Reflection 2

Reflection on Situation Analysis (Richards, pp90~pp107)

Just like those teacher resisting new curriculum because they don’t want their routines to be disrupted, many people including myself fear changes. It’s true that change is inevitably accompanied by confusion, a lot of work, and conflicts. However, once the change turns out to be a good thing, all those troubles become worthwhile. For instance, when I was working for a company, I was using a rather old-fashioned system for various purposes. It took me quite some time to get used to using the system, and I also had to train new comers. Although I felt that the system was highly inefficient, I became very comfortable with it once I got used to it. So, when a new director announced that the system would be replaced with a new program, I felt resistance inside myself. I was very short-sighted. Learning to use the new program meant extra time and efforts. Also, discarding the current system meant wasting the training time efforts that I put into educating employees. There were other people who felt the same way, especially those who have been using the system for a long time. As expected, during the transition period, it took even more time to do a certain task using the new program. I almost thought that was an unnecessary change which cost a lot of money. However, soon after I got accustomed to the new system, I found myself to be the supporter of it. In fact, change could save time and efforts by a great deal. I realized that the new director made the right decision about the change. He must have assessed the advantages of the change before making the decision. Not all changes turn out to be good, but in this case, the change was definitely good. The famous book, ‘Who moved my cheese?’ gave me the same lesson. Without changes, we will always fall behind others and never experience the world beyond the wall. Like the phrase, ‘no pain, no gain’ implies, often times, changes are made at the cost of some troubles or sacrifices. I should bear this in mind and try to willingly accept new challenges.