United Nations Summit Simulation

Our team’s major goal when completing this simulation was to ensure we scored as many points as possible not only individually but collectively. The enticement to get every member to the summit was alluring; however as a team we decided it was better to stop and contemplate each stage in order to maximise points. As the simulation was a highly structured task this made the concept of an individual leading and managing the team ultimately redundant. Each group member contributed towards being team leader as the group worked cooperatively and cohesively throughout. This issue corresponds to the theory of leadership and in particular substitutes for leadership. A team working as one making informed

I started simulation by testing all the possible outcomes from challenge 1 to 5 and used the best scenario from one simulation to the other step by step and drew the conclusion at the very end.

However, without proper management, leadership and global vision, this ideal can never be achieved. Business is the one field that invokes and teaches leadership as a lifestyle and brings all fields together to promote one goal. Without leaders to provide purpose, direction and collaboration, not even the smartest team can complete simple tasks. Ross nurtures leaders to help the world create solutions to complex problems such as global sustainability. The Sanger Leadership Center will help develop my core values and give skills to affect the world through unique challenges such as the Crisis Challenge. Surrounded by other students with similar goals but diverse mindsets and backgrounds through the LeaderX program allows for the development of a leadership style that does not merely work in all settings, but excels at stimulating the minds of everyone. I do not want to be the passive bystander while the world and my family face the sustainability crisis. I need to be raised into a global leader with strong values and purpose that can change the face of environmental issues and social impact. No longer will be the boy powerless to climate change. No longer will be the student helpless to others’ poverty. No longer will be the follower incapable of fostering

During the peace conference simulation, my character was Tamir and I am on the Israeli side. My character’s beliefs are that I am willing to compromise on the West Bank, the Refugees being allowed to return Israel as a compromise, and the city Jerusalem. Also, my other character’s belief is that there is no compromise on security in Israel. Those are the beliefs of my character as Tamir in the peace conference simulation.

During last weeks congress simulation I was assigned the role of Nancy Pelosi a Democrat from the state of California. Pelosi represents California’s 12th congressional district,which consists of four-fifths of the city and county of San Francisco.  I was the minority leader for the Democrats and was assigned to the appropriations committee. The appropriations committee is responsible for passing bills that regulate expenditures of money by the government. It is viewed as one of the most powerful committees, and its members are seen as influential.

Through the process of the simulation students were able to learn and voice the domestic and international concerns of various countries in our world. I along with my group members Nicky and Mariam, were able to effectively raise political, economic, and other domestic issues within our country of Syria, along with other countries in our world. This gave us an insight into many crucial issues that the world is currently facing, many of which are life-threatening, including torture, indiscriminate use of weapons, terrorism, and many more. It also allowed us to educate our classmates about the country of Syria, and how it plays a crucial role in our world. Overall, this project allowed for us to gain a greater understanding about the

The errors were made during the simulation including prioritising the personal goals over the team goals and the groupthink, that can be avoided in the future by taking several measures. I would put the team goals in the first place instead of the individual goals. The decision needs to be made based on whether it achieves an improving progress or a better result in completing the overall group tasks. Setting several subunit objectives will be helpful to reach the ultimate goal since the sub objects will specify the particular issue for each section or stage and it creates systematic manner to approach the final goal. Furthermore, after finishing each sub goals, the feeling of success would support to work further till the end. In addition, the groupthink may occur as the consequence of group dynamics and unfamiliar relationship among team members. Accordingly, the team need to encourage each member to present their ideas individually at first, after that, combining the thoughts and critically analysing them. Moreover, the team members ought to improve the cohesion by strengthen communication, which would be beneficial to enhance the quality of goals

Last night, I went to a Model UN club meeting and its short mock crisis conference was very interesting. The topic was about what should we do as the world is ending and all the delegates were laughing throughout the whole moderate caucus.

My experiences in GPP30 so far have been very positive thus far in the course. The presentations we did on famous leaders and the videos on leadership we watched actually really inspired me to be the best person I can be and to be more confident in order to be a leader inside and outside of the classroom. My experience as a peer helper so far has been very positive, we had a short week because of the fog day but that hasn’t affected my experience. So far in the class we have done a few problem questions that make the students ask questions and we also worked on OSSLT practice. Jenny and I spent lots of time walking around the classroom and answering any questions the students had and helped them

The use of a team with a common project or problem leads to an action learning program which looks remarkably like action research.

3. To develop leadership by providing opportunities for students to organize, administrate and problem solve for individual clubs and to become officers thereof.

Student-Led Conferences (SLC’s); the controversial new strategy implemented at cross this year. It is designed to be a three way conversation between a student, their guardian, and an advisor. The purpose is to facilitate healthy conversations between the guardian and the student so that the student can elaborate on their performance in a controlled setting. The advisor acts as a mediator who translates the opposite views. For example, the advisor can help the parent understand that a certain test can be redone and the grade will go up after that is taken. They can also help the student understand that their grandma is only strict with grades so that their lives can be easier with a good education. It is a chance for parents and students to get involved in the school and helps create a plan to improve the student's performance.

Heading into this course, I wasn’t exactly sure what it was about. Aside from reading the description on the KU website, I had no idea what to expect. I thought it would be centered around what would make a good leader, and the things I should do to achieve this. After the first couple weeks, I finally grasped the purpose of this class, and slowly started to work what I was learning into my day to day life. Through this class I have been able to identify what adaptive leadership is and how to apply it to my day to day task as well as how to work within the disequilibrium. I was also given the opportunity to reflect on what I was learning, through journals and amongst my peers through discussion boards, and how I was using my knowledge to identify different challenges I was facing in my life.

In the UN Simulation, I represented the country of Mexico. We have never owned and are never seeking to own nuclear weapons and we are looking for ways to persuade other countries to reduce their nuclear stockpile and eventually rid the world of nuclear weapons (UN, 2015). Mexico has taken many actions in the past to push a nuclear weapon free world. In our constitution, it states that nuclear power can only be used for peaceful purposes. We are also a signatory to the Latin American & Caribbean nuclear weapon free zone treaty (NWFZ) (World Nuclear, 2017). Mexico is one member of the 65 nation Conference of Disarmament (CD) and the New Agenda Coalition (NAC) (Acronym, n.d.) and we are also one of 125 countries to sign the joint statement on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons from the UN First Committee (Acronym, n.d.).

What makes the Model G20 Summit even more unique however is the global perspective students are able to gain from it. While the summit welcomes students from all around the world, Knovva Academy ensures that delegates act as representatives and leaders of countries different from their own. This, according to Knovva Academy Staff, helps them learn to understand how people from other countries live, think and work. On a larger scale, it helps them learn how to learn about other countries.