| WebLinks Davidman General Mgt [OK] - The will to work: - Syle of Mgt and Leadership - Directing and Managing Change Fast Company New Leaders Download PMBOK Yahoo Project Mgt list Download project mgt forms Consumer run business guide Free Management Library First time manager mistakes Leadership 7 habits ________________________ Self Motivation Here are some Funda's for self-motivation. Don't just read them digest each one of them and apply them and I bet it will make a better YOU. The ultimate motivator is defeat. Once you are defeated, you have nowhere to go except the top. Then only thing stopping you is yourself. There is no guarantee that tomorrow will come. So do it today. Intentions don't count, but action's do. Don't let who you are, stunt what you want to be. Success is the greatest motivator. Your goals must be clear, but the guidelines must be flexible. Try to include these one liners in your scrapbook or on your favorite poster. You will be sub-consciously tuned to achieve what you want. Also do keep in mind that nothing can control your destiny but you! One of the greatest virtues of human beings is their ability to think and act accordingly. The emergence of the techno savvy man from the tree swinging ape has really been a long journey. This transition has taken a span of countless centuries and lots of thinking caps have been involved. Inquisitiveness and aspiration to come out with the best have been the pillars for man's quest for development. Self-motivation is the sheer force, which pulled him apart and distinguished him from his primitive ancestors. Many times, in our life, when we are reviving old memories we get into a phase of nostalgia. We feel that we could have done better than what we had achieved. Be it thinking about that nerve shattering school result, because of which you couldn't get into your favorite stream or that single mark, which could have secured you a merit seat in your engineering college. But thinking back wont rewind the tireless worker called time. All we can do is promise ourselves that we will give our very best in the future. But do we really keep up to our mental commitments? I can guess that 90% answers are in the negative. This is because of that creepy careless attitude which is slowly, but surely entering into the mind of teenagers like us. We easily forget the pains of yesterday to relish the joys of today. This is the only time in our life, when we can control our fate, by controlling our mind. So it is time to pull up our socks and really motivate ourselves so that we can give our best shot in the future. Self-motivation is the need of the hour. Only we can control and restrict ourselves. Its upto us, how we use our mental capabilities to the best of our abilities. � Deepak Chandrasekaran May 10, 2001 ____________________________ One Way >>>>> I have a little sign sitting on my desk that says: "Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail". I like this sign�it�s worded so simply yet holds valuable meaning. And it motivates me! I�m always a little astounded at those people who stock up on so many motivational and self help books that life just doesn�t seem simple anymore and everything becomes an exercise in analysis. Life is supposed to be a series of ups and downs � it�s not a flat highway � it�s a hilly, winding, and sometimes very gravely road!! It�s what you do with your stretch of terrain that makes all the difference. So going back to my little sign�it sounds sort of scary to a lot of us doesn�t it? Going your own way�the fear of the unknown? What if it doesn�t work? What if your life isn�t what you wanted it to be�what you expected? Then pick yourself up and do something about it! Because fear is the absolute killer of motivation and motivation is what you need to achieve your personal goal and be successful in whatever the situation is you are dealing with. Go on�set that goal, believe in yourself and get motivated!! Misti ____________________________ How to Use Habits to Motivate Yourself to Take Action Our minds love habits and routines. Once your mind gets in a groove it doesn't want to change whether what you are doing is good or bad for you. I remember when I was a kid; our father forced us to go through a special routine to clean our copper-bottomed pots with copper cleaner. It took longer now because we also had to polish the bottoms. We fought him on it at first, tooth and nail. A few years later at college, I owned those very same copper pots. Now I was telling everyone else in the house how to do a proper cleaning. I was hooked on the proper cleaning method and took pride in keeping those copper bottoms shiny and free of tarnish. I actually enjoyed cleaning them in this way. I remember thinking back on how I used to fight my father on doing this. Now it was a habit and I wouldn't do it any other way. My desires had shifted by the power of ESTABLISHING a new HABIT. This story illustrates the nature of the mind's desire for routine. If you establish positive habits, you will not want to change them. Successful habits are as easy to do as bad habits. Look at all the things I used to hate in school that I now love. 1. Reading 2. Learning 3. Writing 4. Computers 5. Working out 6. Eating a Raw Food Vegan Diet 7. Public Speaking Nowadays I love working out. I used to hate it but I established the habit nine years ago and realized so many benefits that I never wanted to stop. If you can establish a habit for at least a week, you have a good chance of turning it into a life long habit. If you continue it for a month or so and it is working well for you, then you can keep it for life without struggle. Chair Sit Technique: This simple technique will make you want to get back to work when you aren't motivated. Decide to do nothing else but sit in a chair at your desk for a half hour. You can either do nothing or do your work, but those are your only choices. I used this exact technique last night to get myself to write this article and stop watching TV. I ended up working for 3 hours. I did it again the next night to edit this article. I just needed to get started and then I got into the work, but before I started, I really didn't feel like doing it. Remember your mind loves routine. You can use this in your favor. You can do things that you initially didn't like by just starting a habit and sticking to it for at least a week. You can also use the Chair Sit Technique to get motivated to work. _______________________ |
| Introduction to Management Free Management Library*** Skills & Practice in Organizational Management Traditionally, the term "management" refers to the activities (and often the group of people) involved in the four general functions: Planning, Organizing, Leading and Coordinating of resources. Note that the four functions recur throughout the organization and are highly integrated. Emerging trends in management include assertions that leading is different than managing, and that the nature of how the four functions are carried out must change to accommodate a "new paradigm" in management. This site helps the reader accomplish broad understanding of management (including traditional and emerging views), and the areas of knowledge and skills required to carry out the major functions of management. 1) Planning, including identifying goals, objectives, methods, resources needed to carry out methods, responsibilities and dates for completion of tasks. Examples of planning are strategic planning, business planning, project planning, staffing planning, advertising and promotions planning, etc. Read More... 2) Organizing resources to achieve the goals in an optimum fashion. Examples are organizing new departments, human resources, office and file systems, re-organizing businesses, etc. (See Organizing (many kinds).) Read More... 3) Leading, including to set direction for the organization, groups and individuals and also influence people to follow that direction. Examples are establishing strategic direction (vision, values, mission and / or goals) and championing methods of organizational performance management to pursue that direction. (See Leadership (Introduction).) Read More... 4) Controlling, or coordinating, the organization's systems, processes and structures to reach effectively and efficiently reach goals and objectives. This includes ongoing collection of feedback, and monitoring and adjustment of systems, processes and structures accordingly. Examples include use of financial controls, policies and procedures, performance management processes, measures to avoid risks etc. (See Coordinating Activities.) Read More... _____________________ Another common view is that "management" is getting things done through others. Yet another view, quite apart from the traditional view, asserts that the job of management is to support employee's efforts to be fully productive members of the organizations and citizens of the community. To most employees, the term "management" probably means the group of people (executives and other managers) who are primarily responsible for making decisions in the organization. In a nonprofit, the term "management" might refer to all or any of the activities of the board, executive director and/or program directors. Another Interpretation Some writers, teachers and practitioners assert that the above view is rather outmoded and that management needs to focus more on leadership skills, e.g., establishing vision and goals, communicating the vision and goals, and guiding others to accomplish them. They also assert that leadership must be more facilitative, participative and empowering in how visions and goals are established and carried out. Some people assert that this really isn't a change in the management functions, rather it's re-emphasizing certain aspects of management. ___________________________ Basics (Terms of Management) Perhaps one of the best ways to get a sense about the practices of management is to examine key terms in management. These key terms are defined below. Definitions in this document are quite basic and general in nature. Read More ..... ________________ Management Style Various Managment style Management by Interaction (MBI) <formerly called: Management by Intercourse>: Emphasizes communication and balance of male/female energy as well as integration of all human aspects (mental, emotional, physical and spiritual), creating an empowered, high-energy, high-productive workforce. [Management style developed by Barbara Taylor and Michael Anthony] Management by Interaction article ______________________ View That Separating "Leading" from "Managing" Can Be Destructive Another view is that to be a very effective member of an organization (whether executive, middle manager, or entry-level worker), you need skills in the functions of planning, organizing, leading and coordinating activities -- the key is you need to be able to emphasize different skills at different times. Yes, leading is different than planning, organizing and coordinating because leading is focused on influencing people, while the other functions are focused on "resources" in addition to people. But that difference is not enough to claim that "leading is different than managing" any more than one can claim that "planning is different than managing" or "organizing is different than managing". The assertion that "leading is different than managing" -- and the ways that these assertions are made -- can cultivate the view that the activities of planning, organizing and coordinating are somehow less important than leading. The assertion can also convince others that they are grand and gifted leaders who can ignore the mere activities of planning, organizing and coordinating -- they can leave these lesser activities to others with less important things to do in the organization. This view can leave carnage in organizations. ___________________ Strong Value of Self-Directed Learning The ability to manage one's own learning is an increasingly critical skill. Bouchard explains, �Over the years, it has become increasingly clear that traditional approaches to [training] program design and delivery in the workplace and in associative organizations present some important weaknesses. Problem areas include: coping with the short life span of useful knowledge; passing down acquired competencies to succeeding cohorts; accommodating the demands of productivity while providing for a continuity of learning; [and] enabling learners to pursue activities that correspond to their learning styles and needs� (in Self-Directed Learning in Organizational Settings (working paper), Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, p. 1). This topic in the library provides an excellent opportunity to begin managing your learning. To learn more about self-directed learning, see Strong Value of Self-Directed Learning in the Workplace Read More... Read More on Personal Development _________________ How Supervisors Can Help Employees Learn in the Workplace The supervisor's attitude and knowledge about learning has a tremendous impact on the development of employees (thus, the major reason the Free Management Library was developed). Thomas D. Fisher, in Self-Directedness in the Workplace: A Re-Examination, cites numerous suggestions (from Lowry) in order to better enable self-directed learning in the workplace. Some of those suggestions are listed below, and are wonderful ways for supervisors and learners to turn the workplace into a classroom (pp. 4-5): 1. Help the learner identify the starting point for a learning project and discern relevant [ways] of examination and reporting. 2. Encourage adult learners to view knowledge and truth as contextual ... and that they can act on their world individually or collectively to transform it 3. Create a partnership with the learner by negotiating a learning contract for goals, strategies and evaluation criteria 4. Be a manager of the learning experience rather than an information provider 5. Teach inquiry skills, decision making, personal development, and self-evaluation of work 6. Help learners develop positive attitudes and feelings of independence relative to learning 7. Recognize learners' personality types and learning styles 8. Use techniques such as field experience and problem solving that take advantage of adults' rich experience base 9. Encourage critical thinking skills by incorporating ... such activities as seminars 10. Create an atmosphere of openness and trust to promote better performance 11. Behave ethically, which includes not recommending a self-directed learning approach if it is not congruent with the learner's needs 12. Obtain the necessary tools to assess learner's current performance and to evaluate their expected performance 13. Provide opportunities for self-directed learners to reflect on what they're learning 14. Promote learning networks, study circles, and learning exchanges (see Leaders Circles, self-managed teams of self-directed learners) 15. Provide staff training on self-directed learning and broaden the opportunities for its implementation ___________________________ |
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