Personal Learning Paper Sample
Name: Duong Hoang Phuong Linh
Student ID: 1313280031
Personal Learning Paper No. 2, Organization Behaviour
Dr. Noel Jones, PhD
Date: April 17th, 2015
INTRODUCTION I have studied Organization behaviour for another one week. I did get more, a lot of knowledge but in very interesting and relaxing ways. This second personal learning paper is about what I have learned for the last week, both theories and lessons of life. Figuring out what and how to apply it to my own life, I recognize that it is not simply Organization behaviour anymore, it is living experiences.
BODY
The first thing I want to mention is leadership. We had a whole session to discuss about this topic, the true ability to influence a group toward a set of goal. What I remember is the idea of “The leader is like water”. A leader should be flexible enough when leading people. They should depend on cases and situations, then make a right decision. My father is the manager of a bank. He really knows how to be flexible when leading people. He gives prominence to communication with his employees and encouraging team work. He does not always say “no”, but does not always say “yes”. His employees have space to show their ideas, their opinions and he will consider them very carefully by both his mind and his heart. If there are some problems happening, he wil react depending on what happened and gives solution. There are many conflicting sources of information to deal with, such as employees’ background, making immediate decisions to solve customers’ arising problems and so on. My father and his colleagues are not very far away from each other. It is true that in Vietnam, power distance is big and people care a lot about hierarchy. However, my father tries to shorten this gap and communicate much with his colleagues. Once a year, his bank organizes a trip in order to get people closer and not to feel distant. The environment during each trip is really friendly and seems like everybody had fun together. The
Student ID: 1313280031
Personal Learning Paper No. 2, Organization Behaviour
Dr. Noel Jones, PhD
Date: April 17th, 2015
INTRODUCTION I have studied Organization behaviour for another one week. I did get more, a lot of knowledge but in very interesting and relaxing ways. This second personal learning paper is about what I have learned for the last week, both theories and lessons of life. Figuring out what and how to apply it to my own life, I recognize that it is not simply Organization behaviour anymore, it is living experiences.
BODY
The first thing I want to mention is leadership. We had a whole session to discuss about this topic, the true ability to influence a group toward a set of goal. What I remember is the idea of “The leader is like water”. A leader should be flexible enough when leading people. They should depend on cases and situations, then make a right decision. My father is the manager of a bank. He really knows how to be flexible when leading people. He gives prominence to communication with his employees and encouraging team work. He does not always say “no”, but does not always say “yes”. His employees have space to show their ideas, their opinions and he will consider them very carefully by both his mind and his heart. If there are some problems happening, he wil react depending on what happened and gives solution. There are many conflicting sources of information to deal with, such as employees’ background, making immediate decisions to solve customers’ arising problems and so on. My father and his colleagues are not very far away from each other. It is true that in Vietnam, power distance is big and people care a lot about hierarchy. However, my father tries to shorten this gap and communicate much with his colleagues. Once a year, his bank organizes a trip in order to get people closer and not to feel distant. The environment during each trip is really friendly and seems like everybody had fun together. The