Management Report: Reflective Learning Journal on Team Performance

This report presents a student's reflective analysis of a group work experience in a management course, focusing on self-awareness, critical analysis, and learning. The student discusses the importance of awareness in a group work environment, highlighting the roles of communication, leadership, and time management. The critical analysis section addresses personal weaknesses like stress and anxiety, emphasizing the importance of communication and understanding in overcoming these challenges. The learning section outlines the student's plans to apply these insights to future professional settings, emphasizing supportive work environments, effective communication, and leadership initiatives. The report references several academic sources to support the student's reflections on management skills, leadership, and team dynamics. The student's reflections provide a practical understanding of the challenges and benefits of group work and the value of reflective learning in improving individual and team performance.

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Critical Analysis..............................................................................................................................3
Learning...........................................................................................................................................3
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Awareness
In the learning event, all the aspects of a group work environment have been discussed. There are
certain roles each entity has while working in a large workgroup. The discussed aspects are
supposed to create simulation with the help of a few thoughts, feelings as well as a realization to
a person, which is identified as awareness (Ferreira & Candeias, 2017). The thoughts can be
uncomfortable or positive, but realizing it means creating or raising awareness of oneself. While
working in a group, communication is of the utmost importance as there may raise many issues
without proper interactions between everyone. Besides, one can learn new things and gain more
perspective on one matter, while communicating with the group (Bohari, Hin & Fuad, 2017).
When a group of people is working together on an equal level, everyone gets a chance to take
certain matters at hand and thus get the feeling of leadership. Leadership brings out the
confidence in a person as well as increase work responsibility. Time management is another I
have learned in the process as I have to have time for both group work and individual work.
Apart from that, I have also realized that group work has triggered stress in me which has made
me snap at others. But even in group work, everyone has the right to work at their own pace if
they do the job correctly within the schedule (Gürel & Tat, 2017).
Critical Analysis
The learning event was an active process for me to learn several matters while also creating self-
awareness. One of my major weaknesses is my stress and anxiety which often gets in my path
while working with others. In case a task has been done a bit differently than I anticipated or not
finished, I tend to let my stress cloud my judgment and snap at the other person. I have realized
that others have faced my anger issue a few times and they have all been patient with me. But I
have to keep my stress level down by communicating more and trying to understand their points
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(Goethals, 2018). I have also learned that communication is my strong suit. I have the ability to
interact with my colleagues with ease while maintaining professionalism in my manners.
Besides, I enjoy learning new things at work, especially if it helps me doing my job better.
Understanding my effective communication ability, I have also realized that I thrive in group
work situations as I get to offer my input and take leadership roles at times.
Learning
In the future, when I start working in real life I want to implement all my learning to improve my
performance in my job. In a workspace environment, being supportive of your fellow workers is
crucial. The work environment should be safe, comfortable and secure for everyone. I will be
utilizing my communication capability to build work relationships for improving my work skills.
Besides, I also want to take initiatives in certain things for which my leadership ability will be
beneficial for me. A clear concept of time management is also efficient to prove my work
abilities to the authorities (Lemieux, 2017). Being able to perform in a stressful situation will
also be necessary for me in a real-life office space.
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References
Bohari, A.M., Hin, C.W. and Fuad, N., 2017. The competitiveness of the halal food industry in
Malaysia: A SWOT-ICT analysis. Geografia-Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 9(1).
Ferreira, M.E. and Candeias, T., 2017, September. SWOT ANALYSIS: FROM BUSINESS
ANALYSIS TO SOCIAL DIAGNOSIS. In 10th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of
Business.
Gürel, E. and Tat, M., 2017. SWOT analysis: A theoretical review. Journal of International
Social Research, 10(51).
Goethals, M., 2018. BUSINESS PROSPECTS OF THE FIRST VEGAN PASTRY IN
LUXEMBOURG: Market Research, Risk Analysis & Concept Creation.
Lemieux, V.L., 2017. Blockchain recordkeeping: a SWOT analysis. Information
Management, 51(6), pp.20-27.
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