Chutzpah over FS

We created a feasibility study on a proposed hospital.

At first, we already knew we would do well in this project.  This confidence took us to a unique setting of assigning each member with a specific chapter not like the other groups where they worked their feasibility together all the time.

Mr. R, our leader, was assigned in wordy chapters—one to three and appendices. He assigned himself to those chapters because he knew he’s good in writing and has a vast experience in making those parts.  He was also our chief consolidator and proofreader and he monitors our every step—nothing was overlooked.

Ms. P and I were appointed in chapter 4: the market feasibility—the chapter needed too much of interviews, surveys, and researches. I was assigned to this because they said I was good at those aspects especially with interviews. At first, I did not know what to do. I had not started making a report until the third month where I gradually started researching for my chapter. We searched information in hospitals and health offices around the city.  Luckily, in one of the offices, we bumped into one of the important persons in the city who knows the city’s health status and other data. She shared some insights and facts about the topic and said she was willing to help us for supplementary data.  The information we got from her were not sufficient so we continued our benchmarking in barangay health centers.  Also, we used all the resources we got from the internet and old found books. We did not ignore any snippets of details we got from those. All are accumulated to make the chapter at par with the prior chapters.

The market feasibility was the first part of the defense.  The pressure was on when we reported our output in front the respected panelists. Fortunately, we surpassed the interrogations thrown at us. One of the panelists, though, did not like the thickness of our report even when we explained that the whole paper we passed included chapters one to three and other groups had not. Well, you know, some “smart” people would never understand even the simplest things as such.

Mr. J and Ms. C were assigned in chapter 5: the technical feasibility.  They started their chapter ahead of us because they had all the information they needed in the internet except for the computation of the costs.  They had the thickest chapter because all of the technical aspects were specifically defined and described.

We left chapter 6 to Miss S and Miss P: socio-economic feasibility.  The chapter talks about the effects of the establishment to employment, environment, economics, and taxes.

Mr. M and Mr. L were appointed in chapter 7: financial feasibility.  This chapter talks about budgets, returns, paybacks, and turnovers.  I personally do not like anything related to those that was why I insistently refused to include myself in making the chapter.  Even Mr. M and Mr. L had a hard time solving for figures and balancing. We had many meetings discussing and making the chapters even in the last minute.

In the final defense, the questions came out most from the financial feasibility. The chapter had many flaws, but fortunately, it passed through the eyes of the panelists. We had answered their interrogations intelligently and persuasively.

In making our feasibility study, I enhanced my perspective toward simultaneous exercise of teamwork and independence all at once. I had understood further that to be competent in the real world, one must learn to work diligently and intelligently in any assigned task. Furthermore, it is also important to be patient, to be understanding, and to be adept with different attitudes of the teammates.  Being flexible on these aspects may give a person an edge in the workplace.

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As noticed, the paragraph related to me has longer narration. Without bias to others, this is because we were assigned in each chapter and I had not touched or less had I touched the other chapters. I do not know specifically how they approached theirs.