PERSONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Personal Skills Development



Table of Contents

Answer 11

Answer 1a1

Group/team theories1

Project Team3

Answer 1b3

Project3

My Project4

Answer 1c5

Team Members Interaction5

Answer 1d5

Answer 26

Enterprise Resource Planning; Challenges of Implementation6

ERP Concept6

ERP Phases8

Factors for ERP successfulness14

ERP Implementation Method15

Gathering the organization's requirements15

Answer 317

Benefits of Personal Development17

Personal Learning Styles19

Personal Experience of Skills Development19

References21

Appendix24

Personal Skills Development

Answer 1

Introduction

This profession has helped me in gaining a lot of experience. It is quite clear that how important project management is and how it impacts our life. While doing my MBA I was involved in the project of ERP implementation. As it was a group project, so we divided our work according to the expertise each of us has. I was responsible for managing the finance/budget of the project. Although, it was a difficult task but it is quite clear here that project management plays an important role in the business field too. It took us 9 months for the successful implementation of ERP in Finance department and all other departments.

Answer 1a

Group/team theories

Group

“An effective group is one that achieves high levels of task performance, member satisfaction, and team viability. With regard to task performance an effective group achieves its performance goals in the standard sense of quantity, quality, and timeliness of work results” (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2008, p. 171).

A group can be explained as two or more people striving for accomplishment of a common objective. It is vital within an organization as it adds in new ideas and processes to the available task due to presence of diversified groups. People within a group can brainstorm about ideas and make most appropriate decisions. It also helps in personal development of individuals.

A group can be termed efficient when it has a proper system of opinion sharing, communication is unambiguous and informative and decisions made are purposeful.

Team

“Team, is a small group of people with complementary skills who work actively together to achieve a common purpose for which they hold themselves collectively accountable” (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2008, p. 192). The purpose of creating teams can be explained through “The role of a team is to improve a situation or solve a problem. Teams were initiated because it was believed that 'employees will best respond (be productive) when they have a high feeling of self-worth and of identification with the success of the organization.' Reengineering, empowerment, and restructuring strategies can all give employees more control or hands-on involvement in dealing with their changing jobs.” (eNotes 2009, p. 1).team building also has some benefits and detriments. Some of them are mentioned below.

Stages of Team Development (Tuckman)

Tuckman's theory explains that during the course of a team development, a team passes through four stages to become a goal-oriented, cohesive unit. The four stages, as per Tuckman are:

Forming

Forming is the first step of Tuckman's model and this stage is characterized by uncertainty, shyness and anxiousness. In this stage, our team members spend time knowing each other and their leader. Individual roles and responsibilities, although explained are unclear as it is the learning stage of the ...