Over
the course of 6-7 weeks in crafting out the team-based proposal, there were a
number of essential takeaway points that I had gathered. Firstly in a group work, there were bound to be differences in opinions amongst team members
towards the subject of focus. Nonetheless, I was glad that this obstacle was
surmounted whereby we sat down and exchanged the ideas that we had in mind.
Subsequent weighing of the pros and cons behind our various ideas was also
essential in deciding the most effective means of presenting our proposal. In
addition, it was also when some of our ideas were combined together that our
proposal was better presented. Through this, I have learnt the importance of
respecting others’ opinions as careful consideration could possibly lead to a
brand new idea that I personally would never have thought of. This would be a classic example of how
brainstorming can lead to development of new ideas in the working industry and
possibly place a company ahead of others.
However,
there were some aspects that I felt that my team could improve on. While we
delegated tasks that were to be completed by a certain deadline, these were not
adhered to and pushed to the last minute. Sometimes, certain team members had
to take over the workload from other members, resulting in extra burden and
stress especially when the deadline of submission was approaching. In
retrospect, I felt that this could be improved on if there was greater
commitment on every member’s part to contribute to the proposal. This could be
facilitated by active communication through emails and sms messages where we could
remind each other of our tasks and push for the completion of the allocated
tasks. Similarly, these skills of active communication are undoubtedly
applicable in future workplace settings whereby it is of utmost importance to
work together as a team and understand each other's commitments in order to
complete the task at hand.
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