Scott Sommer

Section 066 (11:15 - Sheffield)
TMD Inc

About Me

Hometown: Plainview, NY
Hobbies: listening to and discussing music, watching baseball and football, hanging out with my friends, enjoying life, computers, madden 07
A funny/interesting fact or story about yourself: I was once chased around my neighborhood by a crazy guy in a Subaru Outback because he mistook my car for a drug dealers'.
5 Favorites: Incubus, New York Mets, Good Will Hunting, Entourage, and of course, Taco Bell
Celebrity you most resemble: Matt Damon
Celebrity you most WANT to resemble: Matt Damon
If they made a TV show about your life, what would it be called?"Lost in Long Island." I grew up in an area where I always felt somewhat out of place There were too many superficial, materialistic people that cared too much about what other people thought of them, and not enough about how they treated others or their own well-being.

Groups I Belong To: Mets fans, TMD Inc

Week 1 Reading Responses - For 9/7/2006

What is a group?
A group, in my opinion, consists of multiple individuals who can work together efficiently and effectively. There are many different kinds of groups, such as groups of friends, business colleagues, fellow students and even family. Working together doesn't necessarily mean sitting down, hitting the books and solving a problem. A fine-tuned, working group is one with members that coexist, get along, and basically make what life throws at you easier to deal with. More specifically, I believe a group of people must consist of more than two individuals, as that is simply "working with partners" and is much less difficult. As far as a workgroup is concerned, which is really the group in this scenario, the purpose is to finish a task that one would need ample amounts of time to complete on their own in significantly less time. Group work can be a tricky task if one has never taken part in it, because every individual has different work ethics. Each person on this earth is unique with their own opinions, methods of learning, speed of how they operate and complete tasks, so on and so forth. If individuals can work together and realize their differences and make the necessary adjustments towards working as a cohesive unit, then they will qualify as a group. Otherwise, it is simply individuals butting heads competing for power with a megalomaniac attitude, trying to work towards the same task as separate entities.

Question 3: In the first reading, read the "Criteria for a group include" section. Do you agree or disagree with these criteria? Why?
The criteria were as follows:

I agree with the majority of these criteria, as some are questionable and some are definitely more important than others. I think the most important criteria on this list are self-definition as group members, and recognition by others. I feel these two criteria go hand-in-hand; if an individual that is working in a group is unable to voice their opinions and make their presence felt, the other members of the group will take over and essentially make the weaker member useless. Group work is dependent on each member taking an active role in completing the task at hand. Interdependence is also extremely important, because in order for a group to work as best they can, everyone needs to work together. Unfortunately, this is not always the easiest thing to do, and it is something that needs to be worked towards. Common fate is one criteria that I think could be of less significance than the other facets that make up a group. Often times, individuals are thrown into a group with people they've never met with different interests than their own. In my situation, I will be with people with the same major of study, but that doesn't necessarily mean everyone here will want to end up in the same exact career. Some will discover they have an affinity for the more technical aspects of IST, while some will enjoy the human interaction aspects more. The "bread and butter" of working in the group is overcoming these differences, and eventually succeeding in completing whatever the assignment may be.

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