Self-Reflection On Learning And Professional Practice

Situation Description

While working in a particular team, it becomes very important to cooperate and collaborate with the working styles of each other members of the group.  One of the critical incident while working within the team of 4 people was the leaving of one of our team members suddenly due to his illness. He was allocated a major part of the work, and his absence increased the pressure for us to a great extent. The task allocated to him was carrying effective research for the entire project, and he has completed a few parts of the research, and thus, it was very difficult for us to continue the research.  Moreover, his work was divided within two of the members including me, and we did it by using his left research part.

My role within the team was of a team leader who needs to monitor their execution of the entire tasks allocated to the different members in a defined way. My responsibilities within the team were to look after the progress of the tasks and to help the different members in case of any issues. There were different tasks such as to collect relevant data from the internet by carrying out effective research, making arrangements, evaluating the data, bringing more facts, monitoring the entire tasks and completing it successfully. The monitoring of the execution of the work processes by each of the members was important being a team leader of the group (Olson, Slater, Hult & Olson, 2018). I was also checking the research carried out by the other team members of the group to keep the work on the right track.

I have a few of the vital characteristics that helped me in evaluating the effectiveness of the entire processes of the concerned group work. I have the transformational quality as a leader that helps in evaluating the effectiveness of my decision-making process. In any of the situation, I have the desired tackle it with proper solutions and turn it into a successful one. Moreover, I strictly follow work ethics and also like to see all my team members following the discipline and work ethics while working for a group. The work ethics are considered vital in evaluating the desired effectiveness and success for the entire work processes (Hutchinson, Donnell, Gilmore & Reid, 2015). One of my qualities is that I like to maximize the efforts and output provided by another member of the group to boost the overall group performance and to bring the desired positive results (Strandburg-Peshkin, Farine, Couzin & Crofoot, 2015). My personality also reveals the fact that, every task need to be submitted with excellent quality and this can be done by getting proper cooperation and efforts for all of the team members of the group.   

Reflection

My characteristics have helped in influencing the work that was going to be carried out by the other three members as they have paid much attention to their respective works to bring excellent quality for the entire tasks. The decision-making process includes some factors, like choices, selection and getting influenced by the concerned surrounding (Agoritsas et al., 2015). My characteristics like making effective decisions by analyzing the situations properly and following the work ethics have brought positive changes in the group members by influencing them. The group members were influenced by seeing my decision-making ability and work ethics, and this has made them increase the percentage of maintaining discipline within the group. Also, the cooperation and communication level between the team members has increased to a greater extent. The use of theory proposed by Carron’s model reveals the fact that a group of people will construct the strongest bond if the purpose of values is shared between them and a clear structure for communication purposes (Day, Fleenor, Atwater, Sturm & McKee, 2014).

Moreover, my characteristics have helped all members in following the Carron’s model, and the shared values have increased the effectiveness of the tasks executed by the group members. Also, the evaluation of the Belbin’s theory reveals that differences among the role of the team members facilitate and influences the overall cohesion of the entire team members (McCleskey, 2014). My characteristics have impacted on the minds of the other three members, and they have put their best effort to bring out the desired facts associated with the project, and this finally raises the quality level of the entire group work. Therefore, the use of Belbin’s theory has helped all of us to put own efforts into bringing the positive outcomes for the entire group.      

The results evaluates the facts that I am a risk-avoider, a maximizer, and a high procrastinator.  I am ready to risks, but it is better if they can be avoided as this will help in enhancing the overall quality of the tasks executed. In case of a financial matter, it becomes vital to consult with the financial advisors or senior members of the group as it will help to lower the desired amount of risk (Storey, 2016).  My total score of 24 makes to stand as a risk avoider. On the other hand, I am a maximizer and like to utilize the efforts provided by each of the team members for maximizing the desired output and quality of the tasks performed by the group. I am also a high procrastinator that will help in reducing the risks and bringing positive outcomes for the respective tasks.  These will create a great impact on my future decision within professional life as it will help in bringing positive results so that I can achieve my career goals. In case of crucial situations, the decision can be taken easily with the help of these factors, and it will present me as a successful leader to by handling risky situations and motivating all me future team members and colleagues.

There are few of the crucial things that I would like to change in future; these include the interference with other members to increase the reliability and quality of the task. Also, I would like to enhance my overall communicational skills as it will help in facilitating the sharing of messages with great effectiveness throughout the group members. Moreover, I would like utilize other people’s experience in developing and enhancing my decision-making process to perfection. Furthermore, I would like to utilize my time in executing my work processes rather than wasting it in other non-useful works. Also, I will use the theories proposed by Belbin to facilitating the effectiveness of my group work and the decision-making process (Frich, Brewster, Cherlin & Bradley, 2015).

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