August 2011 Archives

Last Week:
As a leader, it is important to never let the first impression lead you into thinking or making assumption about someone's personality. If a leader is being racism towards anyone, he/she should take responsibility for his or her own action

This Week:
When a group is having conflict, it is important to deal with the conflict first before continue on with the project. When a leader and it's follower collaborate and motivating each other, the both create an accomplish goal that will bring them all to a standard of success.

Analysis:
My definition is different from last week since this week definition concentrated on interacting as a group. In the reading "Interacting in Teams and Groups" I learned about the different conflict a group could face. The simple way to overcome those conflicts was to talk it through (Komives, Lucas, & McMahon, 1998). This reminds me of my weekly discussion partner since she was being irresponsible for not turning in our week seven notes when she specifically knew that I couldn't turn it in since I had a camping trip to attend. As a group, I had already let her know a week ahead and also gave her my notes as well. With that said, the both of us worked out our conflict and continue on with our discussion notes. Overall, I learned that if a leader or groups are not able overcome any conflict, then the both cannot be successful.

Sources:
Komives, S. R., Lucas, N., & McMahon, T. R. (1998). "Interacting in Teams and Groups." Exploring Leadership: For college students who want to make a difference (pp. 165 - 194). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Last Week:

Leaders who are able to interact on/offline will have the opportunity to make effective communication since online communities involves many elements: people, shared purpose, guidelines, collaborative learning, technology, and reflective practice. Using these elements will make a Leader an effective communicator.

This Week:

As a leader, it is important to never let the first impression lead you into thinking or making assumption about someone's personality. If a leader is being racism towards anyone, he/she should take responsibility for his or her own action.

Analysis:

My definition is different from last week since it focuses on first impression and racism. I can agree that Gladwell had made a good point about how people can interpreted people first impression appearance--their size, shape or color and sex and not dig deeper to know the person's true identity at first. As for Tatum, I also learn a lot about racism but what I don't agree on about her knowledge is that she assume that all white are racism. To be honest, I'm not white and I think I am racism at times to the race I'm not familiar with. I try my best not too but it is confusing when I don't understand where they come from.

Sources:

Gladwell, M. (2005). "The Warren Harding Error: Why we fall for tall, dark, and handsome men." Blink: The power of thinking without thinking (pp. 72 - 98). New York: Pushkin Enterprises.
Tatum, B. D. (1997). "Defining Racism: Can we talk?" Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? (pp. 3 - 17). New York: Basic Books.

Last Week:

"Leaders who develop agendas are more likely to focus a lot better to become successful. Leaders who are willing to work hand by hand tend to lead others better. Most importantly, a leader should be patient when it comes down to making decisions."

This Week:

"Leaders who are able to interact on/offline will have the opportunity to make effective communication since online communities involves many elements: people, shared purpose, guidelines, collaborative learning, technology, and reflective practice. Using these elements will make a Leader an effective communicator."

Analysis:

My definition is different from last week since it focuses on the on/offline interacting. Since many people are involved in Internet interacting on/offline, it is important for leaders to be aware of many issues that they can encounter. According to Session, (2010) people who usually interact on/offline may have different approach when approaching the opposite of what they usually interact. So it is important to know that even though community meet their members on/offline to build better relationship, their meet ups will not affect their own experiences but with other community and other members as well. As for Palloff, I can agree on his belief that learning together as a community online can shape your knowledge to an extend of better opportunity and learning experiences.

Sources:

Sessions, L. F. (2010). How offline gatherings affect online communities: When virtual community members 'meet up'. Information, Communication & Society, 13(3), 375-395. doi:10.1080/13691180903468954

Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2005). Learning together in community: Collaboration online. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, Retrieved from http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/Resource_library/proceedings/04_1127.pdf