For our OPS 1 Summative assessment, group members are to be divided into roles, each taking on individual and group responsibilities. I have considered the Commercial Director and Supply Chain Manager roles. Reasoning for this choice was due to what I already know or capable of doing, as well as what I see would be beneficial for my learning for the future. I decided to try something new.
The group submitted their individual choice rankings, each member had a unique top choice and the one remaining was the Commercial Director role. I decided to go with that role to not complicate things or having to compete with another group member for our choices.
This is the first time in academic life or extra curricular activities where I have taken on a leadership position. In the past, such position would be taken up by the more outspoken and confident individuals in my class. I am surprised that I have landed in this position. As an afterthought of envisioning my group member personalities, I could see how this came to be and how it would work.
Besides the strategic challenges to be considered on Love Designs as the Director, I didn’t realize I would also be responsible for group member synergies. There has been concerns over group members’ fulfillment of their responsibilities and completing work on time. A group member raised their concerns to me, in hopes that I would discuss within the group or present the issue to our course lead professor. The approach I’ve taken was to assure the group member that work will be done on time and with quality. If needed, I would step in to help speed up the process, as I am also interested in the other aspects of work. I continue to ponder whether this was an appropriate approach, or whether I should have presented these concerns to the professor instead. For now, I will see how the concerns play out, whether it actually becomes a problem down the line, and will do my best to mitigate issues and manage the group dynamics internally. If the problem develops beyond my ability to control, I will present the issues to the professor.