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My Internship With An Economic And Trade Office Essay

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Description – During my internship with an Economic and Trade office, I was engaged in various investments projects, cultural events, and HR administration duties. Part of my HR duty was managing four different personalities to organise a cultural promotional event, with a supervisor monitoring our progress. Even through we were supposed to work as a team, I did not maximise on the strengths of each member, but took most of the responsibility myself. Consequently, the team became demotivated and less efficient. We were not able to find much sponsorship for the event. The director was displeased and blamed us for this failure. I became disappointed and wished that I had engaged the team more by listening to their views, and allowing them to contribute where the could. Feeling – As I took it upon myself to perform most of the tasks meant for the team, I felt as if I was doing the right thing because it would help avoid mistakes. At the time, I thought that the team members were not competent enough to offer better solutions for undertaking the project. I worried much about what might go wrong and was unwilling to take the risk. I also wanted to prove my abilities and good judgment skills to the supervisor. I now realize that I was trying to avoid a situation where I would take the responsibility if the team failed to deliver. Even after completing the task, I still felt that everything would be okay since I was in charge of everything and I rarely make mistakes. But the

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