Friday, September 10, 2010

Social skills, In-company & GiveBack project

This post has been long overdue.I am writing about three things together.

Social Skills:-
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Social Skills seminar was a four days workshop in an exurb of Antwerp, call Korsendonk.This residential workshop included a mix of classroom lectures, group activities, outdoor exercises and loads of fun. The lectures were primarily about intra-personal and inter-personal behaviourial topics. The group activities included a smorgasbord of things such as designing a village from given set of things, labour negotiations to a rescue plan from airplane wreckage. Outdoor exercises were the most fun. It included a set of group activities that required great coordination and teamwork. After each outdoor activity we had an analysis session that was quite useful. Apart from all of these there was a 360 degree feedback session. The evenings were full of partying and merry-making. All in all it was a cherishable time.

In-company Project
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In-company project was a 8 weeks project. I did my project with another colleague in Microsoft,Brussels. It was a Strategy project. It was a good learning experience. We had a mentor from school,however we were pretty much on our own. It was good to be back to work after a year. We received good support from our colleagues at Microsoft. Most of our MBA colleagues did their project in Belgium/Europe. I got my project through personal networking & my recommendation is to be pro-active in finding your ICP.Few of our colleagues got job-offers from their companies.

GiveBack project
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GiveBack project was a 5 weeks project.We were supposed to work for an NGO in this period. I did my project for Vlerick. I worked on a study about the supply chain of Unilever from sustainability perspective. We were in a group of four. A lot of my MBA colleagues went to Asia,Africa, South America and North America for GBP.It was the first time that Vlerick introduced GBP and I think few changes are required in the format of the project for next time.

2 comments:

  1. 360 degree feedback is to assist each individual to understand his or her strengths and weaknesses, to able manage careers and gain leadership skills, 360 degree feedback system.

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  2. 360 degree feedback Manager of the department like subordinate or the superiors that are using a traditional definition of the 360 degree feedback, to resolve the issues that are related to 360, as well as integrate into the performance of management system.

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