Blog Fifteen - Feedback on module

Blog 15 – Feedback on module – people and organisations

An interpersonal skill which I feel I have developed within this module is working with other team members in a group on assignments through presentations and writing the essays. I have only worked on assignments individually therefore learning to combine others ideas to develop a fluent piece of work was a complex task. When writing an individual piece of work, ideas and key points can be developed individually and input from others is not needed. Writing with other people is difficult as the work must be worded similarly from start to finish however others contributions are included in the piece. When finding research to include in the assignments, there is a large amount of reliance set on others and this can hinder individual’s achievement therefore interpersonal skills such as team work should be used to ensure all team workers are making a fair contribution. Therefore developing the skill to delegate others and take control at times to ensure each team member contributed efficiently was a skill I developed. Overall, learning to work as a group to developing presentation and assignment pieces was a skill I developed this year within this module.

The most challenging blog to complete was the selection blog where we were asked to illustrate three different selection methods used within an organisation and explain the advantages and disadvantages of this. Also we were asked to describe an interview we had been involved in and whether the interview was effective or not. Finally, we were asked to give recommendations as to how an organisation could improve their selection process in the future followed by a conclusion. This blog was particularly hard to complete as it is difficult to know the exact selection processes in which companies undertake as businesses do not want to show their own techniques to other rivals as this may hinder their competitiveness. Therefore research the different selection processing techniques of an organisation was complex and many methods may be an advantage to their company due to their own operations which may not be suited to other companies. Also when describing my own interview process, it was difficult to explain the key points of how the interview process worked as I haven’t experienced a strict interview as I have only applied for part time work or through recommendations from others. Therefore I have not discovered the effectiveness a formal interview would have so comparing my own experience to a traditional formal approach to an interview was complex. When looking at recommendations for organisations, many ideas may have been tried already and therefore thinking of unique and new ideas to enhance an organisations selection process was difficult to approach.

If I was a module leader for ‘People and Organisations’ I would encourage weekly deadlines to be put in place for the blog section of work. This would ensure students would be more motivated to complete the blogs set after each lecture and therefore they would not incur a large amount of work towards the end of the year. Also by completing a blog on a different topic each week, students can revise the work which they have learnt each week by typing up a blog. Over the period of the year, students are more likely to retain information given in lectures increasing their overall knowledge of HR in business.