Feedback Strategies

I am one of those people who would rather receive negative feedback than give it. I hate having to tell people that they messed up or were wrong. I do not like confrontation. If someone comes to me asking for help or advice, I readily give it but I have a hard time approaching someone to address a problem.

Why do So Many Managers Avoid Giving Praise

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This article discussed the fact that many managers do not give positive feedback and view it as optional. The author, however, believes that this is a mistake. In the article it is stated that managers underestimate the value of positive feedback and think that only negative feedback is necessary, however, employees who were polled think that managers should give both.

I am inclined to agree. I have worked at places before where my manager only ever spoke to me when I had made a mistake that needed to be addressed. I began to dread seeing him because we rarely had positive encounters. I feel like when you only hear about what you do wrong, that is all you begin to see. I have also worked at a place where I had a biweekly feedback session with my supervisor. During those times, I was told what I had done well and also what I needed to work on. Those sessions were much more positive. I think many managers feel that their silence is enough to indicate a job well done and I don't believe that is true.

Seven Characteristics (and Six Tools) That Support Meaningful Feedback

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This article explored seven aspects of meaningful feedback. The first one was about offering solutions and not just pointing out problems. I think this is one of the most important ones. If all I am told is that I was wrong, I feel defeated and don't know how to fix the problem but when I am given advice I am motivated to get back to work. I also think balanced is good advice. When giving critics it is important to point out good and bad. If you only talk about the bad, it seems that is all there is.

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Week 3 Wikipedia Trail

For this assignment, I started with the article about the Canterbury Tales, since that is what I am working on for my project. First article: The_Canterbury_Tales This one is very intensive and covers not only a premise of the story but also a historical context, the themes, and the style of the writing. I imagine I am going to use this article a lot when I begin working on my project. From this article, there are links to all the other sections and a bunch of pictures of the different pilgrims. Second article: General_Prologue This is the prologue and the beginning of the story. It not only gives a premise to the storytelling competition, it gives a background of the pilgrims and their destination. I am going to use a similar premise in my project and will refer to this article when I am working on my introduction. One thing I am debating is whether I will have a "Geoffrey Chaucer" character in my story. In the original, the author inserted himself into the tale, I d...

Reading Notes: Ozaki, Part A

Japenese Fairytales, Ozaki by Yei Theodora Ozaki In this unit, there have been three stories so far: My Lord Bag of Rice In this story the name of Tawara Toda, which means "My Lord Bag of Rice" is explained. He was a brave warrior who came across a large dragon on a bridge. Instead of running away, he just climbed over the dragon and continued going, however, someone called out to him and when he looked back he discovered a person where the dragon had been. It was the Dragon King whose family was being killed by a giant centipede every night and he begged for the warrior's help. The warrior agreed and went to wait for the centipede. As it came down a mountain, he shot it with an arrow tipped in saliva which killed the centipede. The Dragon King was so grateful, he gave the warrior, among other things, a sack of rice which never ran out. The Adventures of Kintaro A warrior married a woman, however, he died and his wife ran away to the wilderness in fear of his e...

Week 14 Story: Jason and the Giant's Gold

Jason and the Giant's Gold Jason had always been a poor peasant, unknown by most. He had a job as a shepherd for the Lord of the lands and it provided for himself, his mothers, and his sisters and he was grateful for it. However, he was with the sheep night and day and was unable to do little else. If he didn't have this job, his family would have starved when his father died some years back and so Jason worked hard, both to support his family and from the gratitude he felt toward the Lord for trusting him with his flocks. However, some days back, he had left the sheep, for a little while, when he had come across a giant. He thought that would be the end of him and he briefly wondered who would take care of his family when he died but the giant hadn't killed him. It had needed his help and as a reward, it had taken him to a giant celebration. It had given him a belt of invisibility so he would be safe from the other giants and in this way, Jason had been able to witness...

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