Essays on Interpersonal Skills

Self-awareness and Empathy. Awareness of another person is accompanied by an emotional assessment of the person, an attempt to understand things, predict changes in behavior and model their own behavior. Since this process involves at least two people, and each is an active subject, each should consider not only another person's needs and motives but also the way that person understands the needs and motives of the partner in the construction of strategies of interaction. Thus, self-awareness and empathy are the key conditions for teamwork and interpersonal communication. In this case, one needs to understand the very essence emotional ...

Test Scores

Administrative skills: 22 Interpersonal skill: 27 Conceptual skill: 29 (Northouse & Peter, 142)

Reflection of the scores

According to the test results I have a high range of administrative skills. Administrative skills play an imperative role in matters relating to effective leadership. These skills can be termed as competencies required by organizational leaders for running businesses as well as accomplishing the business goals and purposes (Northouse & Peter, 124). As a business leader I apply my administrative skills in managing people, resources, and illustrating technical competence. In managing employees, effective business leaders are able to fully connect with other individuals, have a greater understanding of ...

Personal Marketing Plan Project

Introduction Contemporary work setting has become increasingly competitive. With more graduates entering the work force, employers are more disconcerting in selecting the most qualified candidates based on a set of criteria which ensures attaining the organizations’ goals. The current discourse hereby aims to present a personal marketing plan which would highlight one’s strengths and competencies, as well as assist in focusing on one’s career in preparation for entering the placement process. To do this, the plan would present a situational analysis which would identify distinctive competencies, the objective in one’s career, the target market, a positioning ...

Leadership

Crime scene related fields require an individual with exceptional leadership abilities since it involves working as a team. My leadership skills are my strength. I have shown my leadership skills in the past through leading a team of students to solve simple group tasks in class and outside the class. My future employer can find my leadership skills very valuable since every organization requires employees who can be able to manage time and other resources within the organization wisely. As a good leader, I am a good manager as well.

Decision Making

Making a quick and wise decision in the crime ...

Question 1

I was particularly surprised at the huge difference between the career descriptions of a registered nurse and that of a licensed practical and licensed vocational nurse as well as the difference in their pay and job education requirements. For example, I established from my research that the vocational and practical nurses work under the directions of a registered nurse or doctor. Similarly, the median pay for the two jobs was unexpectedly huge. While the licensed vocational nurses and the licensed practical nurses earned in the range of $43, 000, the registered nurses earned in the tune of close to $ ...

Interview Questions

The interview was conducted at 10.30 am on 5th of August 2016 The person selected for the interview was called John Austin. He is the Network Administrator for Safaricom Telecommunications Company located in Texas.

Describe your present position and career progression for an individual to hold this type of position.

My present position at this firm entails network administration. That is to say, that I am a Network Administrator. It is my responsibility to ensure that the computer network of the organization is up to date and running smoothly. The position is very important in coordinating the several systems for most organizations that uses several software or computer platforms. As a Network Administrator, I am ...

A summary of my current level of responsibility and decision-making ability in the company

A typical business organization normally has various functions and departments. Each department is assigned a unique role that in conjunction with other departments, it contributes to the overall achievement of the entire organizational goals. Additionally, every employee in the organization is assigned a specific role and the target to achieve over a specified period, which at the end of a particular time is evaluated together with what others have done to measure the progress of the entire organization. Having attained a degree in a business field with specialization in Accounting /Finance, I make major contributions towards critical decision making ...

Pediatric care is believably, a challenging, though exiting field of nursing care. One of the exiting aspects of pediatric care is that it exposes one to a unique learning environment that in the long run helps in honing skills. Unlike the general population of patients, pediatric patients are pretty unique and require one to use advanced and skillful approaches towards meeting the care needs of a patient. This subsequently, helps a nurse in internalizing skills, hence offering a fertile ground for professional and interpersonal growth. Nonetheless, from my practicum experience, one of the concerns I have is that without ...

Abstract

This paper talks about the difference between hard and soft skills. It also aims to define soft skills as well as emphasize the importance of soft skills, particularly in the military. Regardless of one’s profession, soft skills are needed to succeed in life. In fact, in almost all aspects of an individual’s life, whether in work or in dealing with people and personal relationships, soft skills are always at play. The military organization is particularly in need of soft skills, both in an individual and organizational level. In fact, the success of a military operation could not ...

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PART 1

Action Plan using Maslow’s Theory The world has a myriad of cultures and people that share their own set of cultural values and belief systems. These values become their cultural norms and are preserved in their day to day actions and routine. If a person does not carry the firsthand knowledge of another person’s cultural beliefs and norms, then they are bound to follow hearsay and believe whatever stereotypes are associated with them. However looking at the factual display of matters, many cultures have certain rites and traditions which cannot be changed or tampered with. ...

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I have always been interested on the factors that motivate people’s behavior. Specifically, I often wonder why some people behave or act differently than others. It also intrigues me to think whether a behavior can be deemed abnormal in one culture when it is appropriate and normal on another culture. In other words, I want to know more about the culture’s role in the field of abnormal psychology. Moreover, I have known a few people who suffer from what seems to be psychological disorders (e.g., depression and schizophrenia) and I became more interested to know ...

Self Assessment

I think that the teaching beliefs emerge through different sources, from personal life experience to the literature you read dedicated to education. Moreover, I think that the mixture of these two domains will make you a good educator, as it is important to take into account your own experience and interpersonal skills when implementing the knowledge provided by theories. It is considered that the teacher has to involve the strategies including “listening, clarifying, encouraging, reflecting, presenting, problem solving, negotiating, directing, standardizing, and reinforcing” (Glickman et al. 89). However, I can tell that these approaches can be faulty if applied ...

Overview: this career map report describes what my targeted career will be, what requirements are needed for this job position, the skills and gaps I currently have, and how to develop them.

Career Target:

My targeted goal is to become a Marketing Manager within the next five years. My preferred industry is banking, but I am comfortable working in any other industry where I will get a job. The position of a marketing manager requires one to have the right skills that can be beneficial in aligning the company’s mission objectives to realize goals pertaining to marketability and profitability. The ...

“Performance management systems, which typically include performance appraisal and employee development, are the “Achilles’ heel” of human resources management. They suffer flaws in many organizations, with employees and managers regularly bemoaning their ineffectiveness” (Pulakos, 2004). Performance management involves planning, and employee input to determine methods and techniques to improve the performance of employees and align these improvements with organizational goals. In this paper, the internal and external job roles and responsibilities of retail sales associates will be highlighted, an organizational modification plan that can be used to encourage specified behaviors in the retail sales associate capacity, methods for measuring ...

Finance is an evergreen field with a variety of career options for aspiring students and professionals. With job titles such as financial controller, credit manager, treasurer, financial advisor and management accountant, the nature of work carried out by employees in this field is both diverse and comprehensive. Be it banking, financial sector companies, trusts or business consultancies, there are numerous job opportunities in each sector. Finance industry in particular is backed with critical factual information, data computations and analysis. It’s important to use reliable resources to collect this data. As internet beaming in the 21st century, it has ...

Introduction

Change is inevitable within the organizations. In essence, the organizations in the contemporary competitive environment are required to undergo changes so as to remain competitive. In other words, change is imperative for the organizations because it would be possible for them to lose their competitive advantages devoid of it. Alkaya and Hepaktan (2003) describe change as a response to some considerable opportunity or threat that arise out of the organization. It is imperative to note that change takes place when the organizations make a transition from their present state to some anticipated future state. The task of managing change ...

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1. Explain how tourism can contribute towards socio-cultural conservation Tourists are generally interested, apart from sight-seeing, in exploring the social and cultural peculiarities of the locations they visit. They are interested in the local food habits, dance and cultural forms. In many parts of the world cultural forms have been resurrected and revived mainly for entertaining tourists. Tourists are willing to pay good money to watch dance, rituals and other performing arts which are unique to the town or village that they are visiting and this creates a demand for the local artists who can ...

Introduction

Before heading towards the job analysis, it is eminent to understand the meaning of job itself. The job is the set of tasks, responsibilities, and duties which need to be performed to attain the overall organizational objectives. In an organization, every job is different from the other jobs, for instance, clerk, manager, electricians, etc. A job contains different positions; these positions are described as the set of duties and responsibilities that are assigned to the individual on a regular basis. The failure of effective job design leads to heavy financial losses to the company (Steward & Brown, 2011). The same ...

HCPM 341

Introduction Practice management is one of the least popular jobs among medical practitioners, probably because it leans more on the field of management than in the medical practice itself (Aluise, 2012 p.142). However, done correctly, the organization will produce the profit that is needed in order to continue providing excellent healthcare services to patients. In managing the multi-specialty group of six doctors and three mid-level providers, I will employ planning, organizing, staffing, controlling, directing, and decision-making. Planning is probably the most important of these six elements because without it, there is no order. Even if there are duties and ...

The Role of Leadership in Project Management

Leadership is an important aspect of project management. Project team leaders appointed to run a project have the power to determine whether an exercise becomes successful or not. It is, therefore, imperative for project managers to clearly establish their leadership roles in project management. In addition, the managers need to know the necessary skills that will help them successfully carry out their leadership roles.

Nature of leadership and management

Scholars have established that there is a link between the performances of an organization to the approach which the organization takes in regards to the management of its essential resources. This is an aspect referred ...

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Essay In education, like in any other field, the leaders encounter with the conflict between the private and professional life. Usually, the books teach us that it is vital not to mix these two parts, but in some instances, it is quite problematic. Leader or not, an individual tend to take personal baggage to the workplace, yet for the leader it may cause serious consequences. Leadership does bring a lot of responsibility and the need to become impatient as well as objective. In this case, personal problems may become a barrier to communication, if, for example, a leader does ...

Reflective Essay on Leadership

Reflective Essay on Leadership

PART A

Introduction

One of the most widely researched aspects of personality and leadership in the big five factors of personality, which includes neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness involve the ability to predict leaders. In fact, greater empirical support has been found for the five-factor model in predicting leaders than for the type indicators. However, research has additionally identified that for looking at appealing leaders, a proactive personality scale such as measuring the ability to change the organization's environment, to show initiatives and to persevere is a better predictor of leadership factor has relations ...

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Brief Overview In the work of a school counselor, ethical code of conduct plays a central role identifying the quality of the profession. A failure to comply with the ethical rules may lead to the disciplinary and legal consequences that will affect the career as well as the entire educational establishment. It is essential to remember that school bears a list of responsibilities for the life and well-being of children and adolescents that are both legally and ethically safeguarded by the state and the entire community. Consequently, the educators have to preserve a balance between their personal beliefs and ...

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Essay During the first self-assessment in the beginning of the course, I realized that I lack essential interpersonal skills and knowledge in technology, which can prevent me from being an effective leader. While it was quite disappointing to find out that I have certain flaws, it was important to realize that lack of skills and abilities can be improved. I came to a conclusion that compassion, empathy, and sensibility to others are my weakest points and it is essential to increase my potential by using appropriate interventions. As I do in many cases, I have found several books in ...

Choosing a major is not easy for young people. We need help from someone who has experience. Unfortunately, I did not get that help, and so I began my path to becoming a mechanical engineer. I realize now that that might not have been the best choice for me, but I also realized that, in my case, life is too short to change what we have already started. I was born in the 80’s, and as I was growing up in the 90’s, our government began showing professional stimuli on television. Because the government was in need ...

1. Introduction

Background Information

The changes in the health care industries influence the leadership goals, employee as well as the quality of the healthcare. Currently, the healthcare organization is becoming informed about the significant impact of having two distinct generations in the workplace. The substantial amount of literature exists on how to recognize the two generations and their difference regarding emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills and communication skills. Again, there is some research that evaluates how to attract and retains Generation X and Generation Y workers. However the literature that addresses the difference in the generations are not sufficient (Anantatmula & Shrivastav, 2012). ...

Final Project

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Introduction

2.1. Prophet Muhammad 2.2. Self evaluation 2.3. My attitudes toward different challenges 2.4. FEWA’s desired future leadership competencies 3. Task 2 3.1. Jack Welch/former CEO of GE Company 3.1.1. Jack Welch leadership strategy 3.1.2. Jack Welch leadership style 3.1.3. Jack Welch strengths and areas of development 3.2. “Change plan” 3.2.1. Implementation plan for the change plan 3.2.2. Stakeholders’ involvement in the change. 3.2.3. Strategy for managing resistance to change 4.1. SWOT analysis. 4.2. Individual Development Plan (IDP) 5. Conclusion 6. References 7. Appendix

Introduction

Leadership is one of the significant factors ...

Internship reflective essay

Internships help students to integrate theoretical knowledge and its practical applications. It gives the students an opportunity to apply formal classroom learning in a working environment. Beard in his book “The status of internships” listed out a number of opportunities in an internship program which is, “integrate academic knowledge with practical applications, improve career opportunities after graduation, create relevance for past and future classroom learning, Develop work place social and human relations skills, and provide the opportunity for students to apply communication and problem-solving skills” (Beard 1998). It helps to identify a student’s ability and interest to work ...

In-Group Dynamics:

When speaking of how groups are divided up into leaders and followers it is important to note the qualities that are desired by the entire group and how those traits are used to influence which roles individuals assume. Many individuals commonly agree upon several core traits that are required to influence and affect change in the moods of others. The ability to lead is often driven by the charismatic and otherwise influential manner that select individuals are capable of, and can help to shift support for leadership in their favor. The ability to lead stems from the capability of ...

The role of education is very crucial for the development of the society and welfare. Education plays an important role in enlightening and creating awareness and removing dogmatism and backwardness among members of the society (Apple 27). From early childhood education through primary education to advanced learning, humans undergo a process of learning to hone their critical thinking, spur creativity and build a society of knowledgeable men and women (Golub 10). As a major in education, I am concerned about the roles of education in the society, and in particular, how the socio-economic development of a community can be ...

Foreign policy refers a policy that is used by a government while dealing with other states. This policy is designed to accomplish government objectives. Herrmann proposes the following personality characteristics as necessary in assessing the foreign policy orientation of a leader. These include beliefs, motives, decision style and interpersonal style often divided into two, paranoia and Machiavellianism. President Obama’s foreign policy orientation include, rescue missions involving hostages, targeted captures as well as killings in different states. He issues orders on how such missions are to be conducted through the Defense Department. This trait is portrayed in the decision ...

Introduction

Negotiation is the process by which two or more people settle their differences divide a resource. Effective negotiation techniques, therefore, become essential since we are faced with many conflicting situations in our daily lives, where the parties involved want to satisfy their conditions (Fells, 15). Such situations hence, warrant a detailed understanding of the concept of negotiation if a favorable outcome to both parties is to be realized. This paper assesses my strengths and weaknesses as a negotiator and how I can improve on them. It also analyzes the key lessons I learned from class discussions, lectures and readings, ...

Book Review – The Extraordinary Leader

Book Review – The Extraordinary Leader

The first edition of the book, which was published in 2002, drew rave reviews for the ground-breaking research on leadership. Their focus had been on balancing and maximizing the strengths as opposed to just correcting the errors. The second edition is completely revised with more global outlook and new chapters regarding the core topic of strengths. Figure 1: The Leadership Tent Floor

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The book starts by listing the sixteen variables that form the significant unknowns upon which the leadership depends on. In order to demystify the leadership, they undertook an empirical research. Their empirical ...

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Essay I think that a specific set of skills and abilities helps the managers to gain success in their work. At the same time, there is always a room for improvement. In the modern conditions of constantly changing business environment, technological advancement, and globalization leaders require a different set of skills than several years earlier. I think I have essential skills to become a good leader in the contemporary environment, yet at the same time, I think I can master some of my flaws as well. I have well-developed analytical skills that enable me to resolve complex problems and ...

Reflection of Korn/Ferry's prospective assessment

Summary of Korn/Ferry Assessment The assessment results reveal that my top five leadership characteristics include keeping on point, relating skills, managing work processes, understating business, and making tough people calls. My keeping on point characteristic is defined by my ability to stay focused and to sort through competing priorities. People say that I am likable, respectable, affirming, and genuinely interested in other individuals. In addition, I am in a capacity to understand and manage processes well because I can evaluate, tweak, and optimize efficiency to achieve improvements. Another key characteristic is understood business, which is derived from interaction with ...

Psychology: Exploring the Relations of Micro Expression to Professional Performance

Psychology: Exploring the Relations of Micro Expression to Professional Performance

According to the studies conducted by Albert Mehrabian in 1971, in communication process, around 93% of human communication takes place through non-verbal mode. He divided the communication process into three parts; words (7%), tone of the voice (38%), and body language 55% (Mehrabian, 1981). Among non-verbal modes of communication the commonly used mode is the facial expressions. The face of the person expresses his/her emotions. Yet, some part of emotions is sometimes not clear to everyone. We all are not experts in identifying each and every expression of the ...

The rise in popularity and usage of social media has changed the way people interact with each other. More specifically on the usage of social networking sites, individuals can now communicate freely at any time of the day through the use of virtual space. This has an advantageous effect especially when trying to reconnect with people we have lost contact with or has immigrated to another place. The ease of access for communication brought about by social networking sites has complicated matters surrounding interpersonal skills when it comes to personal interactions. Social networking sites have given people a false ...

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking & Self Evaluation

This paper explores how gender discrimination affects employee performance in the workplace. The study also highlights all the issues a male employee faces in the workplace; and discusses how an employee overcomes confronted gender-based issues. The interview analysis paper also highlights the perception of interviewee regarding career advancements and gender stereotyping.

Personal Information:

The questionnaire starts with collecting interviewee personal information. The name and other private information cannot be revealed to maintain confidentiality. The interviewee age is around mid-30s. He belongs to India but works in an American Company based in the USA.

Views and Challenges Faced in the Workplace:

Workplace issues are mostly ...