Individual Learning Review
Individual Learning Review
TRUONG, My Linh
Student ID: 807269
Making decision is never an easy task. In life, the wrong decision at the wrong time could lead to irredeemable mistakes. In my case, when I was still a student in Lotus University, I had a marketing strategy project for ten weeks in the last semester. In order to make a strong impression with juryman, I suggested that our group should choose condom product for our project. At the same time, I had to work a lot of different jobs else, so I was likely exhausted and extremely stressed. Moreover, when we had nearly finished our project, I realized that the condom is not allowed to advertize in our country. As a team leader, I decided to change to another product immediately. Finally, we were a failure in our project assessment. Indeed, we did not have enough time to analyze deeply as well as create a strategy correctly for the new product. I felt repent of my hasty decision that was caused by weakness in problem-solving and stress management skills.
In order to develop self-awareness, the capacity to observe and reflect on the events and obstacles in the past after challenging experiences is extremely crucial. Firstly, according to Whetten and Cameron (2005, pp. 23-28), the personal assessment of management skills (PAMS) could measure self-ability in various different perspectives of management. The result show that besides a lot of strengths such as communicating supportively, gaining power or motivating others, there are still existed several weaknesses of management skills and the worst weaknesses which are managing stress and solving problems creatively. In particular, when I faced with stressful and time-pressured situations of "condom" project, I did not use effective time-management techniques and devices such as project software, keeping track of time, making to-do lists as well as prioritizing tasks. Also, I did not care for health or relaxation methods involving regular exercise for fitness or
TRUONG, My Linh
Student ID: 807269
Making decision is never an easy task. In life, the wrong decision at the wrong time could lead to irredeemable mistakes. In my case, when I was still a student in Lotus University, I had a marketing strategy project for ten weeks in the last semester. In order to make a strong impression with juryman, I suggested that our group should choose condom product for our project. At the same time, I had to work a lot of different jobs else, so I was likely exhausted and extremely stressed. Moreover, when we had nearly finished our project, I realized that the condom is not allowed to advertize in our country. As a team leader, I decided to change to another product immediately. Finally, we were a failure in our project assessment. Indeed, we did not have enough time to analyze deeply as well as create a strategy correctly for the new product. I felt repent of my hasty decision that was caused by weakness in problem-solving and stress management skills.
In order to develop self-awareness, the capacity to observe and reflect on the events and obstacles in the past after challenging experiences is extremely crucial. Firstly, according to Whetten and Cameron (2005, pp. 23-28), the personal assessment of management skills (PAMS) could measure self-ability in various different perspectives of management. The result show that besides a lot of strengths such as communicating supportively, gaining power or motivating others, there are still existed several weaknesses of management skills and the worst weaknesses which are managing stress and solving problems creatively. In particular, when I faced with stressful and time-pressured situations of "condom" project, I did not use effective time-management techniques and devices such as project software, keeping track of time, making to-do lists as well as prioritizing tasks. Also, I did not care for health or relaxation methods involving regular exercise for fitness or