Self Assessment

Running head: SELF ASSESSMENT
SELF ASSESSMENT
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note

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Activity 5
Introduction
Self assessment and reflection are important activities for an individual seeki8ng to
identify the current position of the same. The changes that are undertaken by the individuals are
critically reliant on their strength of assessing their personality, behavior and approach. Drucker
(2005) stated in a research that improvements in the current performance is facilitated through
the self assessments that are made by the individuals. The assessment of the current position of a
person and the urgency of the environments are important factors that support an individual in
bringing forth modifications in the approaches. In this relation, the research my current position
and the areas that require change is being discussed.
Current position
I am currently holding the post of a production manager in a automobile spare parts
manufacturing facility. I have been into my current job position, in the organization, since a year
and most of the staffs and colleagues are well aware of my short temper. Most of my
subordinates are of the view that they cannot take up courage to discuss their issues with me. I
believe in my prior experience as a production manager in another organization. Maybe, it is
because of the work pressure or other stresses that I feel frustrated and even more depressed to
hold conversation with the subordinates.
I believed in authoritative form of leadership and thereby I look forward to see my
subordinates fulfilling the orders that are made by me and the hierarchy. However, since one
month I can sense that my leadership style was not working on my subordinates. I believe they
resisted over my authoritative approach. In the duration of four months, the organization lost half

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of its workforce from the manufacturing facility of which I was the in-charge. Therefore, I
planned to take a meeting with the existing employees and my subordinates. To my surprise I
found that most of the subordinates did not appear in the conference room for the meeting and
the reason was me. Most of the subordinates holds the viewpoint that I have limited patience of
undertaking communication with them and identifying their problem. Moreover, one of my peers
also remarked me as an ‘yes-person’ for the organization as I do not judge over the decisions
made by the hierarchy but authoritatively implement the same in the structures.
After undertaking the self assessment test, last month, I came to understand that my
approach of leadership is the only reason for the losing inter-trust mutual bonding between the
employees and me. I personally believe that the engagement of the stakeholders in every work
process is crucial for improvements in the organizational performance. However, after assessing
the current position that I and the workforce is going through, I believe that pushing the work
force and showcasing authoritative leadership might fetch negative impression on the workforce.
It might also affect the performance of the organization while increasing the rate of staff
turnover. Therefore, the assessment of my current leadership skills through self reflection
enabled me in identifying the different changes that I might undertake for improving my
performance in my job role.
Critical needs for an outstanding manager in the multicultural environment
The different traits of becoming an outstanding leader in a multicultural environment is
based on upholding the diversity while entertaining inclusion (Mathews, 2016). I believe that the
multi-cultural environment requires an adaptive leader who would manage the different activities
through collaboration and coordination among the workforce and the management. However, I
presume that my leadership style is not adequate for maintaining the inclusiveness due to my