...Material Career Goal-Setting Worksheet Respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: 1. Adjust your professional or career goal you created in Week Two based on the Career Plan Building Activities results from the My Career Plan assignment. How did the results of the Career Interest Profiler and Career Plan Building Activity on Competencies contribute to your professional goal development? My result from the career interest profiler and career plan building activity contributed to my professional goal development because I was able to map out my goals. I was able to understand and decide which goals were important to my career. I also was able to understand how my decision making could improve earning my degree. 2. Describe how you will balance academic expectations and your personal and professional responsibilities. I will be using Time Management to balance my academic expectations, my personal and professional responsibilities. I will be setting time aside and blocking out certain things (turning off my phone and television) while completing my school work. I will also focus more on my school now and will prioritize what is important to reaching my goal. 3. How can understanding the importance of SMART criteria and your career interests and competencies help you move toward your career and academic goals? Understanding the importance of SMART criteria and my career interests and competencies help me move toward my career and academic...
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...Curran and Reivich (2011) “How does goal setting increase performance, achievement, and ultimately well-being” (p. 44)? In my opinion, academic success should be included in one’s model for achieving one’s career goals. While some believe continuing academic success is not required to obtain one's ultimate career goal, academic success is achieved by setting goals, fusing one’s learning style with lessons being taught, applying critical thinking skills and utilizing all available resources. During this first course of continuing my education, I’ve learned the tools necessary to become academically successful as well starting on the path to a successful career. Goal Setting Setting goals, leads to success because there’s a plan being put into motion. According to Lock & Latham 2002, “Research indicates that when an individual sets a goal that individual shows increased direct physical effort, cognitive effort on repeated task, self-reported subjective effort, and physiological indicators of effort” (p.44). Choosing the online course to continue my education allows me to move at my own pace. Setting goals is directive; goals reveal the path in which I need to follow. All of these actions lead to positive outcomes. (Curran & Reivich 2011, Lock & Latham 2002, Locke & Bryan 1969). Smaller and easier to attain goals should be set; this will allow me to remain persistence and to see that progress is being made toward my career goal. According to (Curran & Reivich 2011...
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...Using the model for goal setting, evaluate Allstate’s goal setting process to determine whether or not Allstate has an effective goal-setting program. Goal setting in the work place is one of the most powerful techniques that an organization can utilize. It is an organizations’ fundamental management technique. The main task of management and organizations is to be able to produce positive results. Goal setting makes this job a lot easier because it allows the management team to be able to measure performance and evaluate where their employees are and in which areas improvements are needed. The model for Goal setting starts with Challenge followed by Moderators, then Mediators, Performance, Rewards, Satisfaction and lastly Consequences. Allstate utilizes the model for goal setting really well. A goal of Allstate’s was to be diversified both internally and externally. The company set out to achieve this goal by implementing four steps, one of which is the succession programming. The succession program set to identify and develop a diverse group of candidates for key positions. The company’s management system allowed them the ability to “track and measure key drivers of career development and career opportunities for all of it more than 36,000 employees” (Hellriegel, & Slocum 2011 pg.215). Allstate put into effect a minority recruitment program that focused on colleges and universities that had diverse enrollment. The company also implemented a development plan in which all...
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...Assignment #2 – Case: “Allstate Insurance Company” Ashley Tevis April 28, 2011 Professor Lathan Using the model for goal setting, evaluate Allstate’s goal setting process to determine whether or not Allstate has an effective goal-setting program. From the case study, Allstate seems like a great company to work for. They have the goal setting and employees in mind at all times. Goal setting isn’t always easy, but it is very important for individuals and organizations to set goals. It is important for individuals to set many goals, career goals and personal goals. I know I have set many long and short term career and personal goals. If you work for an organization and you are on a team, the teams set long and short term goals as well. When you are in a team setting, everyone is there for each other; no one is set out on their own to reach that goal. You do it by working together and pushing for the best. By setting goals, it gives the team or individual something to strive for. I think Allstate’s goal setting program is very effective. They have specific steps, Succession programming, development, measurement, and accountability and reward. Each of these steps plays a role in their goal setting. Allstate takes the time to track career development and opportunities among all of their employees through their management information system. Then each employee receives an assessment of their current job skills. This is to determine in the employee needs any skills...
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...Goal Setting Theory Goal setting involves establishing specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-targeted (S.M.A.R.T ) goals. Work on the theory of goal-setting suggests that it is an effective tool for making progress by ensuring that participants in a group with a common goal are clearly aware of what is expected from them. On a personal level, setting goals helps people work towards their own objectives—most commonly with financial or career-based goals. Figure 1 Goals that are difficult to achieve and specific tend to increase performance more than goals that are not. A goal can become more specific through quantification or enumeration (such as by stating "... increase productivity by 50%") or by defining certain tasks that must be completed. Goals in Business (Motivation) In business, goal setting encourages participants to put in substantial effort (Figure 2). Also, because every member has defined expectations for their role, little room is left for inadequate effort to go unnoticed. Managers cannot constantly drive motivation, or keep track of an employee’s work on a continuous basis. Goals are therefore an important tool for managers, because goals have the ability to function as a self-regulatory mechanism that gives an employee a certain amount of guidance. Shalley, Locke, and Latham have distilled four mechanisms through which goal setting can affect individual performance: 1. Goals focus attention toward goal-relevant activities and away from...
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...Responsibility One of the challenges of being human is obstacles that people encounter in life. These can be big or small depending on the particular time in your life. At a young age you have goals set for you from your parents, role models you do not see these being a big goal but at that time they are. Once you get older you start challenging your mind and setting goals and every goal has some sort of challenge. Along with this come obstacles that you have to learn how to conquer. This can be family, money, job, outside influences and the list can go for days. When growing up all the goals that have been set for you and then the goals you set for yourself you have overcome the obstacles and started a foundation for life. This is when you learn how to take an obstacle and turn the obstacle in to a solution for the goal. To overcome obstacle you have to learn how to block everything else going on and provide your full attention to the goal you are trying to achieve. Regardless who you are every person has an emotional side to them. A lot of people have emotional feelings towards something that they strongly believe in, at some points in life you have to learn how to cut all emotional ties off. When doing so this will help you provide your full attention to the solutions to achieve your goal. Now is where you learn your personal responsibility what matters to you as a person. “But personal responsibility also means that when individuals fail to meet expected standards, they do...
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...recommendation of Allstate’s goal setting process, diversity indexes, and high performance reward system. Hellriegel and Slocum(2011) defines: Goal setting is the process of specifying desired outcomes toward which individuals, teams, departments, and organization will strive and is intended to increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness (p.192). According to Hellriegel and Slocum, Goal setting is set up with motivational aspects which motivates the individuals 1) Directing one’s attention 2) Regulating one’s effort 3) Increasing one’s persistence 4) Encouraging the development goal-attainment which lead to task performance (p.193). According to Case: Diversity Competency, (HR) executives at Allstate Corporation, has found that its diversity strategy has become one of the company’s most important competitive weapons. The company’s vision is stated, “Diversity in Allstate’s strategy for leveraging difference in order to create a competitive advantage” (p.215). Allstate’s Strategy has two major points: internal focus and external focus. According to James DeVries, senior vice president of (HR) 1) Internal focus is about “unlocking the potential for excellence in all workers by providing them the tools, resources, and opportunity to succeed” 2) External focus is about making certain that the workforce matches the experiences, backgrounds, and sensitivities of the market it serves (p.215). Allstate, in opinion, has an effective goal setting program. What they...
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...Holding yourself accountable whether it be on the job, in life or just in general is a key aspect that comes with being responsible. Nowadays, it seems everyone is ready to point a finger at others for something they didn’t do but never ask themselves if I was ever in a similar situation and had someone point a finger at me for not being accountable. As I progressed in my career I realized that being available at all times of the day was a must and required me to go above and beyond. The normal expectations of just the daily routine that most people perform was not enough, I had to be dedicated to the people who worked under me and be there at all times of the day and make my myself available any time of the day or night. Dedication meant doing everything in my power to ensure I was there to let my troops know they could count on me with whatever situation I encountered. As a manager and supervisor in the military for 26 years, I’ve had many troops that looked up to me as their leader to point them in the right direction. Accountability was not an option for me and required that I hold myself to the highest standards and be accountable for my every action. We’ve all been there once in our life where being accountable for actions was instrumental to ensure those who followed were led down the right path. Imagine having someone follow and look up to you for example your kids. Do you think the examples you set will be watched by them? If you scream and yell and act irresponsible...
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...at any strategic plan, one needs to identify the decision criteria. Decision criteria are the standards used to guide judgment and decisions, states Chick Williams in Management. Naturally, the more criteria a possible solution meets, the better that solution will be. Two of the criteria that Ford would need to consider if taking the option to close down older plants would be, buying out workers (severance agreement) and dealing with the political implications of a closure. A buy-out agreement results from the collective bargaining process between Ford and its workers union. Employees who accepted the agreement receive a severance payment as well as an additional payment for the cost of financial planning, job retraining, relocation or career counseling. In exchange for the severance payment, participants agree to separate from the payroll and to relinquish all recall and future employment rights with Ford. These agreements are generally...
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...problems (Lee, 2012), environmental forces and workforce’ (Allen & Macklin, 2012, p. 22). This essay will look at three different change management interventions, employee stress and wellness intervention, reward systems intervention and goal setting intervention, and will then assess the strengths and weaknesses of each intervention, taking into account which one will be the best option for addressing some of the problems identified. The goal setting intervention, as the chosen intervention, will then be analysed, addressing what resistance may be expected upon its implementation at Office Tigers, the best way to overcome this resistance, and how to know if it the intervention has been successfully institutionalized into the organisation and as a result, has improved its performance and effectiveness (Cummings & Worley, 2008, p. 161). Analysis of selected interventions Each of the interventions that will be critically analysed are human resources (HR) management interventions. A HR management intervention aims to solve the problems created by HR issues. These issues revolve around ‘attracting competent people to the organisation, setting goals for them, appraising and rewarding their performance, and ensuring that they develop their careers and manage stress’ (Cummings & Worley, 2008, p. 154 para. 6). Each of these interventions are appropriate and beneficial on an individual or group level. Employee Stress and Wellness (Human Resources Management Intervention) The...
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...September 26, 2012 Internship Goals Internship Goal Setting While doing an internship it is crucial to have goals that you want to accomplish. Goal setting is an ideal way to learn new skills and knowledge. The skills you learn at an internship will help you prepare for your future career. Setting goals for yourself to achieve in an internship, as well as life, will ultimately dictate who you are, what you are doing, where you are going, and finally where you’ll end. Hopefully where you end is the goal. If not, that’s fine, as long as you worked hard towards achieving the goal and learned from what you did do. The point of setting a goal is to achieve a desired result, and work as hard as you have to, to achieve it. By doing this at your internship you will grow as a person and learn things you usually will not learn in a classroom setting. In my current internship my goal is to learn more about the “Real World.” I am an accounting major and I have spent most of my time learning about accounting from a desk. In the classroom most of what we discuss is conceptual, it is not real, but often what is referenced could be. From my internship I hope to take what I have learned and apply it to a real scenario. I want the “Real World” to be a real thing, not a distant concept. By bringing the “Real World” to real life my goal is to learn new skills and business practices. I want to learn what it is like to be an account from day to day. I want to know if it is...
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...Individual Project: This assignment has 3 steps Step 1: Review the information on SMART goals from the following websites: http://www.101-smart-goals.com/smart-goals http://topachievement.com/smart.html http://www.goal-setting-guide.com/goal-setting-tutorials/smart-goal-setting Step 2: Determine one specific long-term career goal as well as two short-term goals that will assist you to meet that career goal. Fill out the template below then delete this page and save the document. Post your assignment by clicking on the Submit Assignments link. Long Term Career Goal Specific: What specifically do you want to accomplish? I want to be working for a computer company in 5yrs, making about 80,000-100,000 a year. I want to be living in a nice big house for my family in a nice subdivision or on my own land. But I know I can’t have all that without the right education. I must accomplish this goal so I can provide for my family and we can have nice things. Measureable: How will you measure if you are successful? I went to the military to learn about computers and networking and now that I am at a job that I deal with computers, networking and others things. But now that I am also going to school to further my education and get a degree in this field. I can now say I am on the right track at accomplishing my goal. Attainable: What plan will you put in place to ensure you can attain your goal? The plan I will put in place is to keep sharpening my skills in my field and learn...
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...Using the model for goal setting, evaluate Allstate’s goal setting process to determine whether or not Allstate has an effective goal-setting program. Goal setting in the work place is one of the most powerful techniques that an organization can utilize. It is an organizations’ fundamental management technique. The main task of management and organizations is to be able to produce positive results. Goal setting makes this job a lot easier because it allows the management team to be able to measure performance and evaluate where their employees are and in which areas improvements are needed. The model for Goal setting starts with Challenge followed by Moderators, then Mediators, Performance, Rewards, Satisfaction and lastly Consequences. Allstate utilizes the model for goal setting really well. A goal of Allstate’s was to be diversified both internally and externally. The company set out to achieve this goal by implementing four steps, one of which is the succession programming. The succession program set to identify and develop a diverse group of candidates for key positions. The company’s management system allowed them the ability to “track and measure key drivers of career development and career opportunities for all of it more than 36,000 employees” (Hellriegel, & Slocum 2011 pg.215). Allstate put into effect a minority recruitment program that focused on colleges and universities that had diverse enrollment. The company also implemented a development plan in which...
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...does not necessarily define an individual’s success. Rather, it is the process of setting and achieving goals that is the true measure of success. Once goals are set, the destination where success will be found is then determined. When an individual arrives at their destination, it is here they will find happiness, satisfaction and stability in their life. In order to arrive at the destination it is vital to set attainable goals, seize opportunities, to focus on positivity and to put forth all your effort in the pursuit. Successful businesspeople such as Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, have similar ideals in finding success in life. He is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time and it did not happen by mistake. I believe that success in all aspects of life, whether it is personal, academic or in business, is defined by achieving goals and in doing so, stability and happiness will be attained. The most important aspect of attaining any goal is to set one. Without setting a goal there is no starting point. The journey cannot end if it does not begin. Setting goals that are realistic and attainable is the very first step. If an unrealistic, unspecific goal is set, the reality is that these goals will be difficult to obtain. For instance, an individual sets the goal of solving world hunger. The reality is that they will find it challenging to succeed in terms of achieving that goal. It is too broad, and unreasonable to have any real value. The first...
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...Create a brief job description for a position within the company you research that you would like to fill. The company I researched and would like to work for is Coca Cola. Coca Cola is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non–alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company offers more than 500 brands, primarily sparkling beverages but also a variety of still beverages such as water, ready to drink teas and fruit juices in over 200 countries or territories. Outside the United States, it also sells concentrates for fountain beverages to its bottling partners and in the United States it manufactures fountain syrups and sells them to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores who use the fountain syrups to produce beverages for immediate consumption. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The position I would like to fill is District Sales Manager and it is described below. The District Sales Manager leads the execution of sales initiatives. • The District Sales Manager will have full responsibility for sales execution in all local, regional and national assigned accounts • Responsible for the execution of all sales priorities and initiatives • Understand P&L and manage budgets • Responsible for identifying and developing core talent, including stewardship of the People Development Forum at the Account Manager level. • Coach and develop the team of direct reports while ensuring a...
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