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Assignment on Provisional Environment

   

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Running head: PROVISIONAL ENVIRONMENTProvisional EnvironmentName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note

1PROVISIONAL ENVIRONMENTReflection on Topic 2: Team Building ActivitiesIn this unit, I was part of a team building exercise – tower activity. In this activity,teambuilding is encouraged for researching human behavior. This exercise is encouraging andgreat for creative problem solving with the help of teamwork. In this exercise, teams are asked tobuild free standing towers with the help of any material, like newspapers, cups or even driedspaghetti. Groups are made and the task is introduced to them. At first the challenge is stated thatthere is the need of building the tallest and cost effective free standing tower that would be ableto support itself. The time constraint was mentioned to us, also including the involved costs.Each team got a briefing sheet, explaining all the rules of the game. The main rule reinforced isthat ten tower needs to be unsupported and freestanding. The activity was started with the timer,and then the teams were given time checks after five minutes and a regular one and two minuteswarning. After the allotted ten minutes were over, extensions were allowed as required. After theactivity was over each team was asked to work out and calculate their points. The team thatscored the highest number of points was declared the winner. Scoring was conducted based onthe height if the tower and its cost efficiency. After all these was over, each person was askedhow it felt asking to be carrying out the task. Even the confidence of each participant wasjudged, both at the beginning and at the end of the task. The idea was to expand on the above foridentifying what directed to the ups and downs in confidence.This team building activity acted as the ice breaker for me, as I was new to the team. Theactivity was designed in helping us form bonds with each other and become a team. With thehelp of this activity, each of the group members learned about each other, their names and somepersonal information, focusing on making the team more cohesive. The activity helped build myendurance and lifted my spirit and fostered the team spirit. This activity was made effective

2PROVISIONAL ENVIRONMENTwhen I learned how to identify the challenges my team faces and the areas in which groupdynamics require to put in some extra work. It has helped me develop some clear goals for whatis required in getting out of the exercise. I understood what weaknesses I have that havecontributed to my biggest mistakes. I saw lack of open communication within the group and theteam members are not focused on individual achievement, nor on shared success. Even thoughthe team morale is good, and there is an easy camaraderie between everyone, people needs moreappreciation. Going through this exercise has helped in recognizing what are different areas thatwe lack as a team and what can be done so that everyone works well together. Understanding hasbeen easy as I was open to feedback and even asked for it from other team members. Patternslikely emerged, which ultimately helped me set my goals. Since the activity was not highlycompetitive, there4 was no worst case scenario. The activity also did not entail and high level ofspecialized skill as that would have turned people off who are not aware of how to do the activityand strengthen the team. The lessons I learned from the team building activity needsreinforcement and put to use to be back in business as always. Learning needs to be a huge partof the culture and this single team building activity would not be enough. I have planned weeklyor monthly events so that the momentum that was created with this can be maintained.Reflection on Topic 3: Cultural AwarenessIn the present world of globalization and technological improvements, emphasis is put onthe importance of proper intercultural and interpersonal communication. Interculturalcommunication skills are fast becoming the most important thing than ever before in the presentenvironment of organizations having an increasingly diverse workforce and wide travelling forleisure and business. Several considerations coalesce for resulting in improved interpersonalcommunication skills. The activity on increasing cultural awareness of intercultural

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