Frustrated

[dposborne]

Well I just finished with my capstone class and I would have to say that it was a total 180 experience from this other Team I mentioned in this thread. Everyone came together and gave it 110% to get it done. We had a few speed bumps along the way, but overall I would have to say it was the best team experience I ever had online... I got really lucky.

[toddsbiyj]

I agree with BricBrac's coments in that you need to define you strengths and weaknesses, just like in a real world project (SWOT).

Let's face it, nobody likes group projects. But is school not meant to prepare you for the real world? I would sure hope that someone with an MBA has dealt with team/project/cohesion/functionality difficulties. I mean this is life = her's your team, now get me the results I desire by set time or you're fired. Hate to sound harsh but it is what it is. If you can't handle the pressure now, how will you handle it when you have CEO, SVP, VP, clients, other stakeholders, Etc. putting you under the microscope on a multi-million dollar project?

I don't mean to be the pessimist here but more of a little food for thought. And yes, I love fresh hot rolls

[freddy]

I think spelling mistakes like that are caused by someone who has not and does not do a lot of reading and relies on spell check like others have mentioned before.

On the topic of group projects, I absolutely hate them. I think they are a waste of time and have no relation to a real job. In what job would you be forced to work on a team project outside of normal working hours? Furthermore, in what job would your pay be docked because someone else on your team slacked off and didn't do their share of the work or did their work poorly?

If colleges and universities wanted to simulate working as a team as you would work on a team on a job, then they would only have you work on the team during class hours and everyone would receive an A no matter the quality of the work. In the real world your grade(meaning your pay) doesn't fluctuate up or down based on the result of projects.

[mrs.b]

I think spelling mistakes like that are caused by someone who has not and does not do a lot of reading and relies on spell check like others have mentioned before.

On the topic of group projects, I absolutely hate them. I think they are a waste of time and have no relation to a real job. In what job would you be forced to work on a team project outside of normal working hours? Furthermore, in what job would your pay be docked because someone else on your team slacked off and didn't do their share of the work or did their work poorly?

If colleges and universities wanted to simulate working as a team as you would work on a team on a job, then they would only have you work on the team during class hours and everyone would receive an A no matter the quality of the work. In the real world your grade(meaning your pay) doesn't fluctuate up or down based on the result of projects.

There are plenty of industries where "normal working hours" translates to mean "when all the work is done," and wages are salary or commission so a set number of hours becomes subjective. For commission work, failure to perform means failure to land a sale or get repeat business and that does hurt the paycheck. For salary-based positions, wages might not be docked if a teammate fails to meet expectations and the rest of the team does not pick up the slack, but people get fired. The college-level equivalent would be to put students on suspension or dismiss them from the school if they do not provide A-level work, or let teammates turn in less than A-level work too often. In the real world, we might not have our wages docked every time something falls under expectations, but upper management will not allow a team (business unit, etc.) to underperform for long without someone paying the price with their job because sales and profits will dip, or for small businesses where there are no larger corp offices to float periodic losses, the doors to the business will shut.

I see the value of team-based projects and why they're used...I just don't like them. No one likes to be measured for someone else's work, but they do translate to real world (if not exactly, then as close as it could really come and be fair in a collegiate setting). You've never had a job where you worked your backside off for perfection, but a few other slackers made your team look like you all watched TV all day?

[mrs.b]

And...be honest, dposborne... This was you, wasn't it?

http://i.imgur.com/kZSkcIl.png

[dposborne]

And...be honest, dposborne... This was you, wasn't it?

http://i.imgur.com/kZSkcIl.png

OMG, no one should have seen that, I thought that survey was confidential! LOL

hilarious

In any case I'm glad to finally be done with my MBA (I just completed the graduation application). Now I'm looking at a certificate in Social Impact and Strategy from University of Pennsylvania. I have a lot of GI Bill left that I don't want to go to waste so I may just get another Bachelor's in something totally off the wall like Grass Turf Engineering from Penn State LOL...