Teamwork And The Value Of Human Resources - 1350 Words

Throughout the process of this project I have taken away several key lessons on both teamwork and the value of human resources. My team established a rhythm and stayed consistent and through this everyone on our team was held accountable for meeting deadlines. In this way, teamwork is valuable because it prevents procrastination. Teamwork also builds comradery and strengthens culture. Prior to taking this course, I had very limited knowledge on the business value of the HR function. This project taught me that the HR function helps make the company an EEO employer, staffs the organization, manages talent, and compensates employees. Personal Team Insights The key to our team’s success was consistency. Our group of five settled into a†¦show more content†¦We would consistently submit each paper on the same day of the week at approximately the same time. At the beginning of the semester we took personality tests and compared results to get an idea of the type of individuals we had on our team and better understand who would fill each role. On that test I was decently well-rounded but my largest role was â€Å"Dominance.† I was then aware of my dominant personality and prepared to utilize it when necessary and also not let it negatively affect our team. Throughout the semester our team worked so equally together that I do not believe any individual (including myself) ever felt dominant over the others. The only time I asserted my dominance was at the end of the project while creating the poster. I felt strongly about how I wanted the layout of our poster to look. However, nobody on our team was particularly opposed to my idea so there was no debate. I would say that my role did not change over time as I respected my team members’ intelligence from the start and did not feel the need to take control of any situation to avoid receiving a poor grade. This project taught me a valuable lesson about both teamwork and myself. I learned that teamwork can help prevent procrastination because everyone was held accountable for completely their assigned part before the deadline so that time would be available to compile the final copy of the paper. Our team completed and submitted each paper on the Thursday before the