Personally I feel that the meeting was a successful one although there was still space for improvement.
At first,everybody in my group felt a bit nervous because everything that was discussed would be recorded.In fact,during the first few minutes of the meeting we all felt very awkward.However,after the very first few minutes of maladjustment,we managed to discuss in a more natural and efficient manner.
Throughout the meeting,we have achieved our initial objective of planning all the possible functions that we were going to use for the cg1102 lab 3.We also managed to discuss a little bit about how the whole program should be looked like after implementing every single code for it.Since time is limited,we focused more on the functions that we were about to use in the program.This was quite difficult because the questions given did not have any specific instructions.
Firstly we have reached a consensus that we should use a "product" class to store the different attributes that the question required.Other than that,we have also decided that we should use a linked-list to store the information of different products.Once the linked-list is established,the user will be able to traverse through the list to find the specific products that he or she wants.Lastly,we discussed about the "UI" class which is simply what the users see on the screen.By accessing the methods in the "UI" class,the user will be able to modify the data in the system and the user does not need to know the actual implementation.
As one of the member of the team,I feel that my contribution to the meeting was not satisfiable.I need to talk more and participate more actively in group discussions.Although I tried to give my own opinions during the meeting,most of the time I just repeated or re-confirmed what has been discussed.I will certainly improve these team communication skills and anticipate a better performance of myself in the next meeting.
On the whole,I really felt that this meeting is significant and useful.It practiced our problem-solving skills as well as teamwork and communication skills.
2/16/2010
2/07/2010
Resolving Interpersonal Conflict
Everybody in this world has the experience of having conflict with someone else.This is actually inevitable as no one in the world if of the same.Every individual person has his or her own characteristic,belief,value,and way of living.Conflict arises because there is a opposition or clash in one or more of these attributes between two parties.Today I am going to talk about how interpersonal conflicts arises and the possible ways to resolve them.
In order to resolve interpersonal conflict,we have to understand the root of the conflict.I would like to categorize conflict into two types--gentle conflict and violent conflict.Gentle conflict is the kind of conflict that the two individuals are debating or competing in a more friendly manner.They may not want to hurt each other but they want to persuade each other to accept their personal ideas.On the other hand,violent conflict may involve verbal discrimination or even armed conflict.This type of conflict arises because the two people have strong opposition towards each other.For both types of conflicts,one of the main cause would be misunderstanding or miscommunication.
When I was in China,there used to be a conflict between two of my classmates.It was a few days before final examination.At that time,everybody was doing revision in the classroom.Suddenly the two classmates started cursing each other,followed by a violent fight between two of them.After realizing the severity of the case,all the other classmates managed to pull them away and cease the "fire".By asking both of them we knew the reason of the conflict.One of the classmate undeliberately elbowed the other who was writing something.Since everyone was so stressful in preparing examination,it became very hard to control their emotions.The person who was elbowed became very irritated and started shouting to his deskmate.His deskmate,who initially prepared to apologize for his unintentional fault,was irritated by his rude manner as well and shouted back.They then felt so angry that they fighted with each other.
You may think that it is too ridiculous for people to have a conflict just because of such tiny issue,but this is actually true in our daily life.In fact,we may resolve such conflict by avoiding misunderstanding and miscommunication.First of all,we have to listen to the other person's explaination if his or her thoughts or actions oppose our will.Secondly,try to maintain a good attitude in communication.As university students,we should learn to control our emotions.Lastly,always think at the angle of others.This helps us to better understand each other and prevent possible conflict from asring.
On the whole,by conducting effective communication and improving emotion-management skills, we can resolve,or at least mitigate the effects of any possible conflict in our life.
In order to resolve interpersonal conflict,we have to understand the root of the conflict.I would like to categorize conflict into two types--gentle conflict and violent conflict.Gentle conflict is the kind of conflict that the two individuals are debating or competing in a more friendly manner.They may not want to hurt each other but they want to persuade each other to accept their personal ideas.On the other hand,violent conflict may involve verbal discrimination or even armed conflict.This type of conflict arises because the two people have strong opposition towards each other.For both types of conflicts,one of the main cause would be misunderstanding or miscommunication.
When I was in China,there used to be a conflict between two of my classmates.It was a few days before final examination.At that time,everybody was doing revision in the classroom.Suddenly the two classmates started cursing each other,followed by a violent fight between two of them.After realizing the severity of the case,all the other classmates managed to pull them away and cease the "fire".By asking both of them we knew the reason of the conflict.One of the classmate undeliberately elbowed the other who was writing something.Since everyone was so stressful in preparing examination,it became very hard to control their emotions.The person who was elbowed became very irritated and started shouting to his deskmate.His deskmate,who initially prepared to apologize for his unintentional fault,was irritated by his rude manner as well and shouted back.They then felt so angry that they fighted with each other.
You may think that it is too ridiculous for people to have a conflict just because of such tiny issue,but this is actually true in our daily life.In fact,we may resolve such conflict by avoiding misunderstanding and miscommunication.First of all,we have to listen to the other person's explaination if his or her thoughts or actions oppose our will.Secondly,try to maintain a good attitude in communication.As university students,we should learn to control our emotions.Lastly,always think at the angle of others.This helps us to better understand each other and prevent possible conflict from asring.
On the whole,by conducting effective communication and improving emotion-management skills, we can resolve,or at least mitigate the effects of any possible conflict in our life.
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