Analyzing My Ethically Reasoning And Management Style

Building a Better Leader: Me Edition

In this paper, I plan to analyze myself and build a path to my future goals, with the MBA program as tool to help me achieve. I will also analyze my ethically reasoning and management style to find out where I need to grow in those topics. Hopefully through these analysis, I will learn myself better and find the road which will grow me to be a great leader.

Personal Assessment

In terms of management, I am a complete novice in both knowledge and skill. To be honest, I grew up with an introverted personality, who shied away from the spot light and would always take backseat in any projects and assignments. This gave me little chance to grow as a leader throughout my early years, though I began to change as

In this system, the individual is only focused on consequences applied to themselves and disregard the benefits and consequences of their team. This is problematic, as that means individuals who use this ethic system would not work well in a team and are unlikely to report problems to their upper management, out of fear of punishment falling upon themselves. This also a bad system to use as a leader, as concluded by Zilz and company, as it has a narrow view and could lead to problems in the future.

Universalism

Universalism is defined as the belief “that all people should uphold certain values, such as honesty, that society needs to function” (158). This system focus on certain traits that are universal to society and apply to every situation. While this system is absolute, it is very narrow in its view, as there are not many ideas that can be universally applied to society. Thus this system could lead very little interaction with management, expect for large problems that are clearly in the wrong.

This system relies on the collective values of the group and decides on action based on the group. Company culture would play a large here and thus it could an effective system for management if the culture is positive. Inversely, this would be a horrible system for management if the company culture is toxic, thus it is important to maintain a good culture in the workplace if this system is implemented.

My Ethical system

I believe that I follow utilitarianism most often. This is because I often consider other when making choice and pick the one that benefits my group the most, often at detriment to myself. For example, when delegating out work, I portion out the work into parts equal to the number of members and allow everyone to choose their parts. I let myself last to give everyone a choice, which often leaves me with the hardest bit. Thus, I can give parts to those who want it the most, leading to the best scenario. While I don’t think this always the best systems to use, I think it helps keeps the team cohesive and happy.

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