Individual Feedback Advantages And Disadvantages

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Introduction For the purpose of this assignment, the writer will evaluate individual and group feedback methods, explore the responsibilities of a facilitator when providing feedback and discuss the preferential feedback method of facilitating groups in her place of work. Feedback Feedback is the information conveyed by a facilitator, either verbally or in written form, which communicates their perceptions of an individual or group’s behaviour (www.iirp.edu, 2017). Individual Feedback A facilitator may choose to provide individual feedback, either in verbal or written form, which focuses on particular individuals within a group. The focus of this feedback can relate to the skills, behaviours, attitudes and knowledge an individual within a group articulates (www.hbr.org, 2017). The situations where implementing individual feedback may be useful is where other members within the group are not being affected by the behaviour of one individual and have no contribution to offer, or when the facilitator wants to help an individual member to receive group feedback …show more content…

It can also help the group to identify issues and motivate them to work collaboratively on solving interactional problems and improve performance (Mann, 2012). By receiving group feedback, members become aware of interpersonal interaction, which encourages them to be more alert to how their behaviour can impact on others within the group (Keyton, 2002). The disadvantages of group feedback are it can lead to misunderstanding and frustration simply because the information is related to the group as a whole and cannot be tailored to individual members. Group feedback can also promote discontent or conflict if members believe only certain individuals to be at fault, whereas they are all being held accountable (Keyton,