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ZUCCUSQManagement第二次大作业一次不愉快的经历
Student Name:
XiangnanZhou
Student Number:
0061014068
MGT 2002 Managing Organizations
Assignment Number:
2
FirstArticleWord Length:
The experience:
284
Integration of theory with experience:
304 (e
xcluding direct quotes)
Personal reflections:
203
Theincident–length284words
Inmyfirstyearinthecollege,IjoinedtheLearningDepartmentoftheStudentUnion.Inmyimpression,theLearningDepartmentwasabiglearningorganizationinmyuniversitytohelpthepeoplewhohadproblemsintheirstudy.Andourorganizationprovidedabiglearningroomformanypeopletoreadandlearnknowledgeandthisroomwasfullofmanybookssothatmanyofstudentscouldmakefulluseofthisroomtosearchtheinformationtheyneed.Ontheotherhand,Icouldalsolearnfrommuchknowledgefromourwork.
OurorganizationwouldalwaysholdregularmeetingineveryWednesdayeveningtocommunicatewitheachotherandsharetheexperienceineveryweek.Wealsobuiltteamstostudytogetherandcommunicatewitheachotherandifourorganizationhadsomeproblemswewouldstaytogetherandputforwardgoodsolutiontosolvetheproblems.Ourmanagerwasnicetousandhegaveessentialpowertothecompetentmemberswhichmadeushaveasenseofbelonging.Inthisway,wewouldtryourbesttomaintaintheorganization’sbenefits.
Inthisorganization,onceIcommunicatedwithmycolleaguesandknewaboutthatwehadasamevisionthatwewerewillingtohelpthepeoplewhoneedtolearnknowledge.SoIhadthepassionandmotivepowertoworkwithmycolleaguesinmyorganization.Myorganizationemphasizedalwayslearningwhichcreatedagoodlearningenvironment.Myorganizationgaveeverymemberchancestomanageourselvestomakeourjobsandstudycombinetogethertightly.Inmyopinion,LearningDepartmentwasagoodplaceformetolearnandthisorganizationwasverysuitableforme.
Integratingtheexperiencewiththeory-length304words(excludingdirectquotes)
TheleaderoftheLearningDepartmentwasalearnedpeopleandhewouldgivecapablememberssomesuitablepowerwhichmadeushaveasenseofbelongingandworkharder.Wewouldlearntogetherand
thelearningprocessinvolvedlearninganidentityandaprofessionorskillinadditiontoasenseofbelongingoftotheorganization(Smithetal.2000,p.87).
Thissenseofthebelongingmadeusworkharderforourorganizationandwehadmorepassiontolearnthings.Forexample,wewouldholdregularmeetingeveryweek,andinthemeeting,theleaderwouldrewardthecapablemembersfortheydidwellintheirjobswhichmotivatedustoworkharder.Andwewouldtryourbesttomaintaintheinterestsofourorganization.
Asalearningorganization,weneededtocreate,gainandpasstheknowledge.Atthemeantime,weneededtofixourwrongbehaviorstoadapttonewknowledgeandunderstanding.Cooketal.(2007p.6)claimedthatitwasofimportancetoacknowledgethatlearningwaseffectivefortheorganizationaswellastheindividualandrecognizedthatmistakesweretobelearnedfrom,notpunished.Forinstance,wemembersalwaysstayedtogethertocommunicatewitheachotherandlearnedfromeachother.Inthisgrouplearningmethod,wecouldstudywithinthemaximumlimit.
OurorganizationencouragedlearningcontinuouslyasGouldandBaldwinwoulddefineit.Gould&Baldwin(2004,p.4)explained,thesecorepremisesofthereflectiveapproachtoexpertpracticechimestronglywiththegenericpremiseoflearningorganizationapproachesthatmuchlearningneededtobeongoingandembeddedintheorganizationalcontext.Throughtheongoinglearningwecouldgetalotofknowledgetoenrichourselves.Ourorganizationcouldmakefullusethiswaytocontinuouslyexperience,changeandimprove.
PersonalReflections–length203words
IhaveidentifiedapreviouslyunidentifiedunderlyingassumptionthatIhavemadeaboutlearningorganizationthroughthisprocess.Inmyownopinion,Ithinkthewaysoftheoperatingisverygood.Weorganizationmembersaredividedintogroupstocommunicateandsharetheinformation.Inthisway,wecanlearnmorequicklyandwecanhelpeachother.Wearegatheredinthisorganizationtohelptheotherpeopletolearnknowledgeandthisisourcommonvision.Ithinkthelearningorganizationshouldbestrongandhasanevolutionofadaptivelearningculture.Thelearningorganizationisteam-basedstructurewhichishelpfulforeverymembertostudyknowledge.
IhavealsodecidedIneedtodofurtherreadingintothelearningorganization.Asalearningorganization,theLearningDepartmenthasagoodleadership,andtheinformationispublicandthereisahighparticipationamongusmembersinourorganization.Themembersinthelearningorganizationneedtomoreinformationthattheunlearningorganization.Andthelearningorganizationneedtocorewithdifficultyenvironmentalchangesandavailablyusetheavailableresources.IamgladtojointhisorganizationsinceIlearnalotfromthisorganization.
Student Name:
XiangnanZhou
Student Number:
0061014068
MGT 2002 Managing Organizations
Assignment Number:
2
SecondArticleWord Length:
The experience:
299
Integration of theory with experience:
302 (excluding direct quotes)
Personal reflections:
201
Theincident–length299words
LastsummerIjoinedtheInteractiveGrouptoEnglandwithsomestudentsinourZhejiangUniversityCityCollege.Inthisactivity,IlearnedalotfromtheEnglandandindeed,therewerealotdifferencesbetweentheforeigncountryandourcountry.Whenwegottothebigcity,Edinburgh,Iwassurprisebytheticketofourtrainticket.SincetheticketoftheEdinburghsaid:
weccouldtakeanytrainwithinonemonth.WhileinChinaoneticketcouldonlytakeatrainonce,andthentheticketwouldbeuseless.
Whenwewerewalkingontheroad,thepasserbywouldalwayssay“hello”tousnomatterwhowewere.ThisphenomenonwasnotverycommoninourChinesemainland.WeChinesewouldjustwalkonourownwayandwalkedinahurrywhichwasnotliketheBritishwalkleisurely.Sometimes,wewerewalkingontheroad,andsuddenlyitbegantorainandwewouldrunawayquicklysothatwecouldnotgetwetwhiletheBritisharestillwalkedslowlywithoutanumbrellaeveniftherainwasheavy.Ithoughtthereasonswhytheygotusedtowalkintherainmaybetheweatherwaschangeableortheculturedifferences.
Andwhatstruckmemostwastheexpressionintheclass.WewouldalsogotoclasswiththeBritishstudentstogether.Andwhentheprofessorraisedaquestiontoletusgivetheanswer,theBritishstudentswouldhandshighandgavesomedifferentanswers,whileweChinesestudentswouldheadsdownandonlyafewpeoplewouldhandsup.Inmyopinion,wetwocountryhadtwodifferentculturesandeducationsystemledtothisphenomenonthattheywerepayingattentiontocreationandpracticeandweemphasizedexam-orientededucation.
Integratingtheexperiencewiththeory-length302words(excludingdirectquotes)
Differentcountrieshaddifferentculturesandtheculturesaffectedthenativepeoplegreatly.AsEaeley&Ang(2003,p.56)explained,culturalintelligencedescribedapotentialexpertisetodevelopexpertiseinanewcultureratherthantheexpertiseperse.Whenpeoplefacedanewculture,theyneededtochangethemselvestoadapttothenewenvironmentorthenewcultures.Adaptiontothenewcultureswasimportantsinceifpeoplewhocouldnotadapttotheimpactofthenewenvironmentwouldbecomethevictimsintheimpact.
Wewerenurturedbyourindigenousculturesothatourindigenousknowledgewasdeep-rooted.Thomas(2008,p.299)claimedthat,werecognizedthatour"processview"ofeffectivecross-culturalinteractionbybecomingculturallyintelligentwasbasedonsomeknowledgeofspecificcultural.Itwashardtochangethenativeofus,butwecouldchangeourselvessuperficiallyandtemporarily.WhenIwalkedintheEngland,thepedestrianswouldgreetmewhichmademehavetogreetthemtoo.Atlast,IwasusedtothisphenomenonandIwouldgreetthestrangerfirstlysometimes.Itwasofimportancetoadapttothenewcultures.
Mostpeoplehadasenseofalertandtheycouldnotacceptthenewcultures.Nefzger(ascitedbyEarley&Ang2011,p.88)statedtheculturalintelligencewasaperson’scapabilityforsuccessfuladaptiontonewculturalsetting,thatwas,forunfamiliarsettingattributabletoculturalcontext.Allinall,everyoneneededtoresettheculturevaluestofitthechangeoftheenvironmentorwewouldunaccustomedtotheclimateofanewplace.Forexample,wealwaysatethewestern-stylefoodandafewpeopledidnotgetusedtoeatwestern-stylefoodforalldaywhileIwasusedtoeatit.
PersonalReflections–length201words
IhaveidentifiedapreviouslyunidentifiedunderlyingassumptionthatIhavemadeaboutculturesdifferencethroughthisprocess.IhaveatasteoftotheculturedifferencesbetweentheEnglandandChina.Adaptiontothenewculturesisveryimportantforthepeoplewhomaycomeupagainstproblems.Thedifferentculturesmaycausethedifferentplacehavesomecommunicateproblemsorunaccustomedtotheclimateofanewplace.AndIrecognizethatlearnmoreknowledgeishelpfultoknowaboutthedifferentplaces’culturesandIcanknowwhatthingsIcandoandwhatthingsIcannotdo.Knowthedifferentculturescanmakemedonotrestrictbythechangeofthedifferentcultures.
IhavealsodecidedIneedtodofurtherreadingintoculturalintelligence.Inmyopinion,theculturalintelligenceisakindofabilitytoadapttothenewcultureswhichiswhatiscalledCQ.