Assessment Details

1. Overview & Instructions

Assessment Details

Due Date Thursday 19 September, 11.59pm NZST

Type Written Assessment: Critical Reflection

Value 30% of final course mark

Length 2,000 words (max)

Extension Policy Please see the main Assessments page for the Extension Policy.

What is a 'critical reflection'?

A critical reflection involves a reflecting on behaviours related to yourself and others, where you make a thoughtful and informed adjustment to your own behaviours based on your understanding of relevant organisational behaviour concepts.

Ideally you should select a behaviour of a colleague, manager, or employee, where you have needed to adjust your own behaviour in some way, to perform your role satisfactorily.

You need to use OB concepts/theories/frameworks you have learnt in this course to describe and explain the identified behaviour, your response, and your intended future actions.

Task Instructions

To do this task, you need to:

Identifya behaviour of someone in the workplace that you found confusing, difficult to understand, or frustrating.(This is your I noticed statement)

Explainhowyou initially reacted to this behaviour andwhyyou acted in the way that you did. (This is your I chose this approach because statement)

Finally, explainhow effectiveyour response was,whatyou learnt about yourself, andhowyou might act differently in the future. (This is your I could see that my approach worked (or didnt) because . And so, in the future I will statement)

You will be provided opportunities in class to practice writing a critical refection.

2. How to write a critical reflection

How to Write Reflexively

Use the following formula to help you write a reflective (reflexive) statement about how you learnt from your own and others' behaviour.

It can be challenging to explain why you do what you do. The following formula might help when reflecting on your and others' behaviour:

Formula Example phrases

1.Whatdid you do? (this needs to be related to an organisational context you have chosen)

I noticed(an organizational behaviour you noticed)eg. staff seemed confused ....; or I was receiving complaints about ....; Bob was always late for work ...

As a consequence, I(did something different)eg. explain how you acted to try and ameliorate this behaviour and your own behaviour in order to redress this issue

2.Whydid you choose this method?

I chose this approach because(it met the identified organisational need)eg. it enabled staff to be more engaged (be specific so we can see how this happened).

I chose this approach because(the literature shows/ I learned on the course that/ conversations with my colleagues showed me)eg. refer to your understanding of theory and OB concepts that are relevant...

3.Howeffective has it been?

Feedback from the staff was

I could see a general improvement reflected in

I have now changed my practice to