Organizational behavior

I spent my first weeks at work observing , planning, arranging work load and working with a small group of collogues. This has given me a valuable insight into several important issues related to teamworking. Recalling the experience of having a conflict between our team members, generated an understanding of the importance of effective communication.

Being in a team is certainly not an easy task due to different thoughts and viewpoints, each member has an opinion, all of which have to be integrated with the overall objects of the work project. This was one of the challenges that our group faced, besides to the lack of consolidation and some issues around understanding and communication which led to many obstacles. At that time, I found myself in a difficult situation most of the time, having to deal with a mixture of feelings. From the beginning of the project, I felt a bit awkward as some members seemed unpleasant with their allocated tasks. It was extremely difficult to keep our team together, as a result I found myself doing all the research and presentation and ended up doing most of the work to deliver it on time.

Teamwork projects require involvement from all the members. Lack of team contribution and participation may affect the quality of the work and overall outcome. Accordingly, I suggested to develop a plan for this current project and future projects to avoid such conflicts, as well as assign a group leader to explain the responsibilities of each team member in detail.

First of all, I arranged a meeting to discuss the project, share and analyze different perspectives and ensure a full understating. In addition, the team discussed the challenges and tried to help members where necessary to uphold togetherness and overcome any future hurdle caused by misunderstanding or disagreement. At the end of the meeting, each member was given a role  which together formed the complete project. Furthermore, we sat times for other future meetings to follow up, observe the assigned tasks, give feedbacks, solve problems and correct actions if needed.

I believed that such plan will contribute to the success of the team and work towards delivering the most credible conclusion and eventually the project objectives.

This team formation helped the group to complete the tasks as required when they were effectively engaged compared to previous situation where the group was randomly organized.

Ultimately it was obvious that the success of the project was a result of efficient teamwork. At the beginning, I felt confused but confident about doing the work alone and facing some challenged tasks which will help me in future. I also, understood that whatever I can accomplish by myself will not always be equal to working in a group. However, when it comes to the teamwork, I believe that it is important to establish strong and clear steps of team working for delivering future achievement. Moreover, This opportunity allowed me to express thoughts and ideas and let me improve my communication skills as well as managing complex situation Finally, I developed significant understanding about the importance of structured and well-organized work teams in order to succeed.