Reflection on Team-based Research Project Proposal

Hi to everyone reading this! So today I will be reflecting on the research project proposal which has recently concluded.

 

First of all, I would like to thank all my groupmates for being such awesome team members! Everyone worked really hard on this project and it clearly shows in the report. I think we all clearly deserve a good pat on the back for job well done. =) It was a great experience to work with these bunch of people for the first time and we worked really well together as a team throughout the duration of the project. When we first started brainstorming on an issue to focus on, it was great to see that everyone had an opinion on what we should do. Every member of the team gave very constructive opinions on the suggestions and we were able to reach an agreement very quickly.

 

Besides that, it was great to know that we had mutual respect for one another. From an early stage of the project, we tried to understand the various commitments that each of us had and wokred out on the priorities of the project to avoid any future misunderstandings. I am positive that this is the right step to do and can certainly be applied to most, if not all, situations. Furthermore, we constantly updated one another on the progress of the project so that no one is left behind on the work progress. I believe that this is yet another important step which most certainly can be applied to most workplace situations.

 

Lastly, the project was a joint team effort as everyone played their part in ensuring that the project was a success. Every member of the team took the initiative to contribute to the project and was very much willing to go the extra mile to get things done. In every successful team, it is paramount that each member share similar goals and ideals. Since the focus of the team's proposal was on the issue of recycling in Singapore, it helps that all of us share similar ideals where we believe that we should be more socially responsible to our environment and encourage the practice of recycling. It was an exciting experience to work with people from different backgrounds and yet share similar ideals and viewpoints. Of course, this might not always be the case in the common workplace. For situations like these, I believe that it is up to the team leader or anyone from a position of leadership in the workplace to unite the team and get each member to work towards a shared goal.

 

I won't say that this was a perfect team but I believe that the team worked really well with one another and the entire journey with these awesome people has certainly been a memorable one for me. I hope it doesn't just end here and that perhaps sometime in the future, we'll get another chance to work with each other again. =)