Conflict within the Group

Our group's main goal is to complete our service learning project, however we have had a few trials along the way. Our first and main problem is showing up on time. We meet every Tuesday at 8:00 in Hicks Library. This time has been set aside since the beginning, but it seems every time we meet, someone is running at least 10 minutes behind. Although that is not a long time period, 10 minutes makes a big difference when the group is just waiting to start. At our next group meeting, this is one of the main things we need to talk about. Our project execution is coming up, and I want to make sure that everyone shows up on time.

The other conflict we have relates to being on time. Showing up for class is something that not everyone is our group can be counted on to do each period. It is becoming more important for everyone to come to class because time has been set aside for group work in the upcoming days. If our entire group is not there, we will not be able to accomplish everything we want to.

Even though we have conflict our group has been able to work through it because so far according to social exchange theory, the benefits outweigh the negatives. Unless that changes, we will be able to continue our group work, but we need to address this issue before negatives appear.

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