Report Activity No.1

I was given the opportunity to hold the position of Vice Director of Management for the program known as Psychic Junior Induction (PsyJI) 2020 (Mind Your Health). The main objective of this program is to be an exposition of new living surroundings and university life to the freshmen who are undergoing a complete transformation when they become the first-year undergraduate. My main task was to plan the outline of the program with the program director. Since this is an annual program to welcome and give exposure to first-year students of Psychology, we had to think of activities that are beneficial for them such as forum by our alumni that share the experiences that they had as psychology student. Other than that, I had to ensure that each unit of committee members worked on their task smoothly and keep track of their progress to report it to the program director. Moreover, when the program director was occupied, I had to take place of his duty and give direct and precise orders to the committee members. The first graduate attributes that are focused on in this program is leadership and teamworking skills. Strong leadership and teamworking skills are important since I had to lead others to the right path by giving them the right orders but I also had to remind them that we work as a team so as a leader, it is my job to display to them how important it is to work as a team. Next, thinking skills are also important since I had a lot to think about such as planning the outline and the flow of the program to ensure that it will run smoothly on the big day. Lastly, I had to focus on my communication skills when giving out orders in order to avoid conflict or miscommunication. 

Not only did the program had a positive impact on the first-year students of psychology, it also had a major impact on me. By holding the position of vice director, I had gain a lot of experiences. It had improve my leadership skills on how to become a better leader and it helped me to figure out my leadership style. It also taught me how to be considerate to my committee members when we work as a team which indirectly helped me to develop better teamworking skills. Planning and managing a program is not an easy task and I had to think from a lot of aspects and come up with a lot of backup plans just in case something goes wrong which really challenges my thinking skills. Moreover, when communicating with the other committee members, I had always think ahead before I talk since I want to avoid any miscommunication, conflict and the frustration of others. Plus, I also had to give a clear order in order to communicate clearly. These had an impact on my communication skills and it helped me to communicate with others without having any issues. One of my personal strength that gave an advantage to me when handling this program is that I have a lot of ideas that I can contribute to different unit of committee members such as multimedia unit in which I commented on their work in order to achieve a higher quality of work. One of the main challenges is that we had to abruptly change the program to an online program. This program should have been a physical program and we had already came out with the program outline. Due to the pandemic, we had start over again in terms of planning. However, we managed to overcome it thanks to the dedication of all of the committee members by suggesting brilliant ideas and stay with us until the end of the program.