Introduction to Organizational Behavior

This document provides an introduction to organizational behavior, including topics such as team working activities, personal reflection, and effectiveness measurement. It discusses the importance of working in teams and highlights the need for effective communication and collaboration. The document also includes a personal statement, planning of team working activities, reflection on own experience, and effectiveness measurement listed on a spreadsheet.

Introduction to
Organizational Behavior

Contents
PERSONAL STATEMENT........................................................................................................................3
Planning of team working activities........................................................................................................3
Reflection on own experience..................................................................................................................3
Effectiveness measurement listed on spreadsheet....................................................................................3
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................5
APPENDIX.................................................................................................................................................6

PERSONAL STATEMENT
Working in a team taught me a lot as it allowed me to understand thinking and working
process of others (Michaelsen and Sweet, 2012). Every person should have ability to work in
group because MNCs or even small firms make units and individual has to work with co-workers
in order to get desired results.
Planning of team working activities
When we started working together then the first activity which we decided to do was to
understand each other’s strengths and weaknesses so we can divide whole work accordingly.
After completing this task, I asked my teammates to decide role and responsibilities. I took
accountability of making presentation while other team members worked on content on the PPT.
I also helped them in checking authenticity of the content as most of the matter that is present on
internet is not trustworthy. I checked copyright of every website which we used in our
presentation; it was significant to assure authenticity of our content.
Reflection on own experience
Group project give both kind of experiences i.e. positive and negative (Miler and Gaida,
2019). Our content was fine and we got appreciation from overall presentation. We did not use
information from any unauthentic source, our content was also specific and we did not have any
generic content in our presentation. Beside this, there were few minor conflicts because we were
not agreeing on couple on this. I liked a presentation template but my teammates did not like
them. Some issues were related to timing as few members could not make to team meeting
because of their personal work. If I will again get chance to work on this type of project then I
will make sure that me and my time do not face an issues related to time management. I would
also like to stay out of trouble in future as it steals positive energy from team environment.
Effectiveness measurement listed on spreadsheet
The spreadsheet clearly state that overall our team did a good job as we have a score of
37 out of 42. We were clear about our goals and it could easily be seen in our presentation. None
of us had any doubt about our goals and roles. Everyone agreed for the work they got, I, with all
my teammates, were fully involved in making of the presentation. Leaving few exceptional

cases, this happens in all the teams, we all listened to each other. I helped my other group
members when they were seeking help and they also assisted me when I needed their support. I
still think that we could have taken few correct decisions if we had more experience but this does
not mean that we have committed any mistake as our overall work was fine. We were open to
each other about our thoughts; I never felt that I should not share something in the group as
others may not like it. We knew that all may not agree on same point still we trusted each other
and shared our ideas so we can a mutual decision. Time management was also not an issue as
most of the time we held our meeting as per the plan.

REFERENCES
Michaelsen, L.K. and Sweet, M., 2012. Fundamental principles and practices of team-based
learning. Team-based learning for health professions education: A guide to using small
groups for improving learning. pp.9-34.
Miler, J. and Gaida, P., 2019, September. On the agile mindset of an effective team–an industrial
opinion survey. In 2019 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information
Systems (FedCSIS) (pp. 841-849). IEEE.

APPENDIX
TEAM EFFECTIVENESS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
GOALS BAD 7 GOOD
PARTICIPATION LOW 6 HIGH
DECISIONS BAD 6 GOOD
FEELINGS NOT EXPRESSED 6 FREELY EXPRESSED
TRUST LOW 6 HIGH
TIME BAD 6 GOOD
MANAGEMENT
TOTAL 37
Very systematic and
organised.
TEAM EFFECTIVENESS FORM
Non whatsoever,
completely
unsystematic.
Members distrust each
other.
Ignored, avoided or
criticised.
Either not made,
avoided or made by
one or two of the
group, others
uncommitted.
Few dominate
everything, some not
listened to and are
silent.
Confused, diverse, no
interest, conflicting.
Clear, agreed, all
involved.
All get involved, all
listened to.
Concensus sought,
all members heard
and decisions
carefully spported.
Members are very
open about how
they feel.
Members trust each
other.
Think not about the TASK which your team engaged upon but the
PROCESS, i.e.the way you did it, when you prepared for and
presentated your Team Assignment. Use the following scales to
rate the effectiveness of your team. You should do this on your
own and without discussing it with other members of your team.
Enter your values 1 to 7 in the yellow boxes to obtain a total then
explain in your statement why you have chosen that particular
value for each effectiveness scale. The comments below are for
your guidance along with the Persoanl Statment Brief.