Interdependence
and interrelationships are crucial to achieve effective small group
communication. For things to be achieved within the group it is necessary for
each person in the group to share a common goal or purpose. When members of the
system do not function well, the project or goal is not accomplished when
desired.
Majoring
in business has required me to partake in numerous, small group projects. In
one particular group of five members, we assigned each person a task to
complete by a given date. Two people failed to finish their tasks on time,
forcing us to turn in our project after the due date. Because of their
ineffectiveness, each member in the group received a deduction in their overall
grade. Even though two people failed to do their part, the whole group is at
fault because communication was not made within the group to determine the
status of where each person was at before the project was due. Because of what
occurred, our group did not succeed.
Effective
small group communication is also used between my basketball team. My team and
I have been playing together for years. Our goal for every practice and game is
to have fun and try our best to win. While playing on the court, we are each
able to use “the transactional process of using symbolic behavior to achieve a
shared meaning”. We are able to use verbal and nonverbal behaviors to send and
receive messages to one another during a game. Someone can make a gesture to me
and I would be able to detect her next move. Without interdependence and
interrelation with one another, we would not be able to reach our goals.
