Far From Being a Goodbye

Dear Classmates,

Eight weeks seemed a long time to go when we started but they were not. I was privileged to know you, to share experiences with you, and discuss through the weeks. If God allows, we will meet for real in this world. Hopefully we will be still together in the remaining courses. In the meantime, keep well and God bless you.

To our teacher, as i once said, your kindness and your understanding means a lot to me. God bless you really.

Marlene.

The Adjourning Phase

Hello Classmates,

After reflection, i realized that every group i was part of did not get together to celebrate the achievement of agreed goals, and yet i consider it to be very important to celebrate. "The team leader should ensure that there is time for the team to celebrate the success of the project and capture best practices for future use. (Or, if it was not a successful project - to evaluate what happened and capture lessons learned for future projects). This also provides the team the opportunity to say good-bye to each other and wish each other luck as they pursue their next endeavour"(Abudi. 2010).

I think that groups that are hard to leave, are the ones characterized by warmth.

While working on my master's degree in this program, the people that were difficult to adjourn from are the teachers because there is a bit of a personal relationship that you have, for example, when you did not submit assignment you explain what happened in your life. The attention and willingness to help you complete your courses, brings warmth that everyone needs while facing the challenges of life. I say thank you to all the teachers but also to my classmates. You are all great people.

References

Abudi. 2010. The Five Stages of Team Development. A Case Study.

https://www.projectsmart.co.uk/the-five-stages-of-team-development-a-case-study.php