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Communicating Via Blog

In my opinion the blog assignment was actually interesting. It was an easy way to see what others thought about a specific subject or class activity and that was helpful because you could find out of other perspectives and/or points of view. I didn’t identify many of the bloggers but I did gather interesting ideas from some of them.

I enjoyed the class activities and feel that I got the message the professor was trying to get across with them, and I think the blog assignments helped reinforce the point of those activities.

Knowing that the management of the blog was worth 20% of the grade, or in other words as much as an exam, made me put some extra effort in it. If it wouldn’t have been so high of a percentage I probably wouldn’t have posted this on time. That was definitely a good motivation for all students to post on time and try to keep their blogs interesting.

For now I do not think I would continue posting anything in any blog. I think that if you want to post something worth reading to others, you have to dedicate good time to it, and I do not have much of that.

Finally, I do think the blog should remain as a component of the course. It will help the student understand subjects of the class better and even make new friends.

Personal Profile System

According to the Personal Profile test, I am a "C" with high "S" type, which is actually an accurate description of my personality – analytical thinker, loyal, good listener, etc.

I wish I had some characteristics of the “I” type to be able to express myself and communicate to others better. Nonetheless, I think I would be able to turn into any other “DISC” type according to a given situation.

I personally did not find the diagnostic test that helpful since everyone is supposed to know the kind of person they are; however this test would be helpful, to a certain extent, for you to get to know someone else better.

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Decision Making

The decision making activity was a pretty interesting one; every member of the class, which is really big, had to agree on the final decision taken as a group for adjustment of the first exam grade and terms for the second exam. As expected, the class turned into chaos, but somehow we managed to gather the most appealing ideas. In the beginning of the exercise I used Collaborating as the way to handle conflict because I needed to get the best out of the opportunity given since I did not do that good in the exam, and so I gave my opinion to a sub-group of what I thought would benefit us all the most. But then as a result of all the chaos, I turned into Accommodation and pretty much was willing to go with whatever the rest of the group decided. In the end I was very happy that we were able to take advantage of the generous opportunity given by the professor and to get to a decision that everyone approved of.

If we were to do this again, I still think Collaborating, just more organized, as the way to handle conflict would get us to a desirable result since the bargain and negotiation among the group can lead to an optimal decision.

Almost Egg-cellent

Although we did not follow all the steps in the planning process we were the team that got closest to the ultimate goal.

We had a clear idea of what the goal and objective was; we knew what resources we had to build the nest; we did not have an alternative strategy, however as we started working on the project our original plan was somewhat modified; we did not allocate specific roles throughout the team but instead we went with the flow.

I think we failed in communicating our ideas effectively, and therefore, although our final product was ok for the time limit imposed, we could have been able to achieve a better result.

Management issue

One management problem I am currently facing is time management. This semester I am attending three classes, working full time, going to the gym at least twice a week, and trying to have a decent social life, going out at least once a week. Coffee helps a lot keeping me awake but if I were able to properly manage my time I would be able to do homework on time and probably even have a little bit more time to relax, which is something everybody needs and deserves. Also, not a problem but something I want to share, last week I met someone in the train who asked me if I would be interested in a job; I have not given an answer yet, but I am just kind of curious to see if I could be able to squeeze in a part-time job into my already tight schedule.