Archives for the Month of October 2005 on Alison Glew's Online Journal
Why use incentives
In class today we asked the question, Why use incentives? Some felt that incentives should not be needed if the employees we responsible. It was suggested that if these were quality employees they would not need added benefits to get them to produce quality products at a good rate. These benefits are, in this sense, bribes.
I do not believe they are bribes. They are simply a means to express an employer's appreciation. If you consistantly improve your work and do quality work, you should be compensated, and if you're not, you may not feel appreciated which could lead you to think, Why try hard at all?
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Teams
I was a little nervous about being in teams in this class because I don't know many people since I just changed my major this semester, but I actually really like it. I'm not sure what system was used to make the teams, but it seems to be a good one.
We had quite a few differences of opinions which really got us talking and thinking. I thought about my team when I was reading the appendix for class on Thursday. We really seemed to aviod the 5 disfunctions quite well.
Conflict
I noticed there was some confusion in class on Thursday about conflict and how it could affect a team. Conflict simply means a difference of opinions, but it often does take on a negative connotation. I think one problem a few people in class had was that they saw conflict in a negative light. However, according to the article we read, fear of conflict is worse than conflict itself. It's very beneficial for the group to encounter and encourage healthy conflict. That is why the groups were made the way they were. Our professors knew that we'd have differences of opinions on certain things, and that was the whole point.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
I didn't actually have much time last week to look over the results of my MBTI results. I mean, I saw that I was an ESFP and read the description of it, but I didn't really look at the rest of it until earlier today.
I remember in class many people were concerned about the fact that they felt they fit into multiple categories. That's okay. It's actually a good thing, in my opinion. Personally, I can see myself being in just about everything begining with E. This makes sense because Extraversion was my highest scoring result. It was the only one that was in the 'Very Clear' category.
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Student "Groups" on Campus
I've been in groups at many points in my life, especially in the classroom environment, but I never actually compared the structure of one group to another. Actually, I should say teams, not groups. Being assigned a group/team in a class is something all of us have done before or, if not, are doing now; but it's something most of us have done outside of class. Whether it be playing sports, being a part of student government, or even being greek, I'm sure most of us have been on some form of a team.
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Answering Interview Questions
Since the Fall is the start of the interviewing process for most internships, co-ops, and full time entry level jobs, I, like most other students, will begin setting up interviews with companies I am interested in. While preparing my resume I thought back to our class discussion about ethics considering interview questions. The big topic of debate was what should you say when asked by an interviewer, "What is one of your negative qualities?", or something to that effect. I can almost guarantee this question will be asked by everyone you ever interview with.