In Ch. 18, Griffin talks about Structuration according to Giddens "the production and reproduction of the social systems through members' use of rules and resources in interaction"(237), but what I find interesting about Gidden's use of the word interaction, is how he defines it in contrast to the passive term behavior. Griffin notes that "the word interaction signals his [Giddens] belief that people are relatively free to act as they will" (237) which I believe to be true. Griffin then defines the word interaction as "intentional acts of group members who are aware of what they are doing" (239). Behavior can be learned, and by this I mean become a habit, with or without being aware of what's going on. But interaction requires full attention to interact and react to each other.
I find that I have a really hard time working in a group where there's no interaction going on, because you have nothing to go off of, there's no free flow of ideas. I'm currently in BUS160 (Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior) and that class revolves around working in groups. There have been times where I've been in groups that don't interact... and it makes it difficult for me to give ideas without feeling like I'm forcing it when I'm not getting any feedback. And then there are times when there's too much interaction, or moreso when everyone wants to get their ideas to be the 'answer,' or as I like to say, too many Queen Bees... aka 'too many cooks'..... :) So there are two sides to interaction I suppose
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I agree with what you say. It is hard to be in a group with little or no interaction, but it is also hard if there is too much interaction. I was in class today, where I was in a group and we hardly interacted at all. It was difficult for me to feel like I was doing anything correctly and I didn't feel like I was in a group at all. There has also been times when there was too much interaction and it was hard to work in because sometimes I felt like I couldn't necessarily do my part and didn't feel like it was "group work". Sometimes it is hard to find a medium to the interaction level, I guess it mostly depends on the people you get in your group.
I agree as well. When you are in a group with no interaction it "kills" the mood. Also, it stops the creativity flow. I am one of those types of people whose ideas are created when talking it out, usually to another. When i am in a group with little talk, i literally cant think. It gets frustrating.
I agree that it is hard to work within a group that lacks motivation or intention to interact and have dialogue with each other. This has happened to me in one too many classes, with group projects and such. Even if I do not want to be the “queen bee,” somehow I feel forced to step up because no one else will make an effort to put forth ideas. If I want to succeed in the group, and on an individual level as well, I know someone has got to step up. It can be hard to find that happy medium within a group. Many times it is one extreme or the other; either no one wants to interact or share ideas, or everyone wants to be in charge. Both extremes lead to no productivity, but instead chaos and confusion. How can you react to anything or anyone, when you are practically talking to a group of “walls”? I think this is why so many students struggle with, or dislike group projects so much.
I really like your explanation of this part in the chapter. I think that behavior is something that we have come to see as certain social norms while interaction is something that is unique to each individual. When groups do not communicate with eachother tasks do not come together smoothly. With everyone having thier own oppinion and going off of it, nothing becomes the "groups" work. I find that group projects are more interesting when you can tell that the group came to have the same ideas and work together on the material.
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