...cannot get them all done in eight hours? If you answered yes to any, or all, of these questions then you most likely suffer from the effects of attempting to multitask. The reality of our human world is that we are not physically or mentally capable of completing more than one complex task at a time. Let us start by defining the term multitasking. Merriam-Webster defines multitasking as: “The ability to do several things at the same time.” (1) The American Psychological Association (APA) defines multitasking in a similar fashion, but also adds the term “switch” at the end. The addition of the word switch actually tells us volumes about the true nature of multitasking. Studies show that multitasking is actually the human mind switching from one task to another. (4) In general, the switch takes only fraction of a second to complete. This quick switch gives us the allusion that we are performing more than one task at a time, thus multitasking is accomplished, or so we think. In fact, according to a study conducted in 2001 by Joshua Rubinstein, Jeffrey Evans and David Meyer found that participants lost significant amounts of time as they switched between multiple tasks and lost even more time as the tasks became increasingly complex. (9) Scientists have broken the process down into two stages, first “Goal Setting” and second...
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...conclusions based on evidence presented can be drawn. SAMPLE CASE STUDY FOCUSING ON MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: Management Case Study Introduction Throughout the study, Shelley’s class was well managed. Explanations and evidence to support the following six assertions regarding Shelley’s management style are presented: 1. Shelley did not focus extensively on behavior management; 2. Shelley monitored student behavior throughout lessons; 3. Shelley promptly dealt with potential disruptive behavior; 4. Shelley reinforced acceptable behavior; 5. Shelley was very tolerant of student interaction and discussion; and, 6. Shelley devoted a great deal of time to task management. Assertions and Evidence Throughout the study, Shelley did not focus extensively on behavior management. On most days, the students in Shelley’s class were very well behaved and seemed to be familiar with Shelley’s rules regarding classroom behavior. On occasions when Shelley considered student behavior to be inappropriate, she provided corrective feedback in the form of non-verbal gestures or short reprimands. Once the feedback was provided, Shelley continued with instruction and did not dwell on behavior. Examples of corrective feedback statements regarding the behavior of the whole class included, “Let’s get back into control,...
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...Office Administration Office Administration The role of an office administrator is to manage and lead the team of the admin staff. It is important that they are able to delegate the tasks for each member of the team and that the level of work given is appropriate to the team member. The office administrator in the DanIndia Furniture Ltd will be involved with the smooth running of the office and ensure every department is working according to company practices. Information Management The administration is a corporate body specifically charged with making resources productive, reflects the essential spirit of the modern era, it is essential and this explains why once established grew so rapidly and so little opposition. The information administration seeks to achieve goals through people, using techniques within DanIndia. She is the key subsystem within an organizational system. Within the information administration is: • Performance of various interpersonal roles, information and decision. For decision-making process of information flow is essential. This process involves the knowledge of past, future estimates and regular feedback regarding the current activity. The task of management is to implement this information-decision system to coordinate efforts and maintain n dynamic equilibrium. • Coordination of human, material and financial resources for effective and efficient achievement of organizational objectives. • Value of the organization with its...
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...I currently work for an organization that is facing an issue of delegating responsibilities to employees and rewarding employees for the heightened responsibilities they are given. This issue causes confusion as far as job responsibilities, weakens the chain of command, lessens the effectiveness of checks and balances, and makes it difficult to execute tasks. This issue is preventable, and when solved would help the organization to run smoother. Company description I work for a small rural health clinic in North East Florida. We are constantly looking for ways to branch out to reach underserved populations. Since it’s founding my organization has grown to include locations in the four surrounding counties. We operate nine full time primary care centers, two full time dental centers, and seven full time pharmacies. We are a major employer in the area and employ an estimated 200 employees. Our mission is to “To provide accessible, affordable, high-quality care to the communities we serve”, and our vision is to “To improve health outcomes in the communities we serve through the formation of partnerships and the provision of high-quality preventive services and chronic disease management.” We are governed by a 13-member Board of Governors that meets each month. They are tasked with defining and preserving the mission of the organization. Operating under a decentralized organizational architecture our CEO makes most of the organizations final major decisions, but decentralizes...
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...Procrastination * Face up to the results of procrastination. What will happen if you procrastinate? How will you feel if you fail the test? How miserable will you be over the weekend if you have to write a last- minute paper while your family and friends get to go see a movie? * Concentrate on the rewards of managing yourself and your time. Think about the rewards that you will get when you finish a difficult task. You can go to a movie or relax or spend time with your children. You can get a good grade. Think about how good you will feel when the weekend comes and your paper is finished and you don’t have to spend all your time working on a project. Focus on how good you will feel when you did well on a project. While you are working, stop periodically and focus on the rewards. * Break up big tasks into small ones. If you have to write a paper, can you work on one segment tonight and another one tomorrow? If you start early and finish a small segment each day, a big paper is just a series of small tasks. * Give yourself a time limit to accomplish a task. Work will expand to take up as much time as we allow it to. Push yourself to work faster and more efficiently. * Set a regular time for study, and do not vary from it. Determine your personal “ best time” and “ best place.” * Start studying with positive, realistic thoughts. Push negative thoughts out of your mind. Tell yourself that you are growing and becoming more competent. Remember, “ You can do this...
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...Efficiency Chapter 8 .......................Prepare Thoroughly Before You Begin Chapter 9 .......................Do Your Homework Chapter 10 .....................Leverage Your Special Talents Chapter 11 .....................Identify Your Key Constraints Chapter 12 .....................Take It One Oil Barrel At A Time Chapter 13 .....................Put the Pressure on Yourself Chapter 14 .....................Maximize Your Personal Power Chapter 15 .....................Motivate Yourself Into Action 2 Chapter 16 .....................Practice Creative Procrastination Chapter 17 .....................Do the Most Difficult Task First Chapter 18 .....................Slice and Dice the Task Chapter 19 .....................Create Large Chunks of Time Chapter 20 .....................Develop a Sense of Urgency Chapter 21 .....................Single Handle Every Task Putting It All Together 3 Preface Thank you for picking up this book. I hope these ideas help you as much as have helped me and thousands of others. In fact, I hope that this book changes your life forever. There is never enough time to do everything you have to do. You are literally swamped with work and personal responsibilities, projects, stacks of magazines to read and piles of books you intend to get to one of these days as soon as you get caught up. But the fact is that you are never going to get caught...
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...the things they want, • Get more things done, • Relate more positively to others, and • Feel better about themselves (Dodd and Sundheim, 2005). Finding a time management strategy that works best for you depends on your personality, ability to selfmotivate and level of selfdiscipline. By incorporating some, or all of the ten strategies below, you can more effectively manage your time. 1. Know How You Spend Your Time Analyze where most of your time is devoted— job, family, personal, recreation, etc. Keeping a time log is a helpful way to determine how you are using your time. Start by recording what you are doing for 15-minute intervals for a week or two. Evaluate the results. Ask if you did everything that was needed; determine which tasks require the most time; determine the time of day when you are most productive; and analyze where most of your time is devoted – job, family, personal,...
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...labels, filing, etc. Team organization is the key ingredient to maintaining a stress free, on time, on track project. Below is a list of organization skills, and tactics, for organizing a team; Tasks: Tasks should set based on the department, and their skills, e.g. shipping should be the warehouse task and the warehouse task alone. Tasks should also be broken up inside the department as well; everybody should not be working on the same thing. If you give an employee a specific task, this helps in the long run, because if that part of the project is not complete then that employee will be held accountable. Lists: This concept is basically what it says it is a list; this could be of many things, e.g. product list, task list, assignment list, etc. No matter what it may be, from paper towels to heavy equipment you write down everything you want, and/or may need, no matter how big, or small. The list is the easy part implementing the list is where it gets tricky. To implement the list you first need to go first go through the list and choose what you really need, and what you can do without, because remember everything on the list will not be obtainable. Now we move to; Implementation: Now it’s time to put these ideas to a test. To implement these ideas start with the most important tasks first (refer to list), because they may take the longest to complete, and you want to make sure they are done to perfection, and remember most of the things on the list may, or may not be used,...
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...General Outline for Business Consulting Reports Management 451 Your group’s report will follow a similar format. Sample consulting reports from previous semesters are available in the library on course reserve. I. Cover Page Covers are usually printed on heavy, flexible pieces of paper called “coverstock.” The main reason that “coverstock” is used is so that it can protect the document. The cover should carry the title of the report along with some extra information that will help people who may want to file it for later use. For example, you might want to list the members of the team, show off the company logo, and list the date of the final submission of the report. For more on creating a good title, make sure to carefully review section 3 (Title Page) You can create your cover by preparing your material with a word-processing program. If your computer’s printer won’t print on “coverstock,” you can print it on regular paper, and then photocopy it on heavier paper (Paula Lewis in the EMA office can help you out with this). II. Disclaimer Page A disclaimer is a statement that the company or organization hopes will limit its liability for the product or service it provides (as your instructors, we certainly do not want to be held responsible for any bad advice or research you provide your clients ☺ ). The disclaimer statement is fairly typical in consulting projects, and if nothing else reflects the seriousness of writing at a professional level...
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...Small Part 145 Approved Maintenance Organizations: Depending upon the size of organization, the functions are subdivided under individual managers or combined management in number of ways. An approved maintenance organization should posses some facility and personnel requirements in order to carry out base maintenance on an aircraft which are described as follows: FACILITY REQUIREMENTS: Specialized workshops: AMO should have all the facilities of spacious aircraft hangers and component workshops in order to carry out maintenance practices of aircraft in order to accommodate planned maintenance and avoid working area contamination. Proof of tenancy should be provided if hanger is not owned by the organization. Their floors should be sealed so that dust generation can be minimized. Working environment: An appropriate working environment should be given that allows maintenance tasks to be carried out at a comfortable temperature, good lighting conditions and a minimum level of noise. Storage: Considering manufacturer’s instructions; the storage facilities for components, tools etc should be clean, well ventilated and secure in order to minimize the effect of condensation. The unserviceable aeronautical products should be separated from serviceable equipments and tools and remain packed to avoid damage and prevent corrosion. Office accommodation: AMO should provide an office accommodation or area for certified employees and management of planned maintenance where they...
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...Perfect Phrases for the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections This page intentionally left blank Perfect Phrases for the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases to Improve Your Conversational Ability, Develop Your Writing Skills, and Build Exam Confidence Roberta G. Steinberg New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 2008 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 0-07-159247-4 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: 0-07-159246-6. All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions, or for use in corporate training programs. For more information, please contact George Hoare, Special Sales, at...
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...Running Head: INTERNAL CONTROLS Internal Controls XACC 280 Internal Controls This paper will cover the ins and outs of internal controls. It will also tell why they are important not only to companies, but why they are important to investors, creditors, and even the public too. Internal controls are a serious of methods and measures that companies put in place to insure that errors or irregularities in the accounting process do not happen very often. In every company there is a chance of having one or more employees who are dishonest and may take from the company. Internal controls helps to keep this from happening on a regular basis. Internal controls have two primary goals. The first primary goal is to safeguard a company’s assets. This goal is to protect a company’s assets from being misused without permission, theft, and even robbery. The second goal of internal controls is to improve the consistency and correctness of a company’s accounting records. Internal controls accomplish this goal by decreasing the threat of errors or irregularities in the financial accounting process (Internal Controls, 2012). These two goals help make companies trust their employees and investors feel confident in their decision to invest in a company. Internal controls have not always been enforced. This is the reason for the collapse of Enron, Tyco, etc. The Sarbonese-Oxley Act (SOX) has helped make internal controls a requirement for all publically traded...
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...Succeed How to Succeed as a Student Entrepreneur Staring a business while enrolled in school may sound like a daunting task but it can be manageable and lead to success if you follow three essential steps. By staying organized, setting goals and being persistent, and having effective study habits you can be a lucrative student entrepreneur. Importance of a Schedule The first key to staying organized as a student entrepreneur is making a schedule. A daily and weekly plan helps with staying organized, eliminating idle time and allows for planning ahead. The creation and use of a schedule reduces the stress about what task an individual must do next. By having time designated for certain activities, a schedule helps prevent forgetting tasks as well as rushing through other tasks. A schedule helps allot time for school work and business activities and leaves an individual in charge of what they want to do and when they want to do it. As a student, one should be reasonable about business growth by prioritizing and designating only a few hours a week for business activities. It is practical to begin by establishing a small scaled business while in school, with the intention of expanding later when more time is available. Ways to Create a Schedule There are a number of different ways a schedule can be created and many tools that make it a simple task. Many online websites can generate a schedule once input is entered such as Google Calendars which can instantly create a...
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...SHOWING YOU HOW TO GET BAND 9 IN ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 Published by Cambridge IELTS Consultants Cambridge, United Kingdom Copyright © Cambridge IELTS Consultants and Jessica Alperne, Peter Swires 2014. All rights are reserved, including resale rights. This e-book is sold subject to the condition that it will not be copied, stored or redistributed in any form. Also on Kindle from the same publisher: . Packed with advice, examples, models to follow and real Band 9 essays to help you get the best possible result. Get IELTS Band 9 In Academic Writing Contents Introduction from the authors Explanation of the different types of Academic Task 2 essay OPINION type tasks: Model essays IDEAS type tasks: Model essays Summary of the model essays Tasks for you to practice Key to practice tasks The 10 most common mistakes in IELTS academic writing Help from the experts Introduction from the authors For many people, the most difficult part of the IELTS Academic exam is the Task 2 essay in the writing test. This is because few people understand the different types of Task 2 essay, and few people take the time to read examples of high quality Task 2 essays before they take the exam. We are here to help! In this book we show you how to analyze the Task 2 question, and we explain the different types of essay you may be asked to write. Most importantly, this book provides you with fifteen examples of Task 2 essays, all written to Band 9 standard. Each...
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...and things such as face time, skype etc. Cross function- people from different function (departments) in a business come together to work as a team for a project. Therefore it is a temporary team. The way that a team would use this in a team is only if you are working on a project and then you will get put with people from different places to work on a new project but only as a temporary team so that you will be able to complete the task. Permanent – a team that works together for a long time and often on a day basis each member will have their own role. The type of group that would be working together for a long time and are always in the same group. Temporary- a tea, developed for a short time period to complete the task is complete the team ceases to exist. A team that has to be made to handle a small project that has been set out to them. Project- individuals come together temporarily to work on a one off task or project. This is for a person that has got an individual project to complete. Interdependent – a team that cannot complete a task without relying on the help and cooperation of other team member and tend to permanent teams. Formal- created for a specific purpose. Informal- a team that forms in a less rule bound and natural way. The roles would be that they would all have weaknesses however each role is able to solve the weakness. An example would be the resource investigator, the weakness with this role is that some of the...
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