Reflect carefully on a group of which you are a member, either at your place of work or at university or college.
- Identify any distinct roles that have emerged in the group, for example are there guardians, gatekeepers or scouts?
- What is your own role in the group?
- Does role ambiguity or role conflict ever arise for you and, if so, what type of ambiguity or conflict occurs?
- Does the group have one leader or more than one?
- What sort of communication structure does the group have?
- Are there any distinct norms of behaviour for group members? Are these norms about ends or norms about means?