Title: Personal Agenda Quiz
Course: PIM: Teaming 2: Self and Other Awareness > Section: Personal Agenda

Q: Which do you think best captures Eric's likely personal agenda?
- Eric wants to get as much done in as little time as possible. (Assuming good intentions, efficiency is probably the best take on Eric's personal agenda.)
- Eric wants to spend as little time in the lab as possible. (Maybe, but this assumption is countered by the fact that he is working long hours in the evenings. Go back and see if another answer better captures Eric's personal agenda.)
- Eric has daytime activities that he highly values, so he doesn't want to come into the lab during the day. (This is a dangerous assumption to make, since we don't have any hint of this personal agenda from Eric himself. Go back and try again.)
- Eric doesn't like the other lab members and doesn't want to spend time with them. (This is a dangerous assumption to make, since we don't have any hint of this personal agenda from Eric himself. Go back and try again.)
A: Eric wants to get as much done in as little time as possible.

Q: How would you describe Dr. Martinez's personal agenda?
- As the person responsible for teaching Eric, Dr. Martinez wants him to engage in social learning with his peers and mentors. (Assuming good intentions, this is the most likely personal agenda Dr. Martinez could have.)
- As his mentor, Dr. Martinez is worried that Eric is not getting the support he needs by working alone so much. (This may be true, but Dr. Martinez expressed a slightly different motivation - go back and see if another response better captures her personal agenda.)
- Dr. Martinez wants to be able to keep an eye on her students while they use the lab equipment. (This is a dangerous assumption to make, since we don't have any hint of this personal agenda from Dr. Martinez. Go back and try again.)
- Dr. Martinez wants to utilize the lab equipment herself in the evenings when Eric is using it. (This is a dangerous assumption to make, since we don't have any hint of this personal agenda from Dr. Martinez. Go back and try again.)
A: As the person responsible for teaching Eric, Dr. Martinez wants him to engage in social learning with his peers and mentors.

Q: Given the conflicting personal agendas at play in this situation, what do you think would be the best way to address the issue and move forward in this case?
Feedback: Dr. Martinez and Eric basically have different goals for him, and those goals are driven by different sets of values. The case is not hopeless, however. There are a lot of potential solutions if they are both willing to recognize the validity of the other's perspective and bend a little on the way forward. One compromise would be to shift some of Eric's lab time to regular operating hours so that he gets some contact with his peers and mentors but also has some uninterrupted time in the evenings to work more efficiently. Dr. Martinez may also be able to create a schedule for each day so that the equipment is shared more equitably by lab members during regular operating hours. A colleague may have similar equipment in another lab that could be utilized at times of heavy demand. Also, some other students may want to shift their hours outside of the daytime schedule to give Eric some company in the evenings.