HRT 383 Think Piece 3 Due by Tuesday March 15 1 00 PM Please provide a hard copy in my hand or under my door Electronic copies are not accepted Personal Team Related Competency Development Before writing this assignment please reflect on the following Reflect on what you wrote in Think Piece 1 and 2 In particular consider how your actual performance this quarter compares to comments you made about your team player strengths and improvement needs in Think Piece 1 Reflect on the feedback you received about your leadership style your management style and your team player performance during the laboratory this quarter Consider feedback from verbal sources written sources or from observations and interactions with others Reflect on others in class who seemed to demonstrate act or behave in positive ways that made you take notice of them Think about an individual who made you feel thankful that he or she was on the team What did he or she do or say that caused him or her to come to mind Did he or she demonstrate actions and or behaviors that you might model as a method of personal and or professional development Think about what you learned about yourself as a team player and consider HRT 382 and HRT 383 including something you have learned about yourself as a team player that you believe you can improve or enhance that will help your team player ability in the future Consider these questions before developing your paper How would you describe your role on various teams this quarter Management FOH BOH Lunch and RKR How do you feel others might describe your role on the various teams From a team perspective what do you think you should you have done more of as a member of these teams From a team perspective what do you think you should have done less of as a member of these teams The Assignment Each of us can positively affect the development functioning and outcome of our future teamrelated experiences We can plan for self improvement we can be intentional in our personal commitment to long term achievement and we can commit to our plans for professional and personal development If these plans help develop our personal and professional KSAs as individuals then we will likely perform more effectively as a team player on future teams The purpose of the paper is to focus on you as a team player on a future team You are creating a personal growth and development plan that should lead to the enhancement of one team player quality Your paper will state a goal a S M A R T objective and a list of actions strategies and or tactics to achieve the objective related to one team player quality In addition to writing about your objective and its related actions strategies and or tactics you will show them on a timeline a table calendar etc In the body of you paper Discuss insights you gained in HRT 382 and HR 383 about teamwork and lessons learned about you as a team player Develop a personal growth goal for you as a team player on a future team the goal need not be S M A R T For example I will be a more disciplined team player Develop a S M A R T objective related to the goal For example By January 30 I will demonstrate discipline by using a weekly planner to capture and prioritize activities that are important before they become urgent List and discuss actions strategies and or tactics needed to achieve your objective Discuss suggests that you explain the why or how of each action A sample list is o Read Stephen Covey s book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by November 30 o Research various planning organizing systems by December 15 o Select and purchase a planning system that works for me by December 31 o Purchase fall textbooks by November 20 and read at least two chapters in each book prior to the first class session of each class o Record due dates and actions steps for every class assignment in my planning system by January 10 Close with your projected future performance based on accomplishing the goal and objective Create a timeline for the accomplishment of the objective and each action you selected The timeline represents activities that you are willing to engage in during the next three months to one year that will move you closer to becoming the individual and team player you want to be or think you can become While your timeline should stand alone the timeline should be a summary of discussion points in your paper This paper is about you not about events situations or other people Use events situations or observations about other people to clarify the topics you choose to discuss and the discussion of your own KSAs As we read your paper we should get a vivid picture of why you selected the team player quality and what specifically you want to develop or enhance in terms of your own knowledge skills and or attitudes Please use one inch margins double spacing align left and a 12 point professional font This think piece must be no longer than five pages excluding your timeline presented graphically on a separate page If appropriate also include a properly formatted bibliography works cited or reference list A bibliography page will not count as one of the five pages Remember to review the revised grading guide posted on the web site prior to during and after writing Have your paper proofread prior to the due date is a good thing