1) After the Aracruz simulation I learned that in order to be an effective global leader you must be open minded you must be able to present your ideas and/or suggestions well, and you must be able to take criticism and use it in a way that would work to your benefit. Being from the Aracruz company was quite challening because it felt as if everyone was trying to attack us and make our company look bad one way or another. Many people from different groups would bring up their suggustions but for some reason their solutions always hinted towards asking for more money or land from our Aracruz company.
2) I think that our stakeholder dialogue started off a little slow because as a group we were still trying to understand one another and out different situations. However, as time went on we were able to develop more of an understanding between the differnt groups of people and inch towards a possible solution which was to get the government to purchase land surrounding the Aracruz mills and plantations and give that land to the native people and placing a tax on the land which would satisfy everyones' needs.
3) I think that in order for my group to have been more effective that we should read our groupd task and description more carefully to the point where the idea was crystal clear to every group member.
This was a fun simulation. I just wish other groups were more passionate about there roles so we could have gone deeper in discussion over trying to find ways to solve this problem. The video tapping of the group was strange at first, but then I pretty much forgot about it.
ReplyDeleteWow, I forgot about being video-recorded as well!
ReplyDeleteI actually feel like we were limited by what was required of us on the paper. In our discussions--I feel like there was only so much we could discuss (because the wants of each group were pretty clearly dictated when each representative spoke his or her piece), and no clear solution. I do agree that if we had more time, we could have brainstormed a bit more, but I don't know how long (in real-life situations) people can have to meet and come up with a decision.
Perhaps they had a limited time.
I love what you said (and I'm going to quote you) about learning from the simulation: "I learned that in order to be an effective global leader you must be open minded you must be able to present your ideas and/or suggestions well, and you must be able to take criticism and use it in a way that would work to your benefit." This is so true, and I think we are all aware of it, but we forget about it in the course of our work. We should just make sure that this is ever-present in our minds wherever we go and whenever we enter into a discussion.
I used to (and still do, to some extent) take criticism (and herein also lies a communication issue--how things are worded, etc.) personally when really it may not have been my personal being that was being attacked, but just something I brought up.
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