Group Roles

The concepts I found interesting from this week’s reading was, the types of group roles and the problems with group roles. The book explains that a group member has two roles: task and personal. The task role includes: information giver, information seeker, elaborator, initiator, and administrator, while the personal roles include a harmonizer, gatekeeper, and sensor. I found this interesting because I did not know that there was so much that actually goes on within a group setting. I also found it helpful for when I am working in a group whether in school or work. This is because I will be able to understand what my role is and how I will be able to be the best at that role. I found the problems with creating group roles interesting because I did not know that some people are against group roles. This was also helpful to be able to identify those people and to make sure that I do not become one when I work in a group.