Exam Conflict

There were a few individuals in our management class, myself included, that did not do so well on our first exam. The professor proposed an in-class exercise to come up with a way to deal with the results from the exam so that everyone can benefit and work on improving their grade. He left it entirely up to us to make the decision. Of course in a class filled with students, each having their own view and opinion, there will be conflict. We had up until the end of class to make a decision.

Individuals in the class expressed various methods of handling the conflict, there were the competitive set, those that just avoided the situation, those who wanted to compromise, the accommodating ones and those who collaborated with others to get a solution.

As for me I was more of the accommodating type. I had a lot to benefit from a good decision since I did not perform very well on the exam. Based on the reaction of the class and the way in which a decision was made, maybe if given the opportunity again I would most likely go with the collaborating method because at the beginning of the exercise there were a few individuals that formed into groups and came up with a few ideas and tried to present it to the others in the class. Eventually those ideas from those groups were presented to the class and a decision was somewhat made. Maybe next time I can be apart of one of those groups and get to opportunity to present whatever ideas I may have to to group.

Eggs-cellent Way to Plan

Based on the in-class group activity, we as a group addressed every step in the planning process. We defined our goals and objectives by discussing what needed to be done, when we needed to complete our task and how we needed to get the project done. We acknowledged the resources that we will have and as a group determined how we need to pursue our objective. We then plotted out a strategy and assigned tasks to team members based on their skill and knowledge they possess. The product was then created and tested to ensure effectiveness to serve it's purpose.
The end product worked in the manner required and proved the effectiveness of the planning process worked out by the group.
Based on the results, the planning process of the group proved to work the way required therefore the strategy used need not be amended in any way.