Chapter 5 Group Leadership

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This episode focuses in on the power dynamics of Jeremy and Josh. Jeremy is the leader we have identified form the beginning, he pushes that persona of himself. Josh is a leader that you feel a certain magnetism too because of his liveliness and wittiness. This is their face off for gaining power and we can begin to identify what strategies they are using, as well as what they can be categorized as. We see Jeremy thrives off of this personal power and being a leader, whereas Josh uses coercive power which is identified as someone who “controls and deals out sanctions and punishments”. We specifically see this in his attempt to convince Baylor to be his alliance because he was hers earlier on in the season. If we analyze Josh using the 5M Model of Leadership Effectiveness we can determine his manner of approaching Baylor was ineffective as a leader because for her to agree, she would have to feel like she can trust him as a leader…which she obviously doesn’t. Now if we analyze the leadership skills of Jeremy using the Fidler’s Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness, we would certainly categorize him as a task-motivated leader. Like stated earlier on, he enjoys his power. These two very different men are face to face, and this is getting very interesting to see which leadership type is more successful, but it is important to remember this leadership type can be most fitting for one situation and setting but not the other.

Final Blog – OVER AND OUT

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1) I made a concerted effort to turn my blogs in on time in which I can say with certainty that I succeeded. I would give myself a 5.

2) I did kind of tail off on the last two blogs in terms of commenting on other people’s blog. For the most part, I felt like I did a decent job. I would give myself a 3 or 4.

3) I felt like I always integrated class concepts into my blogs because I thought that was the point of it. I would give myself a 5.

4) I felt like my strengths pertained to the questions above. I felt like for blogging, I took it seriously. I kept up with the show, blogged on time and always involved class concepts.

5) I could have stayed strong on commenting on other people’s blog towards the end. I’m sure I could have responded in lengthier responses if I had to do it over again.

6)I liked how it was only supposed to be 300 words. I felt like that was an appropriate word count to get your point across of how you felt the show related to class concepts.

7)I didn’t necessarily dislike the blogging, I just didn’t like the show survivor whatsoever. To me, it was more about deceit and backstabbing than it was how to be a good group or team member.

8)Maybe just pick a different show?

Blog-reflection & participation-survivor blog 02

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1. I missed a few blogs but the blogs I did, I turned in on time but since I missed a few, I would give myself a (3).

2. I am going to say a (3) again because sometimes I would forget about leaving a comment. That really hurt me and it was a really easy thing to do so I was pretty frustrated every time I remembered about it the next day. It would have taken me a whole 3 minutes and since I don’t have internet access at my house, I should have made sure that everything got done using the internet at Starbucks. A lesson was learned on writing down all of the things I need to do so I won’t forget.

3. I always integrated class concepts into my blogs. The only thing that probably ended up hurting me a lot was the fact that when I would miss one, I would do that chapter’s concepts the next week for the following episode. So they didn’t always match up. I would say a (4). My strengths do not match up to the amount of weaknesses I had. One of my strengths however was the way I can describe and relate the concepts in the book and what type of situations developed in the shows through their communication. My weaknesses were described in my last 3 answers. Mostly promptness, not being prepared and poor participation as far as the comments go. As for participation in class, I think I was pretty active.

5. I enjoyed blogging and it was a great learning experience for me. It was sort of a challenge due to my internet access but overall I thought it was a great tool.

6. What I enjoyed about blogging  was the freedom. It gave me a chance to say everything that I wanted to say. I tend to over analyze things and kind of ramble so having the freedom to write a little bit more than expected was great or me. I always enjoy describing and relating,  so I was able to get all I needed to say. That was necessary for me to compare and contrast using concepts from the book.

7. What I didn’t like about blogging was the fact that it was an online assignment. For most people, this is a positive aspect but for me,again, I have a hard time with internet access. I also am much better when I am told how and what to do in class with instructions on a tangible piece of paper. It sounds a little ridiculous but I am better when I have the teacher there in front of me to talk to and ask questions.

8. I would suggest not having as many and being more lax on the deadlines. Not everyone has internet access all of the time and I do not think that should be a factor in grading the blogs.

Reflection of Blogging & Participation

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  1. On a scale of 1-5 (5 being consistently), how consistent were you with submitting your blog posts in a timely manner?
    • 5 – I submitted my blog posts in a timely matter every time.
  2. On a scale of 1-5 (5 being consistently), how consistent were you with posting at least one thorough comment on a peer’s blog?
    • 5 – I consistently submitted one thorough comment to a peer’s blog for each post that was due. I took the time to read through several of my peer’s blogs and, I wrote thoughtful comments that included references to course concepts.
  3. One a scale of 1-5 (5 being very well), how well did you integrate class concepts into your posts about the Survivor show?
    • 5 – I feel that I did an excellent job of integrating class concepts into my posts about the Survivor show. For every post, I included various concepts from the chapter that corresponded with the post, and I also included concepts from chapters that had been previously covered.
  4. Please describe what you think your strengths were with regard to blogging and
    • With regard to my blogging and participation, I feel that my biggest strength was in applying course concepts to the show. I would review the chapter before watching the show and, then I would take notes as I was watching each episode. This really helped me to apply the course concepts to what I was seeing. In addition, I made it a point to read several of my peers’ blogs and, I always submitted thoughtful posts and comments in a timely manner.
  5. Please describe how you think you could improve on your blogging and
    • In order to improve upon my own blogging and participation, I could have given myself more time to complete some of my posts. I procrastinated on doing some of the posts and, I feel that this makes a difference in the quality of work that I am able to put out. Also, I could have posted comments on more of my peers’ blogs. Since I consistently read more than one of my peers’ posts, I could have left comments for the other bloggers as well.
  1. What did you like about blogging?
    • I liked having an online venue in which to express my opinions. When I sit in a classroom, I am not typically the one to raise my hand and offer my input but, blogging gave me an outlet in which I was more comfortable to express my thoughts.
  2. What did you dislike about blogging?
    • I experienced some internet connection issues throughout the course of this semester and, at times, it was frustrating that I had to wait until I was at a place with internet access to get the blogging assignment done. Also, two episodes had aired before the first blog was due and, this resulted in some students being an episode ahead of others. It wasn’t always easy to find a peer’s blog that was about the same episode that I had watched and, this made posting comments more difficult.
  3. What suggestions do you have for this assignment in the future?
    • In the future, I think it would be best to make sure that the whole class is watching and blogging about the same episode. Also, it might be a good idea to have students take a screenshot to prove that they watched the episodes. I know that some students were just reading other people’s blogs to find out what the episodes were about and, they would just go off what other people had written about. I feel that this unfair to those of us who actually took the time to watch the episodes and provide thoughtful responses.

 

My first blog

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My webpage URL: http://myeishathompson.cikeys.com

My name is Myeisha Thompson. I have been an LVN for 3 years (graduated in 2011) and now am an RN. I went to Ventura College and graduated May 2014. I passed the NCLEX-RN on my first try and received my RN license September 20, 2014! (I will forever remember that day). Before becoming licensed I was a home health aid, for some reason I never got my CNA. I worked with various home health care agencies for about 5 years while attending Oxnard College for my prereq’s.  After receiving my LVN I became the Facility Manager at a residential nursing home for children I was working at. I worked there for about 6 months before getting offered a job working at an elementary school. After about 3 or 4 months working there I got an acceptance letter into Ventura College School of Nursing. I unfortunately had to quit that job (hours conflicted with school hours and school was definitely first priority). I am currently working as a pediatric home health RN. However, my heart is in Obstetrics. I absolutely love labor and delivery, mother and baby, NICU, anything that has to deal with anything of that matter. I really want to do something in this field along with public and/or home health, mixing the two.

I am the 2nd oldest of 6 girls in my family, no brothers (thank God!). I have a 2 nieces (one born 1 day ago!!!) and a nephew. I have a fiance that I have been with for 8 years. I am a family person. I love doing things with my family. I like hosting game nights, BBQs, anything to get everybody together. I really enjoy playing volleyball. Every time the family get together we have volleyball matches, boys against girls (and of course the girls win ). I have been trying to save money and budget more because I am planning a wedding! Date May 30, 2015. So I have started couponing which have saved me so much thus far. Plus, our lease is up next July so we are also in the hunt for a new place! I was a little skeptical about this blogging thing but, now (after I am finishing up here) I kind of like it.

Can’t wait to read everyone’s blog.

Survivor Blog Numero 10

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1. I submitted all my blogs on time, so 5.

2. I did post on people’s blogs, but not consistently, so 3.

3. I tried looking for class concepts throughout the episode, but most of the show was entertainment rather than group capabilities, so 4.

4. I understand the theory, that for those who aren’t the best at participating can have a voice online, but if you are in a communication class, I think you need to get over that. I consider myself an introvert, but I made it my duty to be proactive and communicative in class. I can’t honestly endorse the blogging, but like I said, I do recognize the relevance.

5. Improvements could be made if the blogs actually felt like it was a group assignment rather than attempting to utilize more technology within the course. I did feel slightly apathetic in that sense. I could get over it and just do it, that’d be my only means for improvement.

6. I liked the concept, but not really the execution. The chapter presentation really solidified your knowledge within one chapter and the blogs encourage the reading of the others. That worked well.

7. I didn’t like doing it ultimately, but that’s because I am a lazy person. Nothing against the premise really, it was just a case of operator error.

8. No comments, at least no constructive comments could be taken into account from me. I don’t think that people had a problem with it, and after the initial struggle of getting people on board, I think most people ended up liking it.

Reflecting…

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1. On a scale from 1-5; I would probably give myself a 4 because I turned in majority of the blogs and even if I missed (I missed two), I posted one to make up for it.

2. On a scale from 1-5; I would probably give myself a 2 because I did some of the comments, when I remembered to do them. I did find them beneficial when people would constructively comment on my blog.

3. On a scale from 1-5; I would rate myself a 5 because I always incorporated 2-3 concepts from the most recent chapter or chapter relating into my blogs.

4. My strengths included: including course concepts, my blogs would read well with no grammatical errors, I tried to make them relatable and fun to read. It’s hard to read 60 blogs and not one of them being slightly different and interesting to read.

5. I could improve my display of the blog as well as my consistency on commenting on others blogs. I felt that I really lacked in that area. I also wish I could have related the material more to my real life, while still incorporating the show and class concepts.

6. My favorite thing about the blogs was that I have never done it before. I still plan on continuing my blog after the class. I feel being able to express myself online will be a great opportunity for me to create a place to inspire and teach others as well.

7. I didn’t like how we only blogged about the show; would have been fun to see some other topics that the whole class could debate on.

8. I don’t have any other suggestions except the one mentioned  before. I really had a good time with it.

The Long Forgotten post…

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So it finally happened; I missed a few blog posts unfortunately preparing for other classes during our university’s “dead week”. This blog though I hope to talk about the past two episodes and how critical the types of leaders and power are in this game. At the end of the first episode(11/26/14) Reed was the 10th member voted out and in the extended episode(12/3/14) Wes and Alec were voted out.

In each of these episodes, once again Jon and Jacklyn were the final decision makers. I feel that eventually Jon let that go to his head effecting the decisions that came afterwards. Obviously though, after Jeremy the key leaders were Reed and Jon. I felt that both Reed and Jon held qualities of being a leader, they spoke very often, especially when it concerned the direction of the game. However I felt that Reed didn’t listen well to others, consider when everyone was under tension because of the fight between Jacklyn and Jon. All Reed could think about was how he could get them to make up because his ass was on the line. If he spent more time listening to both parties problem he might have been able to defuse the situation but instead he basically was just rushing them to makeup on their own so he could get their vote decision. Jon however, seemed to listen to what another member said, even if it was Reed, and considered all of his options, even discussed it with Jacklyn before hand to gain more incite to make the right choice. This game is particularly hard to be a true leader in my opinion because in the end it’s an individual winner. But Jon and Reed would both offer their opinions when problems arose and tried to learn as much as possible and would share as much information as they knew with their alliance so they all had the best chance (Jon with Natalie about his immunity idol; Reed with Jon about his plan to flip on him if he didn’t side with him towards the end).

The types of power in this game came heavily from information (idols and plans) and reward challenges. Which based on our book if someone has informational power they control and transmit needed information and reward power controls and gives out resources valued by members. I believe that each alliance would use these powers as a whole group (group meaning who ever was on a particular alliance at a particular time). I think that when it came to power over the game, even though there were obvious leaders, each player played a role in gaining and giving power. For example, when Natalie found out that Keith had an idol, that information gave her an Baylor the advantage and more power over everyone else because they also found an idol because they knew that Keith could play his. Also when Natalie picked Jacklyn and Jon t shared her Spaghetti/Bed Reward only to get Jon on her side.

Lastly I wanted to talk about the types of leaders that we’ve seen in the past couple of games. I feel, even though I haven’t mentioned her yet, Natalie is a huge, quiet, leader. Jon, Reed and Natalie, to me are all autocratic leaders that want to control the direction of the game by making the decisions even is they have to lie to their members. It’s hard to have a democratic leader when you have a competitive game, everyone wants to win.

Reflection on Blogging Participation

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1. I would rate myself a 5. I completed all of the blog assignments and I did them all on time.

2. I would rate myself a 4. I consistency commented on a peer’s blog every week. Some weeks my comments were not as thorough.

3. I would rate myself a 5. Each week I would integrate the class concepts on a chapter we had learned toward Survivor.

4. My strengthens in regard to blogging is that I was able to effectively summarize what happened in each episode of Survivor then go back and describe how the individuals of Survivor exhibited the core concepts. I believe my strengths were I also had consistently long blogs, with ‘clever’ titles and commented every week.

5. I would improve my blogging by not summarizing as much and just describing during the whole blog how the characters exhibited the chapter concepts.

6. What I liked about the blogging was it was a different way to learn about the chapter and describe our perspective on the chapters and the Survivor season.

7. What I disliked about the blog was that they were due every week and also sometimes it was difficult to connect the chapter to the episode we just watched.

8. The suggestions that I would have is, having us watch a Season of Survivor that had already happened so that we did not have to wait each week for an episode to come out. Another suggestion is having us relate it to a chapter we have already learned not a particular one each week.

Reflection of Blogging & Participation

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1.  5

2. 5

3. 5

4. I think a strength I displayed in participation was, I incorporated other student’s comments to build my own. I also feel like I try to bring a different perspective when in discussions. A strength I had in the blogs was, I think I wove in materials from the textbook very well into my blogs. Another strength I brought to the blogs was that I used a very distinct style of writing that made it obvious it was my post; my voice helped make the blog more interesting. I also think my use of pictures, and my own personal views on situations kept it fun.

5. I think I could help improve my participation by not being afraid to answer questions, or share my views. In the blogs, I think I could have organized the structure of each post better, so as to make it easier to follow my thought process.

6. I liked the blogs because even though a big chunk of it was to incorporate the textbook, I also had the freedom to comment about certain things tribes did that I did/didn’t like.

7. I was not into the show as much as I hoped I would be, so it was hard to keep up with the episodes.

8. I think there should be a list of shows that students can vote on. This way they feel more involved in the assignment.