Week 8: Reflection Assignment Whitney McMillan Walden University April 24‚ 2013 The organization in which I work for has several divisions from power generation to transmission to distribution in both nuclear and natural resource areas. This organization is very large and has a lot of earning power. However‚ I work in the nuclear sector and there are many issues that hinder the continued growth of the company. The workforce is aging and retirement is a common theme and with high turnover rates
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simulation project experience‚ discuss lessons learned and key take ways from the project. The project simulation was designed to challenge project managers in a life like simulation of project management. It challenges a Project Manager to take over and manage an existing project within a global company. The simulation ran the project manager through the full life cycle of a project. It began with identifying all project stakeholders and project requirements in which the project manager must
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What makes a leader? – Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman Article • According to Goleman Emotional Intelligence (E.I.) is the defining characteristic of top quality leadership • Really effective leaders combine traditional traits (IQ‚ toughness‚ determination‚ vision and technical skill) with EI traits • E.I. (as defined by Goleman) has 5 aspects: o Self-Awareness o Self-Regulation o Motivation o Empathy o Social Skill • First 3 elements – Self Mgt. Skills; last 2 deal with managing
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Myers Briggs Personal Style Inventory‚ Helping OB assessment‚ and Emotional Intelligence OB assessment‚ we can begin to focus on these aspects of our personality and use them to our advantage. Using these specific assessment tools‚ I will look at my results and analyze them to identify my personal abilities and faults. Furthermore‚ I will take this analysis and describe how I can use these results in the workplace. Myers Briggs Personal Style Inventory Analysis The Myers Briggs Personal Style Inventory
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Personal Evaluation and Reflection on the Group Project Your performance both as an individual and as a member of a team in the light of your assessment of other group projects. As an individual myself as well as being part of a group member in this project‚ I understand that I have areas to improve on which before this‚ never realized. T he most significant that I realize needed improvement is constant adjustment of one self‚ no matter on project matter‚ or relational matter. Project wise‚ what
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Reflection Introduction The reflection is very important to prompt the individual development. It is able to generate new knowledge especially when there is not an immediate or obvious solution‚ so after our lecture studying and involved in the MBA students project‚ here is a reflection on my studies. The reflection of own skills and strengths Before I involve in the MBA students project‚ i think it is necessary to consider the my skills and strengths
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Personal Reflection Jenice Carey CSS-101 Psychology of Motivation 8/07/2013 Jennifer Lowry [Personal Reflection] Over the course of this first module‚ I have learned many helpful skills including how to correctly cite a reference and format an essay. We also learned many soft skills that can ameliorate our learning and help get our foot in the door for future employers. My favorite of the soft skills shown to us is Time Management. Time Management is a very important skill to have because
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Personal Reflection Introduction: In this reflection I am going to cover the main key points we used whilst working as a team and how we developed our skills and what resources we had to use to make sure we are achieving our goals and aims. Those key points will explain the whole project as I will be reflecting on them as they mentioned below: * Group Functionality * Personal Learning/Strengths and weaknesses * Personal Development Group functionality:
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Personal Reflection Fraser and Dean opined “Group work has long been accepted as an effective learning strategy because it provides opportunities for students to negotiate meaning‚ manipulate ideas with others and reflect upon their learning” (Fraser & Dean‚ 1997). Based on the above‚ businesses now rely on teams to increase quality and efficiency‚ develop systems‚ design and launch products‚ determine strategy and run an organisation. For these reasons‚ Schools and modern day organisations are
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examining what has happened in practice in order to encourage growth (professional and/or personal) and it is typically used in professions where field experience and academic study are closely aligned. Abbot et al (2007) note its usefulness as an impetus in management practice. The resource below contains two examples of reflective writing: a part of the process intended to help you understand how management principles are applied in real-life using your own experience of working in groups. It is
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