Note: These questions are here to turn away from the details of this rotation and toward how the lessons and strategies you’ve learned might apply in a variety of real-world situations. The focus is not to add to your writing workload as much as to give you an opportunity for some thoughtful reflection so as to incorporate any thoughts these exercises may have raised for you before you move to another task.

Provide a thoughtful response (about half a page) to the following:

• Imagine a friend tells you about a company that has isolated the genes in dogs that control learning and behavior. Furthermore, the company has genetically engineered dogs to be very intelligent and well behaved. The GM dogs are now for sale. Your friend is thinking of buying one and wants to know your opinion on the matter. Describe what your initial reaction to your friend would be, backing up your position with evidence you encountered in this rotation when possible. How would you use the processes and skills you exercised to research the topic and make a clear recommendation to your friend as to whether or not the company's claims can be trusted?
  
  

In addition to the above, the Project Manager for the GM Animals section needs to complete the following.

Provide a thoughtful response (about one page) to the following:

• In this section of the rotation you were in charge of distributing work, ensuring people were completing their work, completing status reports, mediating disagreements within your team, making decisions, and other tasks needed to complete your work as a team. These tasks involve not just doing your own work, but working with others in a way that motivates them to do their own work and contribute to the team.
  
  
  • In what areas of project management do you feel you performed well?
    
    
  • Why do you believe you did perform well in those areas?
    
    
  • In what areas did you not perform very well?
    
    
  • Why do you think you did not perform them well?
    
    
  • How might you improve on those areas in future situations?