Reflective Essay On Leadership And Communication

My main goal in attending Philadelphia University was to obtain my Bachelor’s degree and advance my leadership skills to the next level that will land me another promotion within my current company. My major is organizational leadership and many courses that I have taken the past year have educated and broaden my overall knowledge. However I realized through this course that communication plays a big part in being a better leader in many ways. This essay will focus on how this course has helped me link leadership and communication to better be able to lead and guide my direct reports within my current company. I will also discuss a few key learnings that I have been able to obtain throughout this course and how I will plan on taking what I have learned and bringing it to life at …show more content…
The four functions of decision making was a highlight for me in this chapter as it is never easy working in a group of diverse individuals and getting to know each other in such a short period of time. I think once you get pass all the minor obstacles at the beginning of a group then you can work on analyzing the problem, then setting the goal, identifying alternatives, and then evaluating the positive and negative characteristics of the issue/group. In this chapter it clearly explains in detail not only what these functions mean but ways to work through them. The chapter is also filled with many examples on each theory to give readers an idea on what to look for and how to really get to the core of each function. This chapter is not only limited to these functions but talks about a variety of things ranging from the roles and responsibility of communication in fulfilling the various functions to ethical