...very strong entrepreneurial skills. Luxury Corner has been operating for close to a decade now and has garnered already a big following of fans of luxury goods. Their clients are usually females who are over the age of 20 and coming from all walks of life. Although profits are growing, the business organization is not expanding with the same number of people managing the business as it was ten years ago when it was founded. This brings a lot of stress to members Luxury Corner as they have to deal with the influx of orders and their delivery. According to Rooprai K. Y (2009) in the paper, “Role of Emotional Intelligence in Managing Stress and Anxiety at workplace,” emotional intelligence negatively correlates with stress and anxiety. This means that the higher the level of emotional intelligence is, the lower the stress and anxiety levels are. An organization that is well-equipped with individuals with strong emotional intelligence capabilities are less likely to develop stress caused by the demands of work. Luxury Corner members have been in the industry for quite sometime now and they gradually got used to with the workloads they have to encounter everyday. The management was able to devise a system in which the members alternate on taking a break from work. This system aims to give the members not just a reprieve from the hassles of work, but also to reinvigorate their tired body and mind. This system has proven many times that the worker who has just come...
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...study conducted by Dr. Ben Searle of Macquarie University in Sydney has found significant links between workplace role ambiguity and an employees’ reported level of anger, anxiety and threat perception. Dr. Searle’s study involved 602 participants across a range of companies and industries fulfilling duties all the way up to managing director. The participant group was asked to self-report on perceptions of role ambiguity, experienced levels of anger, anxiety and workplace threat appraisal. In this study, participants were asked questions as to whether they fully understood what was expected of them at work on a day-to-day basis regarding particular tasks, or a range of tasks. This data was then compared with responses to questions which probed whether they had felt anxious or angry at work. Threat appraisal was determined by whether the respondent felt it was more or less likely that their work day was going to be a negative experience for them. Dr Searle’s study found statistically significant correlations between a lack of clarity an individual has regarding their job requirements and reported feelings of anger, anxiety and their threat appraisal. These findings reinforce earlier research conducted by Robert Pearsall from the University of Maryland which demonstrated that these increases in anxiety, anger and threat appraisal can...
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...every decisions you make in your life. And truly allowing your natural way of being as this human form that you are, to live out your natural expression, living in tune with who you are, and this is what makes you feel whole. 2.) Decidophobia is the fear of making decisions. Examples : A.)First is when I entered college. I really can't decide on what course I will take. I am afraid that my decision might affect my future goals. B.) Second, I am unsure whether to pursue my call center career last vacation which calls for a graveyard shift. C.) Lastly, it’s about my personal life. What to do with my former boyfriend. Leave him or continue my relationship with him. 3. Decidophobia is the overwhelming, irrational fear of making decisions. The person coping with this phobia is painfully aware that life if full of choices and decisions are made based on those choices. The decidophobic individual may actually fear making the wrong decision and so is paralyzed from making any decision at all. What Causes Decidophobia? The person coping with Decidophobia has experienced a traumatic, real-life event. That experience is then automatically associated with making decisions. Perhaps, as a child, the decidophobic individual was never encouraged to make independent decisions that were well thought out. Maybe this person was consistently encouraged to simply go along with the majority or the status quo. Perhaps the person coping with Decidophobia has made unwise decisions that...
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...have learned that people should not make a decision unless there is disagreement; they should not assume that the decision they make is the only right one and all the others are wrong. We need to listen to different opinions when making decisions, and disagreement happens to be a kind of opinions that we usually do not want to hear but would normally do us good. Because of disagreement, we are able to see what is lacking in our plans or decisions and how we can fix it; and it provides valuable alternatives if one decision does not work out. For example, in hiring process, the boss always has some candidates in mind that he wants to hire. However, he may also ask executives for their opinions on the candidates and let them write down what is good or bad about each individual. Disagreement on the people to hire could possibly occur, which might completely contradict what the boss has in mind initially, but in this way, through comparison and contrast, the boss may discover the traits of the candidates that he did not realize and can significantly narrow the list of potential employers. Therefore, it is essential to accept the existence of disagreement and realize its significance in effective decision-making. Second, one should not start with what is acceptable because one has to compromise eventually. Because effective decision makers would love to hear about different perspectives and disagreement matters to them, their own decisions may never be carried out immediately without...
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...“speed-read”; in fact, you need to read them very carefully. A case is not a story, but rather a description of a situation in which an actual decision-maker faced some difficult choices. Your task is to put yourself into that situation and decide what you would do. Most of the cases will be outside your realm of industry experience, so you will need the background information to get familiar enough with the situation to feel ready to make decisions. As you have likely observed after reading the book on Learning with Cases, cases are written so that you get a pretty good idea of what your task is in the first paragraph or two of the case and then again in the last paragraph or two. I always read those first and I suggest you do too – just to see what the case is about. Then I suggest you look through the case quickly to see what kind of information is available to you – by quickly I mean a 5 minute scan of the whole thing. By this point you should know what faces you; for example, a decision about whether to enter a new market or whether to give a bank loan, etc. The next step I suggest is to read the case thoroughly. If you’re reading your case on your laptop or tablet, you’ll want to highlight certain sections. If you choose to print your case, feel free to mark it up. Underline or highlight key information that may help you make a decision. Write notes in the margins, do calculations in the exhibits, etc. It may be tempting to re-write case information in your own notes...
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...trust to their teammates, instead they were doubting each other whether they could rely own their team member during difficult times. That also might cause this tragedy, which is lack of trust towards team member. One of the potential causes of the tragedy was overconfidence. Overconfidence occurs when leaders believe that their experience, abilities, skill, or maybe even luck, will allow them to overcome any challenge they face. Research has shown that such overconfidence can lead to poor decision making as leaders substitute their own personal skill for careful analysis of the situation and planning. Hall, in particular, may have been prone to overconfidence. He had reached the summit four times and had guided 39 clients to the top of Everest. Therefore, he taught that he can manage all his clients during the climbing. Other than that, the pride of each team leader also prone to this tragedy. The competition between Hall and Fischer's guiding companies may have led to Hall's decision not to turn back on May 10 after the pre-decided time for summiting of 2:00...
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...OXFORD – PHILIPPINES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Salawag Campus, Cavite CAREER COUNSELING A WRITTEN REPORT ON GUIDANCE and COUNSELING Submitted by: JANET R. PINTO RAQUEL F. HERNANDEZ Submitted to: Dr. LUZ B. DASMARIňAS Professor CAREER COUNSELING I. INTRODUCTION Keeping a balance between personal and professional life is quite important for any person. At times we get so get stressed out owing to the work pressure that the momentum is somewhere lost. A such a phase of life it becomes very crucial to understand your work in a better manner become capable of making strong and righteous decisions. Career Counseling is one such practice that aids people by making a connection between passion to work, purpose to do a task and understanding and acknowledgement of work. Working atmosphere is different at different offices and different industries. It furthermore transforms as you grow in a position with evolution in ressponsibilities and tackling new individuals who may not be as supporting as your last associates. Career Counseling in such arenas help in building capabilities and leaves no stone unturned in ensuring that with your independence in doing a task and with the new found confidence, each task for you become a child’s play, thereby bringing satisfaction and contentment in your professional life. Also, increasing awareness and purpose for desired work is one aspect. It goes a long way in helping individuals in improving their standard of work...
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...Environmental and Consumer Influences Analysis PSY 322 Don Crabtree Environmental and Consumer Influences Analysis A consumer’s product selection, whether it is an item or a service, is influenced by a number of competing factors. All of those factors can make the process easier, or more difficult, depending upon the consumer’s own decision making process. Social, political, psychological, cultural, and legal processes, to name a few, all influence the consumer’s decision making process. In the case of retirement investments, particularly variable annuities, that process is made even more difficult due to the complexity of the investment. Tax consequence must be considered. Inheritance and wealth preservation are affected. Daily living income may be impacted. Those factors, along with a host of others, are why variable annuities are required to be sold through a registered broker-dealer of securities. A typical grievance of many investors is that they feel overwhelmed with advertising techniques and manipulated into make purchases. It is no wonder that they feel this way. Most investors are simply not educated in the myriad of factors that affect an investment product and its performance. When faced with the option of purchasing a variable annuity, those influences become even more difficult to grasp, because any variable annuity is complex hybrid of life insurance and stock investments. A broker must be versed in the attributes of many comparable products...
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...next hour and needed the medication for the flight. The patient on the phone insists that Dr. Williams and he are good friends and that the prescription for Valium would be fine by the doctor for Jerry to fill for him. Jerry is the only person left in the office and is faced with the dilemma of filling the prescription or informing the individual on the phone that he cannot. There are different decisions that Jerry can make but he must be sure to not only keep the patient in mind but the good of the organization and the employment with the organization. Jerry has training for medical assistant and LPN. These two jobs have many different tasks in helping the physician in the office and with patients. With all the training that he has had there he is not authorized to refill the patient’s prescription. If the physician had authorized the prescription then Jerry could pass along the prescription to the patient who is asking for it. The medication that had been requested was Valium. Valium is used in many cases for anxiety disorders or occasions that cause a lot of stress with anxiety like symptoms such as when flying. Valium is known to be addictive drug that really should not be used for 4 months consecutively. If the patient was asking for a prescription of a drug that reduces high blood pressure and is needed on a daily basis there is...
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...negative assessments of stressful circumstances. This leads to further maladaptive behavior (Stanovich in Sternberg, 2002; Austin & Deary in Sternberg, 2002). Keith Stanovich (2002) discusses rationality, intellect, and cognitive theory in the Sternberg text. Cognitive biological, algorithmic, and intentional levels of analysis determine whether decision-making will occur appropriately or inappropriately. Within these levels of analysis, dual-process reasoning that involves emotion and calculation impacts decision-making quality (Stanovich in Sternberg, 2002). Additionally, personality traits can affect emotional intelligence and the ability to effectively adapt in challenging situations (Austin & Deary, 2002). The predominant personality traits are neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. High levels of stress, impulsivity, anger, anxiety, and depression are common in neurotic individuals. These qualities usually lead to poor health, as well as relational and work issues. Introverts are generally unhappier than extroverts. (Austin & Deary, 2002). Being open-minded increases the quality of decisions that are made by enabling a person to process new information more effectively (Stanovich in Sternberg, 2002). People who have low levels of conscientiousness are not as competent, organized, or goal-oriented as those who have high levels of this trait. Additionally, conscientious individuals engage in few risk-taking behaviors and tend to have...
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...For the decision making is clearly terminate to your individual and to organizational. The key individual outcomes in research of organizational behavior are organization commitment and job performance. The factors that influence these outcomes are individual mechanisms (justice, job satisfaction, stress, motivation, trust and ethics, and learning and decision making) Individual mechanisms in turn are driven by group mechanisms (leadership: style and behaviors; and power and negotiation and teams: processes and characteristics), organizational mechanisms (organizational culture and structure), and individual characteristics (personality and cultural values and ability). Job performance is the worth of the set of employee behaviors that facilitate both positively or negatively to organizational target accomplishment. Organizational commitment - The main focus of this chapter is to search out the concept “organizational commitment”. The argument includes the following respect: definition of the idea; theoretical backdrop; adopted pattern for this study, dimensions of organizational commitment; element affecting the employees’ commitment; growth of organizational commitment; the effects of commitment; and the management of organizational commitment. Job satisfaction - takes to a new part of our integrative model of organizational behavior. Job satisfaction is one of some individual mechanisms that directly affects job performance and organizational commitment. Stress – stress...
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...will occur depends on the consumer’s level of involvement. it can range from simple processing where only the basic features of a message are considered all the way to elaboration with incoming information is linked to one’s pre-existing knowledge system. A person’s degree of involvement seen as a continuum ranging from absolute lack of interest to obsession on another. Consumption at the low end of involvement is inertia where decisions are made out of habit because the consumer lacks motivation to consider alternatives related to habitual decision making. At the high end of involvement, a passionate intensity for people and objects that carries great meaning for them mostly for extensive problem solving decisions. Whether a decision is low, high, or limited, involvement varies by consumer, not by product, although some products such as purchasing a house typically require a high-involvement for all consumers. Consumers with no experience purchasing a product may have more involvement than someone who is replacing a product. High-involvement decisions carry a higher risk to buyers if they fail, are complex, and/or have high price tags. A car, a house, and an insurance policy are...
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...Individual Perception And Decision Making Sources: Dalton,F.(2007). Confidently Make Decisions On Demand Retrieved: March 28, 2012 From: http://www,allbusiness.com/5844171.html Stelzer,L.(n.d). Management And Organization Behavior Retrieved: March 29, 2012 From: http://pirate.shu.edu/-stelzele/daymbalectures/perception.html PSY201(file/download). Psychology And Your Life Ch.1 Retrieved: March 27, 2012 From: My Adobe Reader file Perception is the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. It is because of the perceptual process, that you become aware of the world around you. Perceiving is one of the brain’s two primary functions. The other is determining how you act in response to what you perceive. Your perception of your environment is influenced by your past experiences, your beliefs, and expectations. This is why each person’s perception of reality is different. An organization’s behavior can be impacted by one’s perception of other in many ways. Someone who may be higher up in the work place, may have a huge impact on the behavior in the organization. Managers are supposed to make the best decisions possible for the business. Every decision made by a manager will affect the company in some way. If the wrong decision is made, it way affect the products and employees of the organization. Some things that can impact a person’s perception may be time, work setting, and social settings. What individuals perceive...
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...A general decision making criterion involves several factors. What this journal focuses on is the influence of others’ decisions on one’s own, namely, the act of “looking up and looking around”. In any given situation it is human nature to first “look up”- that is, see what a more knowledgeable person (such as the boss) is doing, and then take a decision as to how one would act. The second option is to “look around”- that is, see what one’s colleagues and peer are doing and follow suit. The author also writes on how “decision-making paralysis” hits everyone from middle range managers to even the top managers and CEO. When presented with a problem, the mind goes blank and the person the question is directed to is stuck in a rut. Either they don’t know how to solve the problem and are looking for someone else to take the burden; or they are apprehensive to make any decisions because they might fail. Many managers suffer severe anxiety that their incapability might be found out. That’s why senior managers are more preferred as they have a greater hold over making a decision based on their gut instinct. Decision-making is not only the manager’s headache, it also depends on the structure and progress of an organization. Many managers are pushed to make decisions within a short time, and that too decisions based on information passed on from the junior levels. On several occasions the information may not be particularly correct and that would result in a decision made on unreal situations...
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...the leader is a function of a range of factors in the form of subordinate, task, and group variables. The effectiveness of a given pattern of leader behavior is contingent upon the demands imposed by the situation. Leaders with such a high LPC score are often more concerned with personal relations, more sensitive to the feelings of others, and better off at heading off conflict. They use their good relations with the group to get the job done. They are better able to deal with the complex issues in making decisions. In high control situations, they tend to become no longer challenged. They may seek approval from their superiors ignoring their subordinates. They may try to reorganize the task. As a result, they can become insensitive toward their subordinates, more concerned with performance of the task. In moderate control situations, they focus on group relations. They reduce the anxiety and tension of group members, and thus reduce conflict. They handle creative decision making groups well. They see this situation as challenging and interesting and perform well in it. In low control situations, they become absorbed in obtaining group support often at the expense of the task. Under extremely stressful situations, they may also withdraw from the leadership role. The book also states that some situations cannot be changed and still are effective for the group. I would give Tamara a 6 with a score of 98 on the LPC, Tamara shows strong relational traits. While this is a great trait...
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