We have a famous saying in Bahrain that says one hand cannot clap; only two can.
My 10 weeks experience in CULC gave me the ability to reach an effective result while collaborating on group course-works with people from different cultural backgrounds. Firstly to build and maintain good relationships with my class-mates until the end of this journey, secondly to achieve the objective I came to London to pursue and complete my degree program. As for week 5 of Marketing seminar, my team and I had to create a product that does not exist in the market and work on an entire marketing plan for the chosen product and present it in front of the entire class in 30 minutes time.
Working in a group with people from different backgrounds and being able to make use of the differentiation of each party is not easy for a person that does not know how to adapt nor collaborate. Luckily, all my group members from Ukraine, Oman, India, and Vietnam are extremely collaborative. Therefore, we managed to create a product that links all our origins and satisfies the needs of enormous market segments which helped us win the challenge against our other class mates. We firstly divided the work according to each person’s capability, helped each other to maintain focus, support each other’s needs, and we ended up finishing before time and presenting in such an impressive way.
After each presentation is done, I like to give and receive feedback from my classmates in order to enhance my performance for future tasks. Moreover, I make sure to share credits for any good idea i have with my team members, as well as acknowledging their skills and contributions. I also learnt during my studies that it is important to support any decisions made by the majority of my team members even if I tend to disagree, to help complete our task in ease.
Going on our first field trip to London Excel with our APS tutor was a nice experience that made me observe how each one of my classmates are collaborative and helpful. From how we all waited for each other to leave the university’s premises together, offering seats on the tube, taking equal turns in the interview questions we had for the head of HR, and the support we gave each other on the final presentation day before going on stage.
Finally, since one of the main duties of any head of HR is to engage with employees and build good relations, it is necessary to have good teamwork and collaboration skills within you for effective performance of our future role.
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