Self-Assessment Essay

Week 4 assignment: Self-assessment
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Week 4 assignment: Self-assessment
Response to question 1
What the self-assessment exercise revealed to me about myself is that I am actually a cooperator. The statements that describe me greatly and perfectly were marked 4 and 5. For instance, the statement that I would gladly give up something for myself if it can help my team get ahead was assigned a scale of 4, and the statement that I enjoy it when the people on my work team all pitch in to beat other teams was assigned a scale of 5. The other statements that do not best describe me were given scores of 1, 2 or 3. All in all, Cooperator score was 9; competitor score was 2; Individualist score was 5, and equalizer score was 3.
Response to question 2
I was not very much surprised. It was something that I already knew since most of the time I exhibit behaviours and tendencies that show that I am a cooperator. In essence, I am more cooperative by nature than other people. Greenberg (2011) noted that individuals who are grouped under the cooperator category are focused on capitalizing on joint outcomes and obtaining as much as possible for their group. This clearly describes the type of person that I am most of the time. Whenever I cooperate with other people, I contribute to achieving the same goal and objective they share and this helps to avoid conflicts. It is worth mentioning that conflicts are processes wherein one party thinks that the other party would take or has actually undertaken actions which are not compatible with one’s own interests (Schenkler & Goldman, 2010). Conflicts happen when there are competing goals. Given that I always strive to maximize outcomes of the team or group and obtain as much as possible from the tea...