...ISB DEADLINE | DATE | 1ST Deadline | 15th September 2014 | 2nd Deadline | 30th November 2014 | Essay - 1 (300 words max) Innovation or doing things differently it is said is a key to future success. Could you substantiate or negate this idea based on your experience. Please provide examples from your own experience – either examples of your own innovation or examples of others whom you have worked with. (300 words maximum) Essay - 2 (300 words max) Applying to and enrolling in a Business Scholl is an important career decision. Critically look at your career to date, the choices you have made, the key influences behind those choices, your goals for the future and how you expect to benefit from the ISB experience in achieving your goals. (300 words max) Essay – 3 (200 words Max.) One of the following * This experience completely changed my way of thinking * An instance when you went out of the ordinary to achieve something significant, but in hind sight feel you could have done better * Tell us about your role in a team that made a significant contribution to the organization * Contribution to peer learning and engagement with the ISB student body are important aspects of the ISB experience. What contribution do you expect to make in this direction during the one year at ISB OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS 1. They have a separate format for recommendations. 2. Have to submit 2 recommendations. 3. Application fee 50 USD 4. Total expenses...
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...interrelationships. Managerial self-awareness and personal reflection play an important role in the leadership development process (McCarthy & Garavan, 1999). The 360-degree feedback process, multisource assessments, and personality inventories are useful in the context of leadership development (Church & Bracken, 1997; McCarthy & Garavan, 1999). Selfassessment and personal reflection are valuable tools in achieving personal and professional 2 growth and success. The challenge, however, is that self-assessment is oftentimes a difficult task due to the subjectivity of personal perceptions of strengths and weaknesses. The purpose of this essay is to report out on the assessment of the leadership styles of individual team members and identify the most important areas for improvement. The essay commences with a discussion on the criteria used for the selection of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as a self-awareness leadership instrument. The essay continues with an analysis of individual team member results from the Myers-Briggs and concludes with a set of recommendations by acknowledging that leadership styles vary among individuals and the personality of the individual plays an important role in developing his or her leadership style. Criteria for Instrument Selection Personality characteristics influence the effectiveness of individual...
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...achieve academic success. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Carter, C., Bishop, J., & Kravits, S. (2007). Keys to college studying: Becoming an active thinker (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Week One: Academic Success Details Due Points Objectives 1.1 Identify techniques for setting goals. 1.2 Identify techniques for managing time. 1.3 Identify techniques for managing stress. 1.4 Develop educational goals. Reading Read Ch. 1 of Keys to College Studying. Reading Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings. Discussion Questions Participation Respond to weekly discussion questions per Instructors Policy Document. Aug 1 4 Individual Educational Goals Mapping Resources: Assess Your Readiness for Academic Success Worksheet and...
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...Essay #1 The San Jose City College has many services and degree programs that encourage success and excellence for its students and the surrounding community. The San Jose City College ensures students success since it’s an affordable school, which make easier for both adults and young adults to go back to school to get the higher education, the degree and programs offer at San Jose City College could guide to find the path of the right career for students, and students with kids and have full-time job can also take advantage of the flexible class schedules to attend and get the education that they need. First of all, the San Jose City College is an affordable school for all students. Moreover, Students could get federal assistance, scholarships, and grants which covered to pay for all their school expenses. Besides, it has different variety of classes in all different career fields. Student could get the associate degree from San Jose City College with their desired major within 2 years with the financial grants from government. The school offer more university transferable courses than any other community schools around the bay area. Students can take classes in San Jose City College and transfer to 4 year university instead of taking...
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...Introduction Page 2 Sigmund Freud Page 3-4 Erik Erikson Page 5-6 Mr L Page 7 Conclusion Page 8 References Page 9 Bibliography Page 10 Introduction In this essay you will find two psychological theorists who have different opinions on how human behaviour develops. Sigmund Freud believes that we finish developing behaviours in our adolescents while Erik Erikson believes that it is a lifelong process. One believes that we are born with certain behaviours and the other believes that they are developed by our social influences. Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud started his career as a doctor treating neurotic patients with hypnosis and became famous for founding a new system of psychology called psychoanalysis, Snowden, R (2010). Freud believes that our behaviour is stemmed from our unconscious mind and that our forbidden behaviours only express how we feel such as the dreams we have and the slips of speech the Freudian slip. Sigmund Freud states that we are driven by the same basic instincts as animals such as primarily, sex and aggression and has many theories of human behaviour, from the psychosexual stages of development; Freud believes that this develops our personality and sexuality and is evident from birth and stops in our adolescents. With this stage our personality development depends on our childhood progression and the different source of sexual pleasure we encounter is split in to several definite stages, the oral, anal, phallic and the latency...
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...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |College of Humanities | | |GEN/105 Version 10 | | |Skills for Learning in an Information Age | Copyright © 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course introduces students to learning in an information-rich society. Students develop strategies for successful distance learning, time management, and for managing the abundance of information available in today’s society. Students also explore the appropriate use of information in an academic environment. Specific topics for the course include computing skills for distance learning, online library use, academic honesty, and the development of effective study skills. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted...
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...Harvard Business School Newspaper ST. MARTIN’S GRIFFIN NEW YORK 65 SUCCESSFUL HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL APPLICATION ESSAYS, SECOND EDITION. Copyright © 2009 byThe Harbus News Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For-information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010. www.stmartins.com Library of Congress Cataloging...in..Publication Data 65 successful Harvard Business -School application essays : with analysis by the staff of The Harbus, the Harvard Business School newspaper / Lauren Sullivan and the staff of The Harbus.-2nd ed. p.em. ISBN 978...0..312...55007...3 1. Business schools-United States-Admission. 2. Exposition (Rhetoric) 3. Essay-Authorship. 4. Business writing. 5. Harvard Business School. 1. Sullivan, Lauren. II. Harbus. III. Title: Sixty...five successful Harvard Business School application essays. HF1131.A1352009 808'.06665-dc22 2009012531 First Edition: August 2009 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction ix xi I. Defining Moment Stacie Hogya Anonymous Anonymous David La Fiura Anonymous Avin Bansal Anonymous Brad Finkbeiner Anonymous 4 7 10 13 17 20 23 26 29 ii. UndergradUate experience John Coleman Maxwell Anderson Lavanya Anantharman Rosita Najmi Faye Iosotaluno Anonymous Rohan Nirody v 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 Contents III. Career aspirations Jason Kreuziger Anonymous James Reinhart Jemine Rewane Anonymous Apar Kothari Anonymous Anonymous Stephen...
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...aims of academic study and how can they be well achieved. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the aims and methods of academic study. First of all, talking about the aims, academic study can not only enrich people’s knowledge but also develop personal growth. Students may meet a large number of intelligent people (like their professors) and they can learn many things from the talents besides all the words they read from the books. Meanwhile, Very few people come to the university only to get a degree; people want to see the world through a different angle and build their own value or personalities in the university. Academic study gives mankind a platform to communicate and encourage them to chase their life goals. However, since the world is realistic, people also need guarantee of having a career or future job through academic study. With the fast pace of development in our modern society, usually the more academic knowledge a person get, the more competitive he will be in the future job-hunting. Most companies would prefer to hire a person with college degree, rather than hire someone who only graduates high-school. Thus, people enter the university to somehow prove their academic level. That is also an assignable aim of academic study. When it comes to how to best achieve the academic knowledge, firstly, students ought to devote themselves into the study. No one can get success without paying anything. As a man sows, so he shall reap. Secondly, students...
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...Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Narcissism och den amerikanska drömmen i Arthur Millers en handelsresandes död. Fredrik Artan Faculty of Arts and Education Subject: English Points:15.0 Supervisor: Magnus Ullén Examiner: Anna Swärdh 2014-06-18 Serial number Abstract This essay focuses on the theme of the American Dream in relation to narcissism in Miller’s Death of a salesman. The purpose is to demonstrate that a close reading of the main protagonist, Willy Loman, suggests that his notion of success in relation to the American Dream can be regarded as narcissistic. This essay will examine this by first observing how Willy´s notion of success is represented in the play, then look at how his understanding of it can be viewed from a narcissistic standpoint. The results I have found in my analysis show that there is a connection between Willy’s understanding of success and his narcissistic behavior. He displays traits such as grandiosity, arrogance, need of specialness and denial of emotions. His relationship with other characters reveals his lack of empathy, manipulation and exploitation of others as well as his need of superiority and fear of inferiority. The conclusion is that Willy and his notion of success could be considered as narcissistic. Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................1 The American Dream....................................
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...My personal development plan will be based on analyzing my personality, my leadership style and my learning style. The objective of this essay is to initiate my own personal development plan. To begin with, there will be a part to evaluate my personality, combined with an online MBTI Personality Test. After that, my leadership style will be focused on and I will also analyze how this style shapes my career development. Then, I will depict which way of learning is suitable for my future development. To conclude, there will be an important part to examine my personal development action plan which will specifically list some essential and feasible activities to enrich my working competencies and skills so as to accomplish my own goals and objectives. As Mullins (2005) states, “Psychologists have defined personality as consisting of stable characteristics which explain why a person behaves in a particular way”. Besides, to take a holistic view of personality, it is important to take into consideration the dynamic processes, which means focusing on the ways in which an individual’s traits interact. Armstrong (2006) indicates that personality can be regarded as the relatively stable and enduring aspects of individuals that distinguish them from other people. There are many type theories of personality which identifies numerous types of personality which can be used to classify people and many underlie a personality test. Additionally, one of the most widely used type theories is Carl...
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...omnipresent. In fact, globalization is of such great importance that the era in which we live should be labeled the global age” (p. 2). It is undisputable that the “global age” has opened up new opportunities for the companies to engage in international business (Taylor and Napier, 1996). According to Charles Vance and Yongsun Paik (2001), business leaders have been increasingly acknowledging the on-going global activity and the possible benefits associated with entering the global market (Linehan and Scullion, 2001). Consequently, it is more and more common for the employees of multinational corporations (MNCs) to spend time working in foreign countries on international assignments (Guthrie et al., 2003; Kollinger, 2005). For the purpose of this essay, the terms “international assignment” and “expatriate work” will be used interchangeably. Many scholars, as well as business people now realize that if a company really wants to succeed in an international or global market, the people are the difference makers (Selmer and Leung, 2003; Forster, 1999; Vance and Paik, 2001). According to Sim and Dixon (2007), a commonly held stereotype of an expat is a man working in a foreign country accompanied by a non-working wife (partner). As a matter of fact, authors such as Smith and Still; Harris or Torrington reported that majority of the international assignments really are carried out by men (as cited in Linehan and Scullion, 2001). Their claims are consistent with the work of Guthrie, Ash and...
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...My Career Choice My chosen career has many ins and outs. I’m not really sure why I chose to go into this field. I do however enjoy my job/career. The sense of accomplishment alone keeps me focused on my next challenge. I am always ready to take on the impossible odds, which others would not dare to engage. There are no requirements to obtain an entry level position into this field, however there are many avenues and requirements to be successful. For example in my chosen field, you can remain employed for many years and never make more than $20,000 a year. If you can learn and develop yours skills it is possible to make $80,000 plus a year. My desire to strive for success, has made me very much accomplished in my field and highly sought after. This essay you are currently reading, is just another step in my master plan to be at the top. With every progression I move towards my goal for success. Many of the task I preform on a daily bases cannot be summed up as typical. While all are recurring, the environment in which they are preformed is every changing. Writing proposals, estimating time, materials, expenses and personnel requirements are the just the start of my day. Controlling money flow and business management are my bedtime companions, and problem solving is an around the clock job. Computers skills are a must in today’s world it doesn’t matter if you work on Wall Street or McDonald’s. Diplomacies is one of the most valuable skills you will ever...
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...Over the past few years, a lot of research has been conducted on intrapersonal and interpersonal perception and their contribution to individual success. Perception plays an important role in both intrapersonal and interpersonal communications. By definition, perception means the judgement and understanding gained from interaction either between two or more parties or within the person himself (Anant 2010, p. 34). This essay argues that good intrapersonal and interpersonal perception is vital in individual success both at university and at work. This topic includes motivational goal setting, accurate self-monitoring, successful coordination of actions and good interpersonal skills. Intrapersonal perception is one of the decisive components in achieving both academic and career success. It involves understanding of a person himself, including his goals, characteristics and his own feelings. In order to have strong intrapersonal perception, two elements must exist: goal setting and self-monitoring. Goal setting is a process involves establishing a set of realistic and measurable targets achievable within a specific time. Smith (2013, p. 20) pointed out that goal setting provides an individual with a long-term vision and motivates him to work towards the respective goals. As they focus on their goals, they will demonstrate optimistic characteristics and feel motivated to strive for their goals. According to Bressler’s study (2010, p. 39), individuals with high motivation levels...
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...TITLE An Evaluation of Personality-Job fit at ZANTECH Limited TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE # 1.0 INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………………..1 1.1 RATIONALE … 1.2 RESEARCH AIM 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION ……… 1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 2.0 THEORETICAL ANALYSIS …… 2.1 ACADEMIC THEORY, CONCEPTS AND MODELS 2.2 CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH 3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1.1 TYPE OF INVESTIGATION 3.1.2 DATA COLLECTION METHOD 3.1.3 SAMPLE 3.1.4 ETHICAL ISSUES 3.1.5 DATA ANALYSIS PLAN 3.1.6 TIMELINE (GANTT CHART) 3.1.7 RESOURCES 4.0. CONCLUSION 4.1. APPENDIX 5.0. REFERENCES 5.1 BIBLIOGRAPHY TITLE: AN EVALUATION OF PERSONALITY- JOB FIT AT ZANTECH Limited 1.0 INTRODUCTION Choosing the right person for a job, or for promotion, is a critical undertaking by any organization, for incorrect employee selections lead to frustrated employees and poor on-the-job performance. Personality-Job fit theory is a widely used selection tool that assists organizations in employee selection. It is widely believed that personality is related to job performance and career success. According to the theorist (Holland, 1985) cited in (Robbins and Judge, 2013) on Personality-Job fit theory, “a theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational...
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...It is an obvious observation that different personalities within the workplace make a difference in the environment. We spend the majority of our waking hours with the people that we work with and the different personalities within the workplace can make it enjoyable or unbearable. The articles that I will discuss in the essay focus on the types of personalities and the cultural fit of those personalities in the workplace. The first article titled Why Personality Matters in the Workplace by Michael Woody focuses on the types of personalities and refers to them as the Big Five. The Big Five include Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion/Introversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. Openness to Experience describes personalities that are open to experiencing new things and are flexible on how they approach situations and new ideas. Conscientiousness are the personalities that are meticulous in the way they approach situations as well as work; people that are on the other end of this spectrum see the big picture and do not get lost in the details. Extraversion is someone that is social and enjoys being around others; introversion is just the opposite of extraversion and tends to work best alone and prefers to work alone or in a small group. Agreeableness easily interacts with others and are generally more trusting of others. Finally, Neuroticism tend are the types of personalities that tend to be negative and are more frequently stressed making them difficult...
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