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This guide and accompanying workbook help commencing university and college students prepare for their upcoming group assignment experiences.

The Guide

The guide provides commencing students with important preparatory information regarding their upcoming group assignments.  Written in an informal conversational style, and using a sailing group as a case example, the guide is divided into two parts.

In the first part, some of your upcoming experiences are presented. These are:

·  Group growth over time

·  Setting norms

·  Making collective decisions

·  Behaving and responding cycles

·  Reduction in behaviors

·  Varying outputs

·  Conflict

·  Positive aspects

 In the second part, several bigger picture issues and suggestions are presented. These are:

·  Viewing group work as a growth opportunity

·  Knowing where you need to grow

·  Documenting your experiences and growth

·  Starting positively

·  Taking responsibility for your actions

·  Embracing diversity

·  Seeking support

After reading the guide, students will have a better understanding of what lies ahead with group assignments and how they can start preparing for them.

Guide available in paperback and e-book formats.

Paperback 

ISBN: 978-0-6456794-2-7 

Size: 6 x 9 inch

Length: 86 pages

E-book

ISBN: 978-0-6456794-4-1 

The Workbook

The workbook helps commencing students think deeper about the topics and issues presented in the above-mentioned guide.

The workbook is divided into two main parts and mirrors the guide’s contents. In the first part, the upcoming experiences presented in the guide are re-visited. In the second part, some of the suggestions offered in the guide’s bigger picture section and re-covered. In both parts, students need to answer some prompting questions related to various topics and issues.

After completing this workbook, students will have given deeper consideration to the topics and issues presented in the guide and should be even more prepared for their upcoming group assignments. Reading about the challenges and opportunities associated with group assignments is one thing. Giving targeted thought to them is the next level up.

Important! This workbook builds on the topics and issues presented in the above-mentioned guide. It is important that the guide is read before completing this workbook.

As this is a workbook, it is only available in a paperback format.

Paperback

ISBN: 978-0-6456794-3-4 

Size: US letter

Length: 24 pages