REFLECTION ON COMMUNICATION AND TEAMWORK

It has been a great learning experience and personally this course has been very useful and I have learnt the importance of effective communication and teamwork and how it plays a major role in our career. We need to use these skills throughout our life to succeed in all spheres of life.

It is well known fact that the greatest creation of God is Humans, who have the ability to communicate and listen. I have realized through my learning the importance of listening, which is vital for effective communication. This has also paved a way for better understanding of the synergy between seamless thinking and expression. I have realized that effectiveness of communication is not judged by what we say, but how effectively it reaches receiver.


We had to do two projects in this course each in groups of 3 or 4.Through these projects I realized how important teamwork is and when we work as a group the task at hand becomes much easier provided the work is delegated effectively among the group members. I also realized that misunderstandings are common when we work as a group that too consisting of people from different cultural backgrounds .It is important that we should try to avoid misunderstanding as it will hinder the progress of the team as a whole.

In this course we learnt many things like interpersonal and intercultural communication, interpersonal conflict resolution and these projects were a good platform where we could put to use the things we learnt. The meetings and presentations were video recorded which helped me identify the areas where I was weak and had to improve because when we see the mistakes we made visually it is easier to correct and we tend to be careful not to make it again .The presentations have helped improve my speaking skills both verbal and non verbal and also increased my confidence level.


The blogs served as a platform to share my thoughts freely with others and also know about others view points on the topic and comment on it. I personally feel that the things learnt in this course are very valuable and will be very helpful in my future endeavors. At this point I would like to quote Isaac Newton -“What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean”. Hence there is always scope for improvement. Hence I hope that I improve on my weaknesses and use the principles learnt in this course effectively in order to succeed in the future.

I conclude the blog by summing up my learning in a sentence.
“Effective communication and team work is essential in every sphere of life and represent two eyes of a body which co-exists and are inseparable”