IntroductionReflectionisaformofpersonalresponsetoexperiences,situations,eventsornewinformation.Itisa‘processing'phasewherethinkingandlearningtakeplace.Thepurposeofreflectiveessaysisforstudentstoanalyzeinwritinghisorherthoughtsandfeelingsabouttheirlearning,theirteam,thesubject,theproject,peerassessment,factoryvisitsoranyotherappropriateissues(Brookfield,1987).Itwillbearguedthatreflectionandthewritingofreflectivereportscannotonlyaidlearningbutcanalsobroadencommunicationskillsandpromoteemotionalintelligence.Truereflectionswillnotnecessarilybepositiveeitheraboutthesubjectoraboutspecificactivities,projectsorteams(Baird,2000).However,studentsareencouragedtodeveloppositivecriticismskillswheretheyidentifywaysofimproving(intheiropinion)ontheexistingsituation.Suchopportunitiesmaywelldevelopseveralpositiveoutcomes.Firstly,thestudenthastoshowthefrustrationinwords,helpingthemclarifytheissueintheirownmind.Secondly,theyneedtoclarifythecommentinawaywhichwillbeunderstoodandpossiblyempathizedwithbytheothers.Thirdly,itencouragesthestudenttothinkaboutpossiblewaysoftheissueandfourthlyitmayresultinthemtotakeactionandovercomethefrustration(Baird,2000).Inthisreport,Iwillfocusontaskallocation,takingnotes,riskmanagementandleadershipskills.Intheprocessofcompletingoftheproject,ourproblemsmainlyappearintheseaspects.Throughwritingreflectiveessays,Iwillsummarywhatthefrustrationsare,howtheycomeout,whatwewilldointhefuturetomakeitdifferently.MainbodyInretrospectIfeelthatIhavelearntmanyinvaluablelessonsfromundertakingtheprojectandtherearemanythingsneedtoimproveordodifferently.Firstly,themostobviousthingthatIdiscoveredwastheadvantageofworkingaspartofagroup.IlearnedthatgoodteamworkisthekeytosuccessindesignactivitieswhentimeandresourcesarelimiteReflectivereportd.Aseveryonehadtheirownpointofview,manydifferentideascouldbeproducedandIfoundtheenergyofgroupparticipationmademefeelmoreenergeticaboutcontributingsomething.RosefeldandWilson(1999)pointtheimportanceofallocatingindividualrolestoenablethedivision...
