I think my behavior was a "Compromise" at the first half of the discussion, and it changed to an "Avoidance".
First of all, my exam score is obviously not good at all, so I should behave as "Compete to Win". However, I just wanted to know what the other people thinking, so I carefully listened the argue.
When I had some questions about the extra credits and the test structure, I tried to question about it, but many other people talking at loud. Therefore, I tried to listen carefully to understand the issue instead of to question. However, the many people talked about many different topic at the same time. Some one said "No Essay", some others said "No T/F questions", some people asked about extra credit and curve, some other people tried to explain to another. I was so confused and did not get the issue. I just felt like "what are we talking about right now?"
Finally, I gave up to participate the discussion actively because I thought "even I did not participate well, people who are in the same range on the exam would participate to solve the problem. So I just need to follow them." I understand this behavior is absolutely not good, but to be honest, I was the person who did not participate actively.
I saw many people who behaved as "Compete to Win". I think the person who said "No T/F questions on the next exam!" is the one of the examples of the "Compete to Win". They strongly said about that issue even other person who are also "Compete to Win" said "No Essay, yes multiple-multiple" to push through their desired proposal.
I think people who said "Essay as a optional point on the next exam" are the "Collaborating" because they tried to frame a plan for both (No T/F side and No essay side). They explained the T/F question is same as multiple question. This group did not support only one side, but also think the benefit for both sides.
I think the leaders (2 men who stood in front of the classroom) were "Compromise" because they tried to listen and put together the opinion from all of the classmates. They performed very fairly, so I think they are "Compromise" person.
Actually, I could not find the differences between "Avoidance" and "Accommodation" from their behavior because both does not participate actively. The reason why they do not participate actively is in their mind, so I cannot understand it. They might behave as I did, or they just did not need to talk about the extra credit and the next exam because they got good grades.
I think we can make small group to talk about the issue first, and then each group talk to other group what they had in the discussion for the best solution for our issue. In the class, I was confused because many people talked about many different issue at the same time. There are about 40 students in the class and every single person has each opinion, so it was obvious many people talked at the same time. To avoid this, I think to make the group first is the best way to get much more better solution.
Or we can also give the more power to the leader except to make the decision. First, we make the rules such as "We have to follow the leader. We cannot talk without raising hands and until leader point him/her". I think it is easy way to ask every person's opinion and not to get mess up the issue. I think both of these are good to get the desirable result sooner and less conflict.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Topic #2 An Eggs-cellent Way to Plan
The planning skill is very important skill for all managers to achieve companies' goals. This egg project tells us how should we plan and solve the problem we faced on.
At the very beginning of this project, many other team started to write down about the members' name, who is the leader etc. However, we did not do that at that time because we do not want to spend a lot of times to create the required sheet. We defined our goals and objectives as soon as possible. Therefore, I think our team went through Step 1.
In the Step 2, we proposed the idea of egg-protection as many as possible we can. We did not determine our current status, all of us just thought about how we protect the egg. We did not care much about the individual's favor and weaknesses because the group was just created 5 min before! Moreover, our team did not choose the leader to spend more time to think about the structure, so our argument sometimes messed up. However, we really wanted to make it because of the extra points, so we listened other opinion very carefully to determine which idea is the best. I think we went thorough some of Step 2, but acutually we did not really mention about it.
In the Step 3, we bypassed to develop alternative strategies. I think we had a lot of ideas form all of members' and we talked a lot about which is the best idea to protect the egg, and we believed it will be successful in the end of the class. To avoid the accidents, we spend more time to develop the structure and how we create the protection instead of to develop alternative strategies. Of course we talked about other idea a bit, but we mainly talked about the main idea. I think even we think about other idea, we do not have much time to develop both the main and alternative strategies at the same time because time was limited and very short. Therefore, we almost bypassed whole of Step 3.
In the Step 4. we talk a lot how we develop the main idea, so we do not need spend much time to choose the action alternative. However, we were absorbed in developing the structure, so we did not talk about the roles of when we create the protection. Also we did not think about the size of a egg and the straw, so we would go further without knowing about the very important information about the materials. This two mistakes lead us to wrong way in the Step 5.
In the Step 5, we just have 10 min to create the protection. However, our team did not decide the role of each member, so when we created the protection, we were really confused and had less communication. Our plan was totally crush and we finished to make the protection 10 sec before the time limit. It was totally different what we expected, and finally egg broke.
I think we can do much better if we set the role for each individuals to make the things clear. We only thought how to make it more strong, not mention about the personal ability or skills.
If we chose the leader and set the role for each person, we might make it and get extra points...
At the very beginning of this project, many other team started to write down about the members' name, who is the leader etc. However, we did not do that at that time because we do not want to spend a lot of times to create the required sheet. We defined our goals and objectives as soon as possible. Therefore, I think our team went through Step 1.
In the Step 2, we proposed the idea of egg-protection as many as possible we can. We did not determine our current status, all of us just thought about how we protect the egg. We did not care much about the individual's favor and weaknesses because the group was just created 5 min before! Moreover, our team did not choose the leader to spend more time to think about the structure, so our argument sometimes messed up. However, we really wanted to make it because of the extra points, so we listened other opinion very carefully to determine which idea is the best. I think we went thorough some of Step 2, but acutually we did not really mention about it.
In the Step 3, we bypassed to develop alternative strategies. I think we had a lot of ideas form all of members' and we talked a lot about which is the best idea to protect the egg, and we believed it will be successful in the end of the class. To avoid the accidents, we spend more time to develop the structure and how we create the protection instead of to develop alternative strategies. Of course we talked about other idea a bit, but we mainly talked about the main idea. I think even we think about other idea, we do not have much time to develop both the main and alternative strategies at the same time because time was limited and very short. Therefore, we almost bypassed whole of Step 3.
In the Step 4. we talk a lot how we develop the main idea, so we do not need spend much time to choose the action alternative. However, we were absorbed in developing the structure, so we did not talk about the roles of when we create the protection. Also we did not think about the size of a egg and the straw, so we would go further without knowing about the very important information about the materials. This two mistakes lead us to wrong way in the Step 5.
In the Step 5, we just have 10 min to create the protection. However, our team did not decide the role of each member, so when we created the protection, we were really confused and had less communication. Our plan was totally crush and we finished to make the protection 10 sec before the time limit. It was totally different what we expected, and finally egg broke.
I think we can do much better if we set the role for each individuals to make the things clear. We only thought how to make it more strong, not mention about the personal ability or skills.
If we chose the leader and set the role for each person, we might make it and get extra points...
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