Final Reflection
12 Dimensions Critical Reflection
Part 1
I have learned in the Intercultural Studies about the 12
Dimensions. Below is five of the most dimensions I feel they reflect somehow my
personality.
Growth:
The growth dimension have two
polarities. People & Material, on people style people tend to focus in
investing in people more that the material. They consider the effect of decision
on the others and what their impact. While the Material style is more about
focusing in investing into the systems, building and other materials. They are consider
on how their tasks are achieved.
Decision Making:
In Decision making the polarities
are Rules and Relationships. As it shows Rules is more about following the
rules and regulations very serious as final words, it is simply described, as
Deal is Deal. In addition, when it comes in Relationship it more about taking
your decisions based on the relationship between you and the other party even
if this results on not following the rules.
Communication:
The two polarities of
Communication are Direct and In Direct. On direct style, people concerned about
how things are said. They Express views and opinions in a loudly and they are do
not have any issue in discussing anything in public. While In Direct style is
more to avoid any public discussions and Focus on how it is said things.
Status:
Status have very interesting polarities,
Ascribed & Achieved. They are similar to other dimensions, almost the opposite
of each other. Ascribed is when people consider getting things based on xx and
not their hard work. While on Achieved is simply reflect people who thinks
everything are achieved by hard work.
Expression:
The polarities for Expression are
Revealing and Concealing. In Revealing, style people are very emotional and
they are easily touched. They also have strong facial expressions and body language.
While on Revealing style, they are not to reveal what they are feeling usually.
Moreover, they have self-controlled behavior.
Part 2
Based on my CMi Report results compared to my group. I can
make the flowing conclusion & analysis of the following dimensions:
Growth – Personal Polarity:
“Investing in growth mainly
thought the development of people” as quoted from the report, I showed that I
focus on investing more in people. In addition, I use developing the team
leadership to influence the bottom line in a positive way. This will benefit
the group so much in my point of view since I believe people is more important
than any material.
Compared to the group I think I
have given more consideration on material too, because if I just focus on
personal, which it may lead to some issues.
I totally agree with the results since I cannot consider
Material anyhow more important than Personal. Persons are the real assets and
everything comes after.
Decision Making – Relationship Polarity:
The report shows that I am almost
in between Rules & Relationship polarities with more tendency to
Relationship. So When it comes to take or make decision its depends on the
situation. I may follow rules sometimes and relationship on others. In spite of
my point of view and my Preference, Unfortunately this may result on confusion
especially with people who prefer to deal on one polarity.
Being in the middle of the
Dimension it helps me to take what I think it is the best suitable Decision for
the situation in spite if it is related to rules or relationship.
In this dimension, I fit on the
middle of my group results, which reflect that I have a good understanding on
how to deal in different situation properly.
The report said that I was
focusing much on Relationship, however I think I am quite mixed and taking in consideration
every Decision individually.
Communication:
As the report results shows I
have pre tendency of being Direct and I feel comfortable with this type of
communication. I like to appreciate & hence, I mix my communication with
indirect style with some people as respect.
Compared with the group, I fall
in the middle of the direct style, this mean that I have good understanding on
how to use both styles although I follow the direct communication.
I agree with the report for my
results as I follow the direct communication but I tend to use In Direct style
when I feel it is more suitable.
Status:
As per the report, I am totally Achieved
Oriented. I learned that status always are achieved with hard work and do not think
it is appropriate to consider on relationships more than the efforts persons
did such their academic results or other performance.
I fall on the max of Achieved
polarity, and compared with my group where all of them fall in different categories
in achieved polarity I think it is healthy. Because Ascribed oriented is
creating issues in societies.
I agree with the report results,
because when it comes about status, your hard work is what you have to show me,
don’t you ever rely on our relationship.
Expression:
In expression, It shows that I am
conceal oriented. I feel uncomfortable to discuss or express my own feelings
with others. As well as I usually control my emotions.
When comes to the group, the
results vary from Reveal polarity to more tendency on conceal. For myself I
fall in the middle of the group result as well as the conceal polarity which I
thinks it is a good thing because it means that I express my feeling in normal
way compared with the group.
Although the results show is me
in the conceal polarity, I think they magnified it because I feel I am less
concealing that the report says. I tend to express my feeling based on the
situation and the person in front of me and I may be comfortable to discuss it.
Part 3
As I reviewed the report, I came
to conclusion that this results may most probably vary in the coming 5 years.
This is simply because I believe that self-development is an endless
process. People should adjust and improve himself regularly. Improving our self
didn’t mean that we have to Give up on our principles but its more than
respecting our self’s and others. That is why I would like to be different in
the future. Nobody is perfect and as the Arabic famous say’s “Nations are what their
morality is and what remained of it ... But
if their morals are gone they are gone too"
