Reflection on the Group Simulation Analysis

Reflection on the Group Simulation Analysis

End of Project Lessons Learned

Reflection structure:

1. Introduction;

2. Perception;

3. Motivation;

4. Strategy;

5. Decision making process;

6. Leadership;

7. Communication;

8. Organization culture;

9. Organization design;

10. System vs. Unit;

11. Cheating vs. Values;

12. Problem solving;

13. Conclusions.

1. Introduction.

High performing team was a central topic of this course. That’s because it is an important differentiator, it is what makes an organization a high performing one.

“High performing team” versus “working group” is the axis of the analysis of the group simulation.

The journey started as an assignment that should have been done in a certain amount of time (1 hour actual time, 20 days “in theory”), within a certain group (team or working group?) with a defined goal: to rescue 'the world' by finding a recipe.

The entire group had been divided arbitrarily in three subgroups with five or six peoples in each. Was that a team or a working group? Not sufficient data to respond.

We knew who we are as a working group, the members inside, what, when and where are expected we were expected to deliver and why, but not specifically how to put things into action (how can we / are we allowed to collaborate – inside the team, outside the team as a system). That created confusion amongst all team members in terms of building a good and clear strategy from the beginning. It was a little Chaos in every group, even after reading the group members’ roles.

For instance, getting on our places, in front of the map & group roles, after reading all the information, a good part of us lost at least 5 minutes to figure out what to do next, as individual, as well as a group.

Another point of view is that not all the groups considered having a long distance speaker, which can lead to the conclusion that they didn’t considered the possibility of integrating their own strategy with the other groups or at least to...