Communication and Collaborative Working

COMMUNICATION AND
COLLABORATIVE
WORKING

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY .................................................................................................................................3
Using Gibbs reflective cycle, write reflection on communication and collaboration skills and
how these can be enhanced and improved .................................................................................3
Belbin's team role ......................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Communication and collaboration are the interpersonal skills required to interact with
different individuals, it consist of message that one wants to communicate to the other person.
Developing communication and collaboration skills are essential as it gives a better
understanding of different one' expression. It is essential to express one' emotion to other in
order to build relationship and develop trust to better understanding. This report covers
importance of communication and collaborative skills, different skills that have to be improved,
overview of Belbin's team roles (Bartges, 2012).
MAIN BODY
Using Gibbs reflective cycle, write reflection on communication and collaboration skills and
how these can be enhanced and improved
Communication is defined by the exchange of information from on individual to other
(Cheeseman, 2012). It is an crucial element to create better understandings between individuals.
Whereas collaboration is defined by the exchange of information of things between different
individuals, collaboration and communication goes hand in hand where collaboration is passing
on or exchanging the information or things but collaboration cannot be possible without
communication. In my course on communications and collaboration I have learnt how
effectively communicate the information and the importance of communication in real life
situation. I was working as an intern in an organisation which helped me to acquire
communication, team development and professional skills. Gibbs reflective cycle coined by
Graham Gibbs in 1988. Gibbs reflective cycle defines the objectives of learning from different
experiences. Using Gibbs reflective cycle, the learning outcomes of communication and
collaborative skills in my course are discussed below:
Description: In the three week of course on communication and collaboratives skills in learn
different communication patterns, team development, professional skills development. During
the course, we were divided into group where each groups were assigned different projects and
task with a given deadline. The project assigned was emphasised over three aspects, these reflect
on key skills, these aspects were communication pattern, understanding team development,
professional development skills. The first learning outcomes of revolved around the pattern of
communication. Communication pattern is defined by the structure of flow of information from