Week 6 - Collaboration

25/08/10 – Week 6 – Collaboration

Group exercise

Acknowledging differences
During the exercise we covered a lot of personal questions without having to go into detail about them. It felt good to get everything in the open not by telling people but giving them an idea of what I’m going through with myself, family, friends and other things in general. Although some of the questions got very deep it was good to see what everyone else had in common with you. Also learning about other people and their feelings on things is good to know as there might be something that they a touchy on.

Professional discretion and judgment may relate to:
Assessing when to keep quite
Being aware of and responding to different personality types
Knowing when it is appropriate or inappropriate to share information
Knowing with whom information should be shared


Whats the difference between discretion and judgment?

discretion - the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice.

judgment - the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely.

the difference between the two is that judgment is a strong or final decision and discretion is weighing up the options, making a decision but looking at the options.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/judgement
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discretion

Why do you use those two things in a professional setting?
use judgment when you need to make an final answer on something, so people are clear on what you decide. discretion is used in group work when everybody is in discussion