Frustrated

[sanantone]

So my MBA Leadership team is currently compiling final revisions for a group project and one of the members really can't write for crap. We've asked him to proof read his submission and he did (at least he said he did), but it still has a significant amount of errors... Here's an excerpt from a list of many mistakes:

"One trait that provides a roll in effective leadership is emotional intelligence."

I'm afraid to ask where he got his undergrad from and also how the heck he made it through this far in program...

I always hated group projects in school. The argument is that they are supposed to mimic the real world, but they don't. The workplace tends to be more competitive than a non-competitive degree program. I had teammates in group projects at a non-traditional school who would not make it in the professional setting. Even if they got past the hiring process, they wouldn't last long on the job. However, when you're attending school online, you may not know if you're working with someone who speaks English as a second language.

I don't think I would mind doing a group project in my PhD program. We aren't the most competitive, but we are competitive. On top of having a minimum GPA and GRE score, half of the applicants are rejected because we only have so many slots. This is more how the real world works. HR will eliminate those who don't meet the minimum requirements, they may interview all of those who meet the minimum requirements or they may only interview the most impressive candidates, and then they will choose the best person or people for the slot(s) they have open. In private security, however, they hire just about anyone who doesn't have a criminal record. This is more akin to open enrollment colleges and universities. You just have to hope that the really bad employees/students will eventually get weeded out.