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hree hours to complete per our design. In the final frantic minutes, our group never lost its cohesiveness.What happened next was the reason for this project. As a group we had a forty-minute discussion about wether or not to cheat and completely rescript our entire project. Mark, our construction leader, was devastated by the failure of his design. He tried to assume the entire blame and wanted to rebuild in an effort to make to up to us. A portion of the group supported Mark. Several members did not like the ‘cheating’ aspect of rebuilding the house. During this undocumented conversation, the group concluded the importance of the project was the process and the paper not the actual house. In addition, the discussions that were happening were excellent examples of group dynamics (Schermerhorn, 2000). Through a long and well-debated forty minutes the group came to a consensus. The point of the assignment was to work and function in a group. We achieved this goal. We took an unauthorized additional three minutes on video to put our house into a presentable form. Although our house is bad, in our minds we performed as a group beyond our own expectations. When working in a group, the general rule of thumb is to pay attention to group dynamics. “Group dynamics are the forces operating in groups that affect the ways members work together” (Schermerhorn, 2000). To the group’s advantage, individuals figured out which role fit them best. Within our group, the individual roles contributed to the groups overall functionality. As a group we all took on our roles relatively quickly and were able to work together.Although the group is the basis for this project, the individual must derive some value from the project in order for the group to be effective. The Five Factors Of Job Satisfaction address these individual needs. These factors are:The work itselfQuality of supervisionR...