Reflective Management

Discuss about reflective management………………….
Contents
Introduction    3
Reflective manager     3
Application of the reflective practice 4
Individual Learning 5
Organisational Learning 8
Conclusion      12
References      13
 
Introduction
Managers are steering their organisations to continually improve their efficiency and effectiveness to give their customers what they want. One of the best ways to actually to do this is by learning from their past experiences and mistakes that have shaped the organisation which is done by reflecting.
The discussion will look at learning and acquisition of knowledge in reflective practice and how they have been used in the contemporary business environment to create a competitive advantage to the organisation against its competitors.
 
The environment in which organisations operate in is one that is very complex and rapidly changes all the time (Thomas, 2003) cited in management path way week1 (n.d).  This situation requires the manager to plan and come up with appropriate strategies that will help them to be able to survive in the business world. To be able to plan the whole organisation will definitely need to learn through reflection in order to change the situation.
Reflection  “is the genetic term for those intellectual and effective activities in which individuals engage to explore their experiences in order to lead to new understandings and appreciation’’ (Boud et al, 1985) as cited in Management pathway week 2 (n.d). Reflection is done on two basis reflection on action which is thinking about the past deeds and reflection in action which is considering what one is doing while doing it. This process will be done by the managers and the whole organisation in general since today, most learning is done with the consideration of the whole organisational processes and not just limited to the manager thinking (Management pathway week 6, n.d).

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