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¶ … practice is the idea that one can improve one's decision-making through reflection. Donald Schon argued that professional learning can be aided by reflective practice, wherein the manager critically reflects on decisions, decision-making process, and other elements of his or her work. This reflection provides an opportunity for learning that Schon felt has been underutilized, especially in business (Smith, 2001). Over time, his work on reflective practice evolved into a set of problem-solving techniques like frame reflection, used to solve seemingly intractable policy problems (Smith, 2001).
Reflective practice can also be adapted to team settings. Just as individuals can benefit from the learning that stems from reflection, so too can teams and groups. Organizational learning is a theme in organizational behavior literature, lending credence to the idea that structured reflection can be valuable for aggregate groups of people, not just for individuals. Dew (1995) notes that having an opportunity for reflection is one of the conditions for democratic leadership behavior. The leader must have an opportunity to reflect on what structure the organization currently has, whether that structure is appropriate for the organization going forward. The reflection should also include...
Teams are built and strengthened in a number of ways. Sports have been utilized to increase the camaraderie among team members, and to provide insight into how the members of the team can work together, with total buy-in, to promote success (Dew & Johnson, 1997). Reflective practice can be both individual and team-based in nature. A team-building exercise provides a venue for the different members of the team to get together and reflect on what has gone well with the team and what might need improving. There should be opportunity for the team to discuss, if it plays games, the team in the framework of the game. This allows the team to reflect on its internal dynamics without actually talking about the project at hand, but rather about a neutral subject. The reflection should discuss both the positive and negative aspects.
Teamwork is not necessarily something that comes naturally to everybody, so it is important when working on a team that people establish their roles, the internal dynamics, and that everybody can see how their contribution allows the team to succeed. This is just like in sports. The reason…
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Dew, J. (1995). Creating team leaders: The challenge of leading in a democratic manner. Journal of Quality and Productivity. Oct/Nov 1995.
Dew, J., Johnson, J. (1997). What game in your team playing? Quality Progress Magazine. April 1997.
Smith, M. (2001). Donald Schon: Learning, reflection and change. InFed . Retrieved April 29, 2015 from http://infed.org/mobi/donald-schon-learning-reflection-change/
Communication: Workplace Reflective Practice Reflective practice entails constant monitoring of one's own performance in a given role while making adjustments where necessary. For any profession, reflective practice is essential since not two cases will ever be the same thus, it is critical to always remain reactive and reflective. Several studies have ascertained that reflective practice is beneficial when it comes to the delivery of client-centered services, and assist an individual
Nurses often employ critical thinking without recognizing that they are using those skills because, for many, the process is an automatic one. As the health care environment becomes more multifaceted and nurses are faced with distinctive patient care situations on a daily basis, critical thinking skills are a must. They have to be excellent and become a routine process that is used. Reflection has been accepted as a tool
Some of the main strategies that can be used to measure if I have achieved my objectives are as follows; 1. For better communication skills, conversation will be asked with peers, teachers and friends in order to analyze if the required goal has been achieved, if the main concept of the talk has been talked and the aim of the conversation has been achieved. 2. For the testing of the decision making
Portage Reflective Practice Model Elements The Portage Reflective Practice Model "includes three prerequisites, or key elements. They are: a commitment to develop and maintain trust and security within the group; allocation of time and place for regularly scheduled staff meetings; and support for activities that encourage and teach ways to reflect on the work at all levels of the organization" (Early experiences matter, 2010, Zero to Three). Communication, trust, support and
In the previous section, Estabrooks raised the question of the ability of the EBP framework to provide the "best evidence" in nursing practice and the danger of excluding nurses in decision-making tasks as a result of EBP prevalence and dominance. Rolfe, while he analyzed the empirical foundations of EBP, also looked at it from a practical perspective, or how EBP is applied in the current practice of nursing. Identifying the
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