Hi,
Wanted to offer another opinion.
I work with Docs and others who have advanced degrees and there is a common theme - just because you have 16-22+ yrs of education does not necessarily mean you have excellent (or even good) grammatical skills. Admins/Assts do a lot more than schedule meetings. Who did you think really catches the typos, grammatical and formatting errors? That is a key part of the job.
Regarding group projects:
In school everyone seems to hate these tasks but projects are assigned so that you will hopefully gain valuable skills that will prepare you for the business world. You will learn during the project, as a unit, to define the weaknesses/strengths of each member and begin to make decisions as a team. To then assign specific tasks to those with a comparable skill set. The guy who lacks in grammar may very well easily see the big picture. Task the member who is the thinker, with assembling the individual ideas and goals into an outline. Let the person who loves to chase commas edit and proofread. I feel when the team does not act as one, the whole suffers; and that is truly when it becomes a painful exercise.
I would have immediately had a few group conference calls to determine everyone's strengths/weaknesses. Then structure the group. For example in my area this might be an easy outline:
A leader/presenter
A researcher or two
A writer & Asst - assembles/sorts/writes/has to be able to comfortably challenge others
A critical thinker - positive or negative (best if you have at min two on either side)
A problem solver - usually second chair
The eMBA program I have intimate knowledge of requires a two part effort to complete the final degree requirement. Part 1 - A group submission where the members build a company/division/new product from the ground up, which some may actually move forward with after the assignment is graded. Part 2 - an individual submission.
In my work we are actually structured into and thrive in groups, from executive management to project teams.
Just my two cents!
Wanted to offer another opinion.
I work with Docs and others who have advanced degrees and there is a common theme - just because you have 16-22+ yrs of education does not necessarily mean you have excellent (or even good) grammatical skills. Admins/Assts do a lot more than schedule meetings. Who did you think really catches the typos, grammatical and formatting errors? That is a key part of the job.
Regarding group projects:
In school everyone seems to hate these tasks but projects are assigned so that you will hopefully gain valuable skills that will prepare you for the business world. You will learn during the project, as a unit, to define the weaknesses/strengths of each member and begin to make decisions as a team. To then assign specific tasks to those with a comparable skill set. The guy who lacks in grammar may very well easily see the big picture. Task the member who is the thinker, with assembling the individual ideas and goals into an outline. Let the person who loves to chase commas edit and proofread. I feel when the team does not act as one, the whole suffers; and that is truly when it becomes a painful exercise.
I would have immediately had a few group conference calls to determine everyone's strengths/weaknesses. Then structure the group. For example in my area this might be an easy outline:
A leader/presenter
A researcher or two
A writer & Asst - assembles/sorts/writes/has to be able to comfortably challenge others
A critical thinker - positive or negative (best if you have at min two on either side)
A problem solver - usually second chair
The eMBA program I have intimate knowledge of requires a two part effort to complete the final degree requirement. Part 1 - A group submission where the members build a company/division/new product from the ground up, which some may actually move forward with after the assignment is graded. Part 2 - an individual submission.
In my work we are actually structured into and thrive in groups, from executive management to project teams.
Just my two cents!
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TESC:
AAS, Admin Studies. 2010
BA, Social Sciences. 2010. Arnold Fletcher Award.
AAS, Environmental, Safety & Security Technologies. 2011
BSBA, General Management. 2011. Arnold Fletcher Award. Sigma Beta Delta (ΣΒΔ
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