Communication_and_Collaboration_Paper

Developing a strategy for effective communication and collaboration is essential when working together as a team. Understanding each team member’s learning styles and personality types are essential for team assignments. In determining ones individual learning styles and personality type assessments are conducted. Assessments provide information on one’s strengthen and weaknesses. Assessment is a means to understand a role he or she possesses as well as what each individual is capable of bringing to the group. Throughout life assessments changes as an individual grows and matures. Assessments are an excellent way to create new paths and possibilities in life. Despite what the assessment will reveal, an understanding of one’s learning style as well as personality type will assist one to understand their strength and weaknesses and to develop a strategy that will assist them in their studies for the present as well as the future. When working in a group setting understanding ones individual learning style assist others to delegate who is most efficient to work on a specific part of an assignment or project. Everyone bring different learning styles to a group so having a variety of styles on one team can be beneficial. For instance, bodily-kinesthetic brings a unique style because there is the ability to coordinate such as coordinating body moves, expanding body awareness to senses, and working with the hands (Carter et al., 2007). Another learning style is interpersonal in which an individual relate to others. Interpersonal offers many abilities that involve teamwork, motivating others as well as looking at issues from a different perspective. For example, when there seems to be a lack of motivation in a group setting an interpersonal individual would be the ideal person to assist with communicating and determining why there is a lack of motivation. In addition to the other learning styles there is an intrapersonal learning style. Intrapersonal learning style is an individual who understands one’s own behavior and feelings. Intrapersonal individuals enjoy quiet study and the feeling of independence (Carter et al., 2007). The ability to keep a journal and expound on one’s own feeling is also a trait of intrapersonal. Equally as important as learning styles, personality types are significant as well in an individual. Understanding one’s personality type allows an individual to understand how he or she reacts to occurrences around them (Carter et al., 2007). One personality type is a thinker, thinkers go far and beyond boundaries, they are problem solvers as well as they explore different avenues. Some study techniques that maximizes the thinker’s abilities are they are problem solvers, they approach issues from a different angle, and instead of redoing a task they try to complete it right the first time. A thinker in a team group has benefits that some groups may not have because thinkers think outside of the box and bring new information to the group. Pursuing this further, organizer is another personality type that is important when combining team groups. Organizers are detail-oriented people who are responsible and reliable (Carter et al., 2007). When given a task an organizer composes all the information so that it is clear and everyone knows what is expected of them. For team assignments organizers are essential to ensure team members understand clearly what is accepted as well as what is not accepted. Last, there is the giver’s personality. A giver’s personality is essential to every group because they bring peace and harmony. When there is a communication issue within the group, a giver has the potential to promote peace, keep openness within the group, and communicate openly and honestly to team members Carter et al., 2007). Givers are willing to teach others material if someone does not understand what is required of him or her. To put it briefly, every learning style and personality type has strengths and weaknesses, and understanding which one, an individual fall under will allow one to take advantage of the strengths and create a plan to overcome his or her weaknesses. In conclusion, if the above information were to be studied and understood, there is no doubt that an individual could not know how he or she interact with others. References Carter, C., Bishop, J., & Kravits, S., (2007). Keys to College Studying: Becoming An Active Thinker, (2nd ed.).