...opposites which function best when both are present to balance with each other (Johnson, 1998). It is important to remember that a polarity is different than a problem, because a problem is something you solve and a polarity is something that you address and manage (Caldwell, 2011). Since this is the case you must find a different approach to deal with polarities or else things will just end up worse than they were. When using the polarity management model properly, it will make it much easier for those in charge to manage the polarities that they are dealing with. It also works the best when you It might be a little confusing at first for someone new to use the polarity management model efficiently, but it will help out tremendously when they do figure it out and they can handle the polarities they acknowledged. The most important thing to remember though is that polarities can’t be solved or fixed; the only way to deal with them is to find the best way to manage them efficiently (Caldwell, 2011). 2. The Polarity Map A. B. Above is the polarity map I created and as you can see the two poles I chose do represent a true polarity. The polarity that I have chosen is individual and team. This is a very good one to choose, because I think these two must be managed properly to have an efficient virtual team. When creating a polarity map you must have good polarity management, meaning that you need to find a way to get the best out of both poles, so for...
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...website at http://www.myflorida.com and research the position of Emergency Management Specialist. This position has the responsibility in planning, coordination and program management activities that require broad discretion and strict accountability for one or more diverse and complex emergency management programs such as emergency planning, training, and education, public information, disaster recovery, and duties related to complying with the planning and confidentiality requirements of Chapter 252 of the Florida Statutes regarding the special needs program. This position reports to the Assistant Emergency Program Manager, who review work for compliance with established policies and procedures. (State of Florida, 2008) 2. Discuss ways that goal setting could be used to motivate your performance after you fill the position. Goal Setting is the process of specifying desired outcomes toward which individuals, teams, departments, and organizations will strive and is intended to increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Just as organizations strive to achieve certain goals, individuals also are motivated to strive for and attain goals. The goal setting process is one of the most important tools for affecting the performance of the position in the organization that the employee has just filled. a. Goals direct attention. That is, they focus on the employee’s attention on what is relevant and important b. Goals are regulate effort. Not only do goals direct...
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...management A. Before you can learn about how the polarity management model works, you must first be able to understand what polarities actually are. Polarities are issues that are continuous and you can’t solve them or avoid them. Polarities are opposites which function best when both are present to balance with each other (Johnson, 1998). It is important to remember that a polarity is different than a problem, because a problem is something you solve and a polarity is something that you address and manage (Caldwell, 2011). Since this is the case you must find a different approach to deal with polarities or else things will just end up worse than they were. When using the polarity management model properly, it will make it much easier for those in charge to manage the polarities that they are dealing with. It also works the best when you It might be a little confusing at first for someone new to use the polarity management model efficiently, but it will help out tremendously when they do figure it out and they can handle the polarities they acknowledged. The most important thing to remember though is that polarities can’t be solved or fixed; the only way to deal with them is to find the best way to manage them efficiently (Caldwell, 2011). 2. The Polarity Map A. Efficient Virtual Team Efficient Virtual Team | Non-Efficient Virtual Team Non-Efficient Virtual Team | Individual Individual & & 1) Always working by yourself ...
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...Self-management – You’re able to control impulsive feelings and behaviours, manage your emotions in healthy ways, take initiative, follow through on commitments, and adapt to changing circumstances. Social awareness – You can understand the emotions, needs, and concerns of other people, pick up on emotional cues, feel comfortable socially, and recognize the power dynamics in a group or organization. Relationship management – You know how to develop and maintain good relationships, communicate clearly, inspire and influence others, work well in a team, and manage conflict. 2. Anti-discrimination, WHS Act 2011 Privacy Act 3. Working with others is not without its difficulties and problems, and at times conflicts arise. It is important that these are resolved to ensure effective and efficient working in accordance with the organisation`s policies and procedures. • Gather information: identify key issues without making accusations, focus on what the issues are, not who did what, do not accuse, find fault, call names. • Each party states their position and how it has affected them; others listen attentively and respectfully without interruption. • Each party, in turn, repeats or describes as best they can the other’s position to the listener’s satisfaction. Parties try to view the issue from other points of view beside the two conflicting ones. • Parties brain storm to find the appropriate way to collaborate and therefore achieve a mutually beneficial outcome. ...
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...The topic I have decided to research on is based on the productive work environments for millennials. I shall focus on this topic by looking at how managers can manage and retain the millennials in the workplace. I find this topic interesting and relevant to research in the business context because as a millennial, I find it interesting how; based on the numerous research articles (which shall be further explained in this paper), there are a lot of stereotypes surrounding managing and retaining millennials and due to the research I discovered that managers can use Theory Y; also known as the behavioral theory approach (more people centered) to manage millennials. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRPAHIES 1- Kilber, J., Barclay, A., & Ohmer, D. (2014). Seven...
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...crucial part in becoming successful whether it is in completing school, getting everything done at home, or even just completing all the tasks assigned at work. All people are born with a sense of time management; some learn how to use it to aid in getting the most amounts of tasks completed with the least amount of stress possible and still finish with a quality product while others choose not to work on it or improve in any aspect. For those who struggle with time management, it can be really hard to know which techniques will help manage time better and which ones are just going to be a waste of time. According to Peter Bregman (2011) proper time management helps to visualize priorities so that they can be broken into manageable, digestible chunks so that time can be spent where it should be every day. Thankfully there is not guessing as to what to do to improve and there are quite a few proven skills that can be learned with a little practice. Four of the skills that can help manage time no matter where they are applied are; make a plan, maintain a lifestyle that provides the most energy, eliminate the unnecessary, and to reduce interruptions. One technique that is proven to help learn how to use time more wisely is to make a plan. The ability to manage time is a common struggle for a large percentage of people all over the world and that number grows daily. Meltzer (2010) p.14 states that “It is imperative that 21st-century students learn how to recall previously learned...
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...Effective Time Management Gen/200 04/18/2010 Effective Time Management Pursuing my degree is one of the best decisions of my life, but there have been some issues in accomplishing it. The biggest issue, because I chose to go to school later in life, is effective time management. With family, a full-time job, and school responsibilities, there isn’t much time available for anything else including sleep. In order to accomplish my goal, I need to learn how to effectively manage my time. The problem with learning how to manage my time is how I can learn the techniques and where do I find quality information on the subject of time management. There was an unlimited amount of information on the web and also great information in the University of Phoenix Library. I used Google Scholar to find some really good information as well as time management assessments to better help with a solution. I have to find information that is effective and has been tested or proven to work. There are many proven ways to manage time, but you have to select the one that best works for your situation and your lifestyle. I believe that the best information comes from the people who are professionals on the subject or have been in your position and overcome it. I know that in order to manage my time effectively, I need to overcome procrastination. I know that it is a problem and it needs to be addressed. According to Rick Johnson, CEO of Strategist LLC, procrastination is the breeding ground for...
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...most value or get the best return. Management can be defined as: achieving goals in a way that makes the best use of all resources. This definition covers self-management as well as managing people, being a manager. Whenever you prioritize, you are managing your time. You manage yourself and all other resources at your disposal in order to do a good job. Leadership, by contrast, is about influencing people to change direction. When senior executives decide to change direction, this is seen as leadership. But because it is a decision, it is a management act - not leadership. Decisions flow from authority, leadership is an act of influence. Leadership is an attempt to influence followers. It's never a decision of any sort. All decisions made by executives are managerial actions. This is not the conventional view of leadership and management but, if leadership is an influence process, one implication is that there can be no such thing as autocratic leadership. Decisions can be made autocratically, but deciding for people is not a type of influence so it shouldn't be classed as leadership. The Meaning of Management We need to understand the meaning of management in order to know what management skills to develop. Think of what is means to be an investor - someone with money to invest and wanting the best return. Such a person shifts his or her money around regularly to improve return. Similarly, managers have resources at their disposal to invest - people, material and a budget...
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...Is there a way to manage a manager? This might be a valid question but “Managing your boss” sounds devious, right? It sounds like a team is up to brewing a heckler’s game of manipulation to topple down a boss. Hold that thought and be still, because no, managing a boss or a manager needs not to be understood that way, and yes, there are studies and management recommendations which talk about the appropriate ways of dealing with managers. If you are working below and down the line, there’s a way of overseeing the upper line without batting an eye, which means you do not have to move up the higher line to manage your manager. John Kotter and John Gabarro, Harvard professors and experts on management disclosed some truth about managers: They have desires to be managed by their direct reports or the team they keep, as much as they seek to find effective ways of managing the team. Why? Because they too, are human being with the same need as everyone else aside from being tasked with managing projects and people. They are the same people who would appreciate compliment rather than complain from among their direct reports. To manage them without having to feel threatened by their authority is an accomplishment Let’s go closer to home by looking at Filipino author Ernesto Franco’s framework: The 5 general style of Filipino managers: * Manager by “Kayod”. “kayod” is a term which refers to “hard work” or “sweating out” to achieve goals or produce something. This kind of manager tends...
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...Cross Cultural Studies Management Diversity February 25, 2012 As companies are becoming more and more diverse its becoming more and more important for companies to understand and manage it. The people of different background, races, religion creates diverse workforce. There is an importance of having diverse workforce to provide better performance. There are perspectives of managing the diverse workforce, which require organization leaders and managers of being responsible of attaining better diverse workforce. Diversity means differences, difference of age, sex, race, religion and culture etc. People with different demographic differences working in the organization makes diverse workforce. And it is becoming more important for the organizations to know about these differences and how to manage it. Diversity is also the common issue in the workforce environment, in some companies employees often get discriminated or misunderstood because of the diverse features. So it is important for the companies to manage the diversity workforce to value best performance. Most important aspect these days is to train the managers to handle the diverse workforce. Many organizations are engaging in activities to manage their employees of different genders, ages, race, sexual orientations, etc. When demographic diversity is valued, all employees, even the non-traditional (i.e., other than white males), are encouraged to participate fully and develop their unique skills and perspectives...
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...things going on in life we must learn to stop procrastinating, set priorities, and use planners for everything that we do. “Over commitment is then frequently followed by procrastination” (Managing Time: Experts Advise How Best to Keep from Wasting It, 1989). People tend to commit their selves to too many things and not worry about the time. They just keep saying they are going to do it and just keep pushing it back and procrastinating. How many times have we said we are just going to do it later, and them find ourselves rushing to do it because we are at the deadline…? too many. Prioritizing your daily task is a good way to help manage your time and not procrastinate. Put your priorities in order of importance, and do not let anything distract you from your task. Yes, things happen that you can’t control that might hinder your accomplishments but it is your responsibility to get back on track once the incident is over. Karen Flaherty of Compass Group, Limited of Birmingham said “Don’t schedule every moment of the day; leave time for catch up.” Using a planner to help you with your task is another way to help you manage your time. “the significance of planning gives people a way to be more aware of time” (Managing Time: Experts Advise How Best to Keep from Wasting It, 1989). To connect these things to my everyday life I will start to make a list and prioritize my list in order of importance so that I know exactly what I have to do right away. Also I have to really...
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...I wish I would just get it done and not have to worry about it. So I want to discover ways to manage my time effectively and hopefully stave off the ability to procrastinate. The information that I will gather will be about time management skills, how to keep a schedule and how to say no. I will research using Google to find how other people manage their time, and what steps they take to keep to a schedule. I will also research how to best manage a busy schedule and make sure that everything that needs to get done is getting done and how to recognize when I am procrastinating and the steps I can take to avoid those traps. I will look at articles, e-books and forums for information and tips. For my selected problem it is not necessary to have scientific methods to help solve it, I almost think it best to learn from others with the same concerns and the steps they took to solve it. So I think the forums are probably my best bet. I will also look for polite ways to tell people that I am not available. Especially since this is one of the major factors for my procrastination. I tend to say yes, just because what I really need to do does not sound like as much fun. I am not looking for extensive research and scientists and studies done on this topic, what I am looking for is tried and true methods that have worked for other people. I will evaluate what has worked for other people and “cut and paste” them together to make them work for me. An example would be that the...
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...Introduction cont.. * Poor time management can negatively affect the performance of the working students in several ways. First if they don’t structure their time for homework & projects, they may not able to complete them on time. Second is the cramming for examination which is the another common trait of disorganized or undisciplined college students that rather than setting aside time each evening for study, poor time managers try to absorb everything in a few late hours the day before the test. * Trying to manage all the demands of working and going to school is not an easy task, but it is possible. Time management is the key to their daily survival and success in reaching their goal. Introduction cont.. * Poor time management can negatively affect the performance of the working students in several ways. First if they don’t structure their time for homework & projects, they may not able to complete them on time. Second is the cramming for examination which is the another common trait of disorganized or undisciplined college students that rather than setting aside time each evening for study, poor time managers try to absorb everything in a few late hours the day before the test. * Trying to manage all the demands of working and going to school is not an easy task, but it is possible. Time management is the key to their daily survival and success in reaching their goal. Statement of the problem The study aims to answer the following questions...
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...expectation of getting a job no matter what the cost and helping his family leave Chicago. His brother’s expectation of quitting the tom foolery with his thug like friends and stop getting into trouble and getting an education. Also, his friends expectations that consist of robbing and being a nuisance to society, but how could he bail on the people who have been with him since the beginning. Richard wright makes it clear in this story that living up to everyone's expectations can be a very hard task to accomplish, especially when you only see the things you can not do instead of the things you can....
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...Management people in organization The employees or people working towards the achievement of a common goal are the biggest assets of an organization. Managing the people of an organization is known as people management or human resource management. In this context, the main purpose of the report is to talk about the issues related to people management and itself as issues in changing world of business and workplaces. Next segment of the essay attempts to focus on the challenges that are contributing to people management issues in organizations. Afterward, a number of theories have been presented in the discussion that can help dealing with issues related to people management. The essay has illustrated the critical review of people management theories discussing their integration to assist the managers in dealing such issues. In contrast, the way of using these theories by managers to overcome the people management issues also have been delineated in this essay. Before highlighting the issues in relation to people or human resource management, it is necessary to know what people management is and how is it perceived within the organization. It is understood that people are the soul of the organization and success and the failure of then business totally depends on their attitude and performance. Therefore, the very difficult task for a manager or an employer in the organization is managing the people. A manager is supposed to lead, train, inspire and encourage the people working...
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