Reflection document, period 2 2020/2021

Before you write your reflection you should do the preparations.

If you visited two companies this year

Some students had to visit two companies in order to fit two years' study visit seminars into one year. If you are one of these students, you need to write a 1000-1400 words reflection, where you describe and reflect on both study visits  (including the comparison). Submit your reflection in the ordinary way, but also mail the link to the document to viggo@kth.se.

The written reflection

Write a reflection document where you address the following points based on your study visit and the preparations. Make sure that you bring up both positive and negative aspects. The document should be 500-1000 words.

• Give a short description of the company and the visit. Did you learn anything new that you did not know before? Reflect upon why it was new to you.
• (only for year 2) Compare what you learned from the study visit last year with this one. 
• Give some examples of "cultures" and "subcultures" that can form, e.g. inside an IT company.
• Reflect on the opportunities and challenges that cultural diversity in workplaces presents.
• What skills do you consider most important for working effectively in a multicultural workplace?
• Finally, write a paragraph where you reflect on the courses you are currently taking and the courses (or degree project) that you have chosen/will choose to take next semester.

The document should be written as, or be converted to, a Google document. Set the permissions, so that everyone with the link will be allowed to comment the document. The following video shows how to do this:

If you do not want to use Google Docs for your text, there is an alternative described in the course memo.

Hand in the reflection

The link to your written reflection must be added to your group's Canvas page for this seminar before 19:00 on November 20. First, check that you are logged in to Canvas (in the grey Canvas menu to the left). You can find your group page by clicking Groups/Grupper in the grey Canvas menu to the left, choose your group (named prosamm group X), click on Pages/Sidor and the page named "period 2 2020/2021: Mono- vs multi cultural workplaces". Then edit this page, adding a line consisting of your name and course offering (prosamm20 or prosamm19) at the end of the document, and make this line link to your Google document by using the chain icon and entering the URL of the Google document. Then save the page. Be careful not to change or remove anything on the page that anyone else has written.

(If you cannot find your group in Canvas, please email Viggo Kann <viggo@kth.se> to get a group.)

You will also need to read and comment on the other group members' reflections.

Have you missed anything in this course?

If you look at your results in Grades/Omdömen in Canvas you should have "1" for each of the three tasks for each seminar: reflection document, comments and seminar, in order to pass the course. (For prosamm19, the results from 2019/2020 can be found in the old course room.) If you missed anything, you will need to read the instructions on how to fix this. If a result has not been reported correctly, you should contact your mentor for that seminar.