In: Operations Management
1. What is your birth order in your family? First-born, middle child, youngest, etc.?
2. How does your birth order influence your attitude and behavior when working in groups? (Respecting group authority, sharing power, tendency toward groupthink, social loafing/over-responsibility, etc.)
3. What are your strengths that you can attribute to your birth order?
4. How can you leverage these strengths as a group member?
5. What are your weaknesses that you can attribute to your birth order?
6. How does your birth order make you the person you are today?
Ans 1. I am the first born in the family.
Ans 2. Being the firstborn in the family, the leadership skills are inherent in nature. I have an attitude to authority and controlling everything and taking care of my younger siblings. I feel I am the one liable for all the activities that are taking place being the elder one in the family.
Ans 3. The Strengths that I attribute are as follows:
1. I have seen the ups and downs since I am the first down, hence more experience.
2. I am educated enough to cater to the needs of the family, which includes the education of my younger siblings.
3. I feel accountable for all the events happening in the family.
4. I know the various aspects of my family like the capacity of family, and I take part in the active decision in my family.
Ans 4. I have leveraged these strengths as a team member in the following manner:
1. Leadership: I take a step forward towards leading new opportunities being the experienced one and make a path for the new team members.
2. Communication: I know how to handle a diverse set of people and can diplomatically communicate this to the team member, due to my experience