Goodbye...Three months passed so quickly without me noticing and this signals the last week for ES2007S. I remember from my first post that effective communication takes into account verbal and non-verbal gestures, as well as the emotional state of the listener and the environment. This, certainly, has not changed. The course has given meaning to what I defined as effective communication by deepening my understanding in a systematic manner through instructor’s guidance and discussions with course mates.
Being the leader of the group project, it is always a challenge between being assertive and listening to group members’ opinions by being a team player. Our group tried to minimise that by inculcating an open and clear communication policy where we speak freely about each others’ work and revise accordingly. Nobody is better than the other in our case. This helped us to meet the many pressing deadlines and our interpersonal relationships certainly improved since all of us take turns to speak and listen to each other. It was a positive experience on the whole. This two-way communication approach is what I wish to introduce in all my future group projects.
Besides group project, I have also learnt much about effective communication through the many interaction sessions in class as well as the online blogs of course mates on sharing their insightful thoughts. It was through all these that I developed better written and oral communications in terms of structuring my ideas in a concise and coherent flow.
Being the leader of the group project, it is always a challenge between being assertive and listening to group members’ opinions by being a team player. Our group tried to minimise that by inculcating an open and clear communication policy where we speak freely about each others’ work and revise accordingly. Nobody is better than the other in our case. This helped us to meet the many pressing deadlines and our interpersonal relationships certainly improved since all of us take turns to speak and listen to each other. It was a positive experience on the whole. This two-way communication approach is what I wish to introduce in all my future group projects.
Besides group project, I have also learnt much about effective communication through the many interaction sessions in class as well as the online blogs of course mates on sharing their insightful thoughts. It was through all these that I developed better written and oral communications in terms of structuring my ideas in a concise and coherent flow.
The skills gained from this course are definitely beyond my expectations as mentioned in my first blog post and I feel I am a more effective communicator now. All these are not possible with anyone less. As such, I wish to extend my appreciation to “Chop Chop” Christine (Course Instructor) and also to my twelve wonderful course mates!
