Critical Evaluation

Reflection/Critical Evaluation of Your Learning Outcomes

Write a critical evaluation of your learning outcomes. In your response, consider:

1. The content of this class as they relate to Team Management and managerial decision making.

2. Base on the course content, discuss new skills you acquired from this class? How relevant are the new skills to your current and/or future profession?

3. How would you apply your new knowledge?

Read and respond to at least three (3) of your classmates’ posts.

Reply to class mate:

class mate1:

Critical evaluation of learning outcomes

Learning of the entities of team management as well as managerial decision making has played an important role in the understanding of the two important topics. This is mainly because one can now tell the different operations of a team as well as how decisions are made in different teams and different management of different levels (Masuda & Kostopoulos, 2016). The contents of this class go hand in hand with most activities that are carried out in team Management AS well as managerial decision making. Some of the instances from this class which relate with team management and managerial decision making are the different ways techniques used in the decision making such as brainstorming and the Delphi group technique way of decision making. Therefore its becomes easy for one to operate in different teams as well as become creative in making decisions when they learn the contents of this class.

Some of the skills acquired from learning the contents of this class include, creative decision making such that I can come up with good decisions for a team. Secondly is good leadership skill. Through this class I have learned different ways of exercising leadership within people (Haßler et.al, 2016). Some of the types of leadership skills include the participative leadership skill whereby I have to engage and communicate with fellow team members in order to come up with good decisions. Lastly I have gained the skills of choosing a good team and the factors that I should consider when coming up with a team.

The knowledge I have gained from the class would be useful when working with different organizations as a leader since I would be able to know how to exercise my leadership as well as how to relate with the employee. The skills are also useful since I would learn to make sound decisions as a leader in any particular company.

class mate2:

Having nearly completed the course, several attributes were added to my skillset along with a newer perspective to working on and for teams. The coursework provided insight into real life incidents and explained the consequences that have occurred and what could have happened otherwise.

Team Management and Managerial Decision Making:

Teams are made up of different individuals, perspectives and skills. It is important to understand the traits of each individual before making the team.

While Senior Management does the emphasis of creating the correct formula to building a team, as members, it is important that we are open to differences among each other.

Not all days are going to be the same. Similarly, not all team members will be the same.

Often, when an individual moves to a different team for a new assignment, he/she must also understand and bear in mind that every team is different.

Team dynamics play an important role to identify strengths and weaknesses of people involved in the making up of a team.

With more emphasis on taking on challenges and discussing multiple solutions, team members get involved in a participative decision-making process.

Skills acquired from the Class:

Team Building: To share a common goal with multiple individuals and combine efforts of multiple people is a special bond if it is nurtured correctly. The methods of how to create strategies.

Task Delegation: As a team leader, it is important to clearly define the roles and responsibilities of team members, while working in the project. To delegate tasks is an important role of team leaders that was covered in class.

Time Management: A team leader needs to be aware of the time being taken to achieve that task. To gauge the time being taken is important for the team lead to make any changes that will bring things to completion on time.

Communication: They key attribute to keeping the team together is improved communication. I have learned through the course that it still remains the top priority of senior management when selecting leaders, that good communication is a trait of the person being chosen.

Trust management: Trust and the ability to keep it up in the group is important to uphold the integrity of team.

How would I apply this Knowledge?

On my current project, my assignment is under one of the better maintenance managers. I expect to learn well under him and share some of the knowledge I have learnt through the class.

I would talk to him briefly about working together on a common goal, split up the process of getting to the goal and divide it into piecemeal work packages.

After an assessment of all employees, work must be assigned accordingly to ensure good working conditions and integrity among team members.

Good fundamentals and rules must be established for the team’s operation.

Team members must be given the opportunity to express and contribute during meetings.

They need to be involved in decision-making process for the project.

Good communication channels and trust must be implemented at every institution.

Motivation must be kept a high priority by management and constantly inspire team members to do better.

class mate3: