Decision Making

During the class decision making exercise, I use compromise to handle the chaos. Most of the time, I was quiet and listening to others' opinions and thoughts. When I disagree with some ideas, I make sure that others hear my concerns and point of view. When one of our classmate wanted to leave the classroom, it was pretty obvious to me at that point that we need to negotiate with each other to get everyone's vote. That would be the only way we get the most of what we want. The mood and atmosphere of decision making process gave me a feeling of how the Declaration of Independence might had been written in the same situation, where every representative/classmate expressing their needs and wants. At the same time, we weren't sure what we ask for is the best for us and might never be the best we can get.
Given that now I know the pattern of communications, the reactions of classmates, and the results of the decision making process, I think it might be a better idea to form subgroup to discuss possible plan. Then, present them to the whole class so we can adopt the best plan and make change from it. Overall, I think we did a great job handling conflict. Many thanks to our facilitators that lead us through our difficult time during the debate.

The Unbreakable Egg

We pretty much went through most of the planning process. Our goal was very clear defined like the name of our egg, the unbreakable egg, to create a protection for the egg that would not break when it hits the floor in the amount of time given by Professor Kurpis. Our objectives were to design a protector that would prevent the egg having the direct contact with the floor while still have 50% visible egg surface . Our second object was to limit the distance between where the egg will be dropped and the floor. That was when we came up with the idea of using the straws like a long string that would be attached to the egg. We bypassed step 3 which is to develop several alternative strategies, because we were pretty confidence that our egg would survive. Then we started assigning task to each member of the group. When it was time for the members to implement our plan, everyone did what they were suppose to do. Our plan were very successful that our egg didn't break.
I would evaluate my team's ultimate performance nine out ten. We were very corporative, we trust each other with the task we assign to each other, and we respect each others idea during the planning process. We would be more effective if we know each other better. Some of our members wasn't comfortable about sharing their ideas. Also, if we know each other's ability better, we would be more like to assign task to the right person.