When Ms Punitha (our lecturer) announced that we have to get in a group of 10, I was shocked and was quite worried that I could not make it to 10 person, but the end result was equally shocking as well as I managed to get 10 persons to form a group where I was appointed by my peers as a group leader. The work then goes down to the selection of task for our project. After some vigorous discussion on which task we were suppose to do in order to fulfil the main aim of the entire course, which is to help out in the community, and also to raise an awareness to create an impact to the society.
Out of the three main targets for services we had, which are animals, human and environment, we have chosen animals. We do considered about other options as well but at the end animals have gotten the majority of the votes. The reason behind choosing animal as target was simple. We all wanted our project to be a little different from others. Instead of visiting the orphanage house, where nowadays everyone could do the same thing, and also having to consider our budget as a student, we have decided to make it out of the box of our choice. For environment, we do have an idea on that but however, due to commuting issues, and also time availability of each members, we have no choice but to have it removed from our options. By putting our aim on the animals, the scope of service had indeed been eliminated where now we got a clearer picture on how our project could be carried out.
We went in to class and listened carefully on how should the project be carried out before having any further discussions to make sure that we are all on the right track, also to make sure that work are carried out effectively and efficiently. We were given a schedule on the important dates for our project, also on the scope of task that we were suppose to do. The next thing that came was discussion as to where to conduct the project.
We have searched on the net as to which organisations that we could visit to serve. Out of many organisations searched, we have finally came to a conclusion on either the zoo or the animal shelter. Those two were the only organisations that are approachable by us, where we do not need to worry about transport and also time.
Then we appoint other members and discussed further on task delegation. The strengths and weaknesses of each members were being discussed and analysed by the whole group in order to get them the most suitable task. From the task delegation process, I have came to realise that sometimes not all members are co-operative. Some of the members might be desperate on getting things done while some just remained chilled, waiting for others to do the work. I was a little frustrated while enquiring each and every members on task delegation but soon I have came to a point where I think things should not be forced and I should not expect everyone to have the same mind set as I have. No one should be expected on anything. Therefore, for the members whom are equally desperate, they got to choose the desired task but for the rest, I appointed them to certain task, regardless on whether they liked it or not. From my perspective, they are not going to do anything without having someone there to give them command. If I were to give them a choice of task, me and my fellow desperate members would have to wait for a decade in order to get a reply from them on what they wanted to do. Although this sounds a little arbitrary, but that indeed was the best solution that I could have thought of at that moment. Therefore, for the welfare of the whole group, task delegation was done smoothly, without letting them to have much choice.
A presentation on what we were supposed to do was done, attaching with a proposal where our budget and plans are stated in there clearly. We have all done our part during the presentation and thus the presentation went on smoothly as well although we were all nervous.
We then went on and contact the zoo, enquiring about the availability of slots that matches with our schedule. Finally, after calling the zoo for a few times, the time had been successfully confirmed. We plan to go to the zoo on 8 October 2015. We all are anticipating the trip, and have made some plans and also arranged the transport. The entrance fee to zoo is RM10 annually, where a certificate would be given if a particular period of time is being completed as a volunteer.
I declare that this report is based on our group work. I have not worked collaboratively nor have I copied from any other students’ work or from any other sources except where due acknowledgement is made explicitly in the text, nor has any part been written for me by another person.
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