By working in a team, I gained valuable knowledge and experience. Participating on a team was both rewarding and daunting. Honestly, I tend to discourage teams. Experience has taught me that not having the opportunity to control your teammates can lead to problems. Participating team members don't always carry their own weight. Make people act as if being there is contribution enough. Another type of team member is the micromanager. Wanting to micromanage team members every single movement. Then there's the person who doesn't want to share their work with the rest of the team. Procrastinators bring their part of the project late, delaying the entire group project. Introverts have good ideas, but any response or input from them needs to be untangled from them. I have had the opportunity to work with all of these types of people and others. I have to say it was a learning curve for me. I was a team leader, a team player and I also had to do all the work for the team. If you work with a team, you just need to sit down and observe in meetings who fits best into which roles. This is not an easy task. There are people who want to be the leader just because they think the leader has the easiest job. The leader has the most difficult job in the team. They must be diplomatic, polite, thoughtful, organized and willing to help when needed. The leader also has to make difficult decisions. Keeping in mind that they must do what is best for the team, to succeed in their mission. Being on a team also means putting aside your personal feelings to help the team succeed. Speaking from experience, I've worked with people I personally didn't like, or wasn't interested in... middle of paper... in accounting. Yes, I have found that these plans can and do change. This is due to both internal and external influences in my life. Yes, I learned the techniques from this course. Realizing that I have already used the techniques, at home and in school courses. I applied some organizational management skills. Plan, set goals and decide how to achieve them. Organize, arrange tasks and people to get the job done. Leading, motivating, directing and influencing people and myself work hard to achieve goals. Control, monitor performance against objectives and take corrective action as needed. By reading, I learned quite a bit about management and found this course quite enlightening. I am sure that I will be able to learn even more techniques that I will apply in the future, to help me achieve my goals.