GROUP POLICY - From Syllabus

GROUP POLICY

If you have a problem with a group member, try to implement the functions of management: motivation, communication, organization, and control. If you have a group member that is underperforming the standards set by the group, the leader of a group may send a name of a group member back to me. If the leader is underperforming the group’s expectations, the majority of group members may send the name back to me. If you choose to do this, address the e-mail to both the student and me, and include in the e-mail at least 2 reasons why you are sending the name back to me.

I will then place the student in a new group. If that group sends the same name back to me, I will then assign all the remaining group work to be done by the individual whose name I have received twice.

If you send a name back to me, please know that the student will receive the old group’s grade the week they leave the group and the student will receive the new group’s grade the following week. So students cannot cause another student to lose points. The student just gets moved.

Practice management techniques and if necessary, move the social loafers out of your group – this is better done sooner than later.