Reflective Statement

IntroductionThis project tangled creating a strategic discipline covering all aspects of the operation of the Walt Disney Group. The report entailed drawing on a relatively broad analysis of the whole kit and boodle of the Walt Disney Group, with each member of the group contributing certain break downs of the report, beforehand then coming together to beneathtake an overall analysis.This reflective relation looks at how I personally worked within the aggroup and any areas that I tang I could alter upon, in the coming(prenominal). The reflective statement pull up stakes overly describe the way in which I worked within the team to assist others and how we dealt with any conflicts which occurred, during the length of the project. respective(prenominal) ContributionI was personally responsible for specific aspects of the actual research and for writing up the project. At the outset, we sat down with the team to allocate certain areas of work, with a arrest to meeting re gularly to combine our findings and to fix that the report, as a whole, run down as if it were one voice. As the project involved whatever micturate of strategic analysis, I was particularly concerned that if each individual only worked on their own section, it would not come together as a sensible whole (Forsyth, 2009).I personally felt that I took the lead, when it came to communication amongst the team and also when ensuring that we met up regularly to discuss progress. I myself as one of the other team members took the lead in arranging these meetings. Whilst this was successful, initially, we before long found that other members of the team were not responding to the suggestion of meetings and were not send their own work in good time, thus creating difficulties amongst the team and also making it harder for me as an individual to complete my element of the project (Boud &038 baby carriage 1993)If I were to undertake the project again, I would ensure that, from the outs et, very ofttimes greater emphasis was placed on scenery out the full stage setting of each individuals work assignment, as it quickly became observcapable that each individual within the team was relying on others to undertake their part of the report. Therefore, when one individual was failing to keep pace with the rest of the team, this created a much greater problem than simply one person not pulling their weight. As a relatively strong individual, I would personally put myself forward as more of a co-ordinator, at the outset, to ensure that this lack of cohesion did not happen in future (Jarboe &038 Witteman, 1996).When we encountered difficulties at the end of the project, with one individual not being usable in the a couple of(prenominal) days prior to the deadline, I took on some other section of the writing in order to ensure that we were then able to meet the deadline, something which put me under increased personal pressure. Based on the problems that we were havi ng, at that point in time, it was the only reasonable solution obtainable however, better team management, at an earlier stage when it became apparent that some individuals were not going to make the deadline would ingest prevented such a postgraduate level of personal pressure and this additional workload could then have been spread more evenly.Working with Others and Resolving ConflictsAs noted above, it became apparent, as the project progressed, that there were certain key individuals within the team who were fitting increasingly unresponsive to setting up meeting times and were not presenting their work when requested. This could have put the entire project in endangerment and was exacerbated when one individual was not available at all, in the few days prior to the deadline. The fact that some of the key individuals were not responding to requests for meetings or submitting their work on-time became apparent midway through the project. Yet, action was not positively taken by myself and the other organising team members who were still responding until just a few days before the deadline (Coleman, 2011). Effectively, our approach to dealing with this matter was to curve it and simply continue with our own activities, something which potentially jeopardised the project in its entirety.With a project of this nature, merely ignoring conflict was not an option. Furthermore, although regular negotiations were attempted by suggesting meeting times, communication between team members had already broken down. In reality, this conflict could have been resolved, at the outset, before any difficulties emerged, by setting out a team leader who was going to be responsible for keeping everybody on track and ensuring that the meetings took place as arranged. As short as it became apparent that the timeframe for the project was not being kept, the appointed team leader could then have taken a more combative stance to ensure that such failings did not jeopardise t he overall project. It was arguably this failure that was instrumental in creating a eventually-minute panic and rush.Individual Improvement for the FutureBearing all of this in mind, I feel that my own areas for improvement, in the future would be to take a much more active stance, in terms of project management, from the outset (Schon 1996). I would also ensure that all team members complied with the timeframes set out. I became personally aware that there were difficulties with communication and timeframe, at a relatively proterozoic stage, yet I largely chose to ignore this in the hope that matters would improve of their own accord. This approach led to me personally being put under considerable pressure, towards the end of the project and, as such, my own individual surgical process was not as good as it could have been, particularly with the last section of the project being rushed, over a period of 2 to 3 days. I therefore feel that I could have meliorate my own personal performance by taking a much more active role in project management. This would enable me to ensure that each individual was working within the timeframe and I was not necessitate to rush during the last few days of the project, potentially sacrificing the quality of the work. References Boud D &038 pusher D (1993) Barriers to Reflection on Experience. In Boud D,. Cohen R &038 Walker D. Using Experience for Learning. Buckingham Society for Research into Higher Education &038 opened University Press.Coleman, P (2011). The Five Percent Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts. world Affairs. New York, p.26Forsyth, D. R. (2009). 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