A critical reflective analysis of my own and my colleague’s performance during our class based teamwork.

The assignment is according to the situation and study from lectures and team work during the course of human resource management. At the beginning of my assignment, it is essential to introduce our team. Our group consists of 1 Ukrainian, 1 Indian, 1 Angolan and 4 Chinese (include me). In this assignment, these team members will be referred to as A, B, C, D, E, F and G. The first part of the essay is focused on the team roles and personal characters. The second part of the essay investigates leadership observed in our team.

Team roles and personalities in our group
Cole (2002) defines a role as “the set of expectations held by …show more content…

Person D would not be punished by the teacher or the manager. A feasible solution was communication. We exchanged our views and asked individual favorite hobbies. As a result, we built a strong relationship between all the members. Otherwise, we did our performance very well. Therefore, according to the conflict mode instrument of Thomas and Kilmann (1974), we made use of “collaborating” method which is defined as “an attempt to work with others to find some solution that fully satisfies their concerns which means digging into an issue to pinpoint the underlying needs and wants of the two individuals”. We could not do our performance well if we did not solve the conflict.
Reflecting on the cultural make up of the group – this is very likely to have led a significant effect on how we managed conflict issues. Hofstede (1980) in his major research describes “determines the identity of a human group in the same way as personality determines the identity of an individual” (p.26). Due to the society is composed of different nations and cultures, it is normal for people to have conflict. Because of the conflict, people can have chances to exchange, understand and learn from each other which can help us solve many problems and promote human civilization. In other words, these different nations and cultures are managing our world.

Leadership
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