Assignment: Personal Reflection
Length: 1,200 Words.
Task
Reflect on your experience of working as part of the group in Assignment using concepts and theories from Topic 6: Groups & Teams. This assignment should be written in the first person as it is based on your personal experiences. Reflection enhances learning through the use of both, theory and personal experience. Your reflection should discuss the following questions:
1) What group maintenance challenges/advantages did you experience when working in the group? For example, how did the group interact? How supportive were the group members? Did they respect each other's' differences?
2) What task performance challenges/advantages did you experience when working in the group? For example, how did the group discuss and work through the task? What were the group discussions like? Were they regular, focused and relevant to the task? How did decision-making and leadership affect the group's task performance? What about contributions of group members to the group goals?
3) What effect did Assignment 1 have on your confidence in working in groups and understanding of groups?
4) Recommend three strategies to manage your own practice of working in groups You are required to make references to the four relevant OB concepts and theories from Topic 6 and to use at least four quality academic references in the report.
This is a free form assignment, but you can present your reflection in a report format, but without the executive summary, table of contents, and introduction.
Presentation
Your reflection needs to be written in the first person. This is a free form assignment, but you can present your reflection in a report format, but without the executive summary, table of contents, and introduction.
Requirements
Include the reference list in your assignment. Use at least four quality academic references in this assignment.
For your reference
You are required to use and apply the following OB models and Theories
• Job satisfaction
• Psychological contract
• Herzberg's two-factor theory OR McClelland's acquired needs theory
• Vroom's expectancy theory of motivation OR Adam's equity theory
• Extrinsic motivators of your choice
• Intrinsic motivators of your choice.