in different states and being able to see many
of them after several years because their schedules did not permit them to
attend our family reunions each year.
This is why it was hard to say good bye to those family members.
After completing my master’s degree, I feel
that the adjourning process will be very sad for me because I have enjoyed and
appreciated the relationships that I have developed. I have learned a great deal from working with
my colleagues and I also feel that it has been a privilege and an honor to work
with so many outstanding knowledgeable professionals. I have even gotten to know a few of them on a
personal level. I found out the areas where
my strengths were as well as my weaknesses.
I especially liked the diversity of the group and how we got to hear
various opinions, ideas and views in regard to different subjects which allowed
us to prepare ourselves for the children that we work with in order help them
become responsible and successful adults.
I am looking forward to putting faces with names upon graduation. Adjourning is an essential stage of teamwork
because it allows each person to get closure and look back at their
accomplishments. Most times they feel
good about what has been achieved and what they learned from each other.
