Self Reflection Technical Managerial Competency

Question: Discuss about theSelf Reflectionfor Technical Managerial Competency. Answer: Technical Managerial Competency Reflection Project management has been one of my dream courses and I have been looking forward to doing it. However long it has taken, I am glad to have taken it this semester. The course was both interesting and informative. Apart from acquiring knowledge from learning in class and demonstrations from the tutor, I have also developed skills and competencies in this field that I know will come in handy when working in the real projects in the corporate world. The skills might be hard to quantify in words but practical analysis of these skills demonstrate a lot of change in my technical competence. First of all, with this course, I have been able to acquire self-leadership skills. This is demonstrable by the way I have been able to communicate and relate with others effectively. In various class projects, I was able to communicate about goals (Barry, 2012), responsibilities, performance and expectations to members in an effective manner. In all the cases, my self-leadership skills were evident in that I was able to stay positive (Hamilton, Byatt, Hodgkinson, 2010) despite anything that happened while the project progressed i.e. conflict amongst team members. I was able also to demonstrate self-leadership through empowering others and delegation of duties. The other demonstrable quality that I have achieved in this course is the ability to lead others. This became evident with the motivated team members (Whetten Cameron, 2010, p. 327) that I led and the level of cohesiveness that the team achieved during my tenure as their leader (MindTools, 2014). To top it up, I was able to resolve conflicts amongst the team members in a mature and amicable way that left the team members even closer to each other than before. Another demonstrable skill that I achieved in this course and is worth reflecting upon is the ability to think strategically (Miller, 2009) and create an achievable vision for the project. In this, I was able to learn how to incorporate the project vision with the organizational goals and vision in order to ensure that the project runs in tandem with the organizational goals and vision (Meredith Mantel, 2009). This was also demonstrable with the ability to influence the management of the organization and the involved stakeholders to buy and agree to my project vision and use my word as a guarantee that the project will at long last be a success (Whetten Cameron, 2010). I wont have concluded this reflection well if I cant mention the psychological factors that I also achieved in the process of learning this course. While it is important to develop management and leadership skills as a project manager, management of psychological factors which impacts not only project success, but also personal satisfaction is a key factor. Addressing of these factors include the development of creative problem solving, management of stress and development of self-awareness amongst the team members (Whetten D. Cameron, K., 2011, p. 19). This can be achievable through managing conflicts, motivating others, gaining power and influence and communicating to others supportively. In this course, I learnt that even though it might not be evident, stress plays a very big role in project management and determines to a larger proportion the success of the project. Improvement Generally, my learning experience during this course has been an interesting one. I have come out of the course better than the way I was, thanks to the practical and illustrative sessions that we have had during the semester. However, I believe that I would have achieved a lot than I have if only some few changes could have been effected. First of all, the future classes should embrace team work more than doing things individually. This is because with team work and collaboration, one is able to bring out what he or she is best at and contribute to the team hence complementing each other. This ensures that the element of synergizing is brought out where it is believed that the whole is greater than sum of its parts. The other thing that I feel could have improved my learning more is the use of real life projects where the student meets actual clients and work with them during the course of the learning. This would bring in the element of real life situation solving real life experiences, hence making us get used to the corporate world and understand the skills that are sought after by employers in the graduates. To sum it up, learning that is more oriented to practicality is more effective than using theorems and demonstrations. In the current world, people with the right problem solving skills and embraces collaboration are more successful and strategies more than people who follow strict timelines and models that have been set up in the workplace. It is high time that learning also take on these strategies and incorporate in the learning process to ensure that a student is wholly prepared to deliver solutions to the problems in the workplace and revolutionize the world. References Barry, T. (2012, May 16). Project Management | Top 10 Leadership Qualities of a Project Manager. Retrieved March 7, 2014, from https://www.projecttimes.com/articles/top-10- leadership-qualities-of-a-project-manager.html Hamilton, G., Byatt, G., Hodgkinson, J. (2010, November 5). Anatomy of an effective project manager - management, leadership, careers, project management - CIO. 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