Reflective Essay on Charity Program Against Plastic Pollution

This reflective essay discusses the experience and contribution of the author in conducting a charity program against plastic pollution. It highlights the values and knowledge gained, as well as the challenges faced during the project. Suggestions for improvement are also provided.

Running head: REFLECTIVE ESSAY
Reflective essay
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note

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Introduction
The project has been developed by highlighting the charity program against plastic pollution in
marine bodies. Being a part of project development team, through this reflective essay, I have
tried to share my experience while conducting the project. The purpose of this reflective study is
to highlight the contribution of mine towards conducting the IPM project. Discussing the values
as well as knowledge which have been collected by me, the events as well as feelings of mine
have been shared. Analyzing the entire process of project development, at the end of the
reflective essay further improvements have been shared.
Discussion
Contribution of mine to the team
Aim of the project is to raise awareness regarding the charity programs among people. Through
this project the project developer aims to raise the fund for charity. Through the project it can be
analyzed that that project can play an important role for increasing the awareness among people
regarding the wastage. On the other hand in the learning prospective it can be say that the project
can be able to highlight the managerial issues which can play an important role for driving
competency and teamwork. In the project the group has given the task for planning an event by
using the project management skills of individuals. Examining the imagination, leadership and
well as team working abilities of individuals, our efficiency as the project planner has been
analyzed. Before describing my contribution towards the project, I must say that due to my
behavioral characteristics I prefer to manage changes in the workplace. By continuing this, I can
say that in order to improve the quality of management activities, I preferred to promote the
event in attractive manner so that it can be able to drag the attention of large numbers of

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customers. Being a part of the project it is my responsibility to gather detail knowledge on the
particular topic. In that case, as a team member, I have identified the project aspects and shared
the knowledge with the team members. In order to design the flyer for the raffle, I have
appointed a professional designer. Professional designed flyer is being considered as the
important part of marketing. Being a part of the event, it is my responsibility to increase the
visibility of the project so that its success can be ensured. Through the introduction attractive
flyer, I believe, I have made the contribution towards marketing initiatives.
Issues identified by me while conducting the project
Analyzing the entire project, it has been identified by me that due to some behavioral
characteristics, the team members of mine faced the failure in case of implementing the project
in an effective manner. Based on the analysis, I can say that due to dominant behavior of the
project manager, I found her inappropriate. I also believe that the project manager was not
efficient enough for managing the entire event in organized manner. Due to inappropriate
managerial abilities, the project manager deal every one unprofessionally, which has created
dissatisfaction in the team. It is true that due to lack of motivation, improper leadership
management has influenced the project quality. As per my understanding, due to overconfident
nature of the project manager, has created negative environment while performing the job. By
continuing this it can also be said that through the effective contribution of individuals the
capabilities as well as abilities of the team members can be increased, which indirectly impact on
the overall growth process. Analyzing the project it has been identified that leadership
management in proper operational structure and communicational issues are the major barriers
which driven the team management as well as individuals engagement towards the project. Being
a part of this project I strongly believe that due to lack of cooperation from the management team

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I have face several challenges in such cases. Analyzing the entire study Due to lack of
enthusiastic nature of the project manager as well as unreasonable criticism from the project
manager has created negative motivation among the team members. As its result, none of us got
the chance for showing out abilities, which has created demotivated environment in the
workplace.
While performing my job, it has also be identified by me that lack of communication between
the risk manager and team members, it has created the challenging situation in the team for
performing efficiently. It cannot be denied that in order to ensure the performance efficiency in a
team, it is very important for developing good communication in a team. Based on the effective
communicational initiatives, sharing individuals’ opinion and ideas, it becomes easier for the
team members to increase their interest towards the project. On the other hand, this skill of a
manager can help to develop the emotional bonding with the team members, which can
indirectly make the operational process easier. I have analyzed that without leaving any
information, the risk manager goes for holiday. In that situation, being a team member, it
becomes harder for me to manage my responsibilities. I have also realized that due to cultural
gap, I have faced various challenges while communicating with the team members. As per my
understanding not only with the risk manager, but also lack of interaction among the team
members, the improper culture has brought negative impact on the group performance.
As per my understanding improper leadership management is one of the important challenges,
which has created barrier for succeeding the project. The project manager, who had been
appointed for the project was not efficient enough for managing the team performance. By
continuing this, I can also say that based on the emerging project development market, ensuring
individuals contribution towards achieving the project growth has become necessary for gaining

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the success. By continuing this, I must say that improper management has driven the negative
impact on the group performances.
Project analysis
Analyzing the aim of the project, it has been identified that through the Raffle, the company
aimed to ensure the sustainability in the market. It cannot be denied that sustainability has
become one of the major concerns in the current scenario. In that case, by introducing the
sustainable event, developing the charity program is the major goal of the event. It has been
analyzed by me that in order to increasing its awareness, the online distribution process has been
adopted by the company. Based on the personal networks of each of the team members, the
online raffle has aimed to increase awareness of individuals so that the individuals’ project
development abilities can be enhanced (Easley et al. 2016). Analyzing the secondary benefits of
the project it can be said that in order to introduce the low waste lifestyle, the contribution of the
project cannot be denied.
PMI is been considered as the important measuring tool that helps to identify the Global standard
in a project. Based on the PMI standard the storm portfolio management can be done in which
juice regulations as well as project guidelines and characteristics can be identified (Black et al.
2017). Aim of the project is to raise awareness regarding the charity programs among people.
Through this project the project developer aims to raise the fund for charity. through the project
it can be analyzed that that project can play an important role for increasing the awareness
among people regarding the wastage. on the other hand in the learning prospective it can be say
that the project can be able to highlight the managerial issues which can play an important role
for driving competency and teamwork. understanding the project values is very important for
making a successful project. by continuing this is it can also be say that values of each project

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management theme is needed to be understood by individuals who are involved in the project
management process.
Improvement suggestions
As per my understanding, in order to ensure the standard working environment, it is important
for me to ensure the standard group interaction, proper communication plan needs to be
introduced. Based on the communicational efficiency, it can be easier for the manager to
understand individuals’ efficiency. On the other hand, while conducting the project, the manager
has adopted thee autocratic leadership strategy, which has made the manager dominant. I believe,
due to the dominant nature of the manager, most of the cases I have identified that it has become
challenging for managing the encouragement of individuals. In that case, I can suggest that in
this case transformational leadership practices would have been beneficial for the team. Using
this leadership technique, it would have been better for the project manager to analyze the
capabilities of team members. It is also true that ensuring the creativity in the project this
leadership tactic can be beneficial. . In that situation, being a team member, it becomes harder for
me to manage my responsibilities. I have also realized that due to cultural gap, I have faced
various challenges while communicating with the team members. As per my understanding not
only with the risk manager, but also lack of interaction among the team members, the improper
culture has brought negative impact on the group performance.
As per my understanding in order to increase the competency of managers it is very important to
clarify the Expectations of the job assignments. Manager should clarify the goal with the
employees so that they can make their own objectives towards achieving the organizational goal
(Reina et al., 2018). Holding accountability as well as job responsibilities are very important to
be fulfilled. Based on the contribution of manager towards the project development can make

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disciplinary environment in the workplace. As per my understanding if the managers would have
fulfill their job responsibilities in proper manner it would have been better to make the project
most successful. Communication delegation motivation patience and organizing capabilities are
very important for becoming a good manager (Zhang and Feeney, 2018). Building an effective
team it is very important for ensuring the self-development so that emotional bonding with the
team members can be developed. I must say that due to my behavioral characteristics I prefer to
manage changes in the workplace. By continuing this, I can say that in order to improve the
quality of management activities, I preferred to promote the event in attractive manner so that it
can be able to drag the attention of large numbers of customers. Being a part of the project it is
my responsibility to gather detail knowledge on the particular topic.
Conclusion
In this study it can be concluded that in order to develop a successful project it is very important
for ensuring the individual engagement. I continuing this it can also be said that through the
effective contribution of individuals the capabilities as well as abilities of the team members can
be increased, which indirectly impact on the overall growth process. Analyzing the project it has
been identified that leadership management in proper operational structure and communicational
issues are the major barriers which driven the team management as well as individuals
engagement towards the project. Being a part of this project I strongly believe that due to lack of
cooperation from the management team I have face several challenges in such cases. Analyzing
the entire study I must say team management is very important for implementing a successful
project. In this project it has been identified by me that individuals is very important for ensuring
their contribution towards the positive growth. Being a Team member, I strongly believe it is

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very important for the management to maintain the transparency with individual so that they can
contribute their thoughts as well as opinions towards bringing the positive changes.

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