...Abstract Nowadays conditions of rapid rise of competition around the world induce companies to pay attention to absolutely new fields of management. This research concentrates on the field , called Time management. The paper here looks at whether Kazakhstan companies use and have good time management techniques and if they apply Stephen R.Covey’s popular theory of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective people. The purpose of this study is to examine the omissions of Kazakhstan companies in this issue and find the ways of correction. The sample of 85 companies, locating in Almaty, Astana, Shymkent and Aktobe has chosen to participate in this research. Data was collected through the results of well-constructed questionnaires and by the agency of general managers of companies. Questionnaire was distributed to all potential respondents. A total of 76 companies returned the completed questionnaire. The finding shows that most companies have placed low emphasis on company time management. In addition, the results identifies that only small portion of companies are familiar with the book «The Seven Habits of Highly Effective people» by Stephen Covey. With greater competition in the globalized market, this research implicates that Kazakhstan companies also should give greater priority to dynamic developments in time management in order to survive in the market place. Introduction The importance of time management process that has the huge benefits, as greater productivity, professional reputation...
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...The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Workbook Assignment Series RLS 105: Management of Leisure Services 100 points/20% of course grade Project Goals: · To offer students insights into how they can become more effective and engaged with what matters most in their personal and professional lives · To guide students through a series of reflective essay assignments while they read Steven Covey’s book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Covey, S. R. 1989. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. New York: Simon & Schuster. . Project Objectives: This “subtasks” are meant to act as reflective writing assignments for you as you work through reading Steven Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The project has been split into 6 sub-tasks. Each sub-task has individual due dates, although these will be graded in their entirety as a single project. While there are individual due dates for each sub task, there’s no reason why you can’t work ahead. Project Review by Professor: When sub-tasks are handed in, they will only be reviewed for completeness and must be final drafts—the most these will be graded is with a U or a I (unsatisfactory or satisfactory). Students receiving a U must re-submit the portion of the assignment. Letter grades will be assigned once all 6 assignments are turned in. The grading criteria is outlined in the rubric below (note that this is not included in the workbook yet). ...
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...1 Introduction This chapter consists, the seven parts: (1) Background of the Study (2) Theoretical Framework (3) Statement of the Problem (4) Hypothesis (5) Definition of Terms (6) Scopes and Limitations of the Study (7) Significance of the Study Part One, Background of the Study, presents what made you conduct the study. It includes the purpose and reasons behind the conduct of this study. It also serves as the introduction. Part Two, Theoretical Framework, contains theories of famous personalities from where this study was anchored. It supports the methodology and methods that were employed to meet the goals of this study. Part Three, Statement of the Problem, points the important questions that the study sought to answer. Part Four, Hypothesis, states the hypothesis that was tested in this study. Part Five, Definition of Terms, aims to provide the readers with the basic terminologies that are important to understand the paper. Part Six, Scopes and limitations of the Study, discusses the coverage of the study. Part Seven, Significance of the Study, cites the institutions and persons that might benefit from the results of this research. Background of the Study Every day is an adventure for learning new things. According to Alejandro S. Bernardo “We live in the world of print”. From newspapers, magazines, books, reading plays a vital role in every child, and they have...
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...7 Habits Essay We all develop habits that can have effects on our personality; people perceive these effects as positive or negative based on their productivity and helpfulness as a skill. In examining our habits closely, we can see areas that need improvement and should be targeted to become more efficient with our limited time on earth. From the way we act around others to the way we procrastinate, our habits define who we are. In the book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey cites seven habits and lessons that one can use to become a more effective and highly regarded person. The first habit Covey describes states that one must always try to be proactive. Covey says that “our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions” (71). Instead of our environment being responsible for our path in life, we can be proactive and accomplish the tasks we want to regardless of the circumstances. Effective leaders and people do not simply accept their surroundings and let their life be decided for them; they will rise up and take charge of their choices, bettering themselves and their lives in the process. Proactive people have a positive mindset and will always affect those around them in an encouraging manner. An example of a proactive person would be my friend, Will. Will always tries his best in everything he does and does not complain, no matter the circumstances he is given. He knows that it is always possible to make the best out of any situation...
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...Time Management Nick Repak Director, Grad Resources http://www.gradresources.org/articles/time_management.shtml You finally decide to sit down to begin your paper. As your computer warms up, you pick up a journal that has sat in the "to be read" pile for a month. There is an interesting article on innovative research methods in your field, so you decide to take notes. Two hours later, the paper is still untouched when there is a phone call from your advisor. It seems that he was given an opportunity for a sabbatical in Europe, and the date for your proposal has been moved up six months. You immediately shove the books aside (for the paper you thought you would work on), and you begin outlining the proposal. After a few moments, there is a knock at the door. You knew your friend was having a difficult personal time but why did it have to turn into a crisis now? Being the sensitive and available person that you are, you set aside your work to listen and comfort your friend. After several hours, you realize, as your friend is leaving, that you haven't eaten, you never started on your paper, the proposal is still mainly a collection of ideas in your head; and that you were so preoccupied with the personal pressures you were feeling that you wonder if you really did your friend any good. However, you decide that the urgent things will always push out things you planned so you start to wonder if you should give up planning. The scenario described is often referred to as "The Tyranny...
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...make your dreams real with the people that you are leading. I think leadership will be the most important thing in my life, because I am studying entrepreneurship and when I will be an entrepreneur my leading ability will play the biggest part of my business life. If I want to make my dreams real I need to be able to control everything around my businesses. Therefore, leadership is the way to control things around you to make your vision real. PART I: WHAT LEADERSHIP MEANS TO ME NOW, AT THE END OF THE TERM This course didn’t changed my ideas too much about the leadership, but I learned many things that I did not know about leadership from this class. On my first paper, I said “a leader should be able to speak well, because the way you speak effects the people more than everybody thinks” and “A leader should look forward and needs to plan every situation that can affect his job.” There is nothing changed about this two quotes from my first paper. I am still thinking that if you are a good speaker you can affect people around you and the words that you are using will be the meaning of your dream. So, if you can show your dream clearly to your people they will be able to follow your vision easily. Speaking is an important thing about leadership, but also this course showed me that listening is important as speaking. After this class the meaning of listening changed for me, now I am thinking that listening is the biggest way to analyze people. I think analyzing is one of the...
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...experiences have impacted be as a leader. Next I will discuss my Leadership strengths and how I plan on augmenting them going forward. I will also detail how Than I will detail my areas of Leadership in need of improvement, and provide a clear-cut action plan for improving these specific areas. With both my areas of strengths and areas in need of improvement, I will discuss how it directly is connected to my DISC profile and emotional intelligence. Following will be a conclusion of what is written in the body of this essay. Introduction ¨Ensure that everyone understands lives and breathes the organization vision, and that reward systems encourage and reinforce desired behaviors¨ (Welch, 2005, P. 843). This quote from Jack Welch's book Winning embodies the very model I have chosen to pursue my career. There has not been a single team I have been on that has won, completed or achieved a goal without every member believing in the vision. In a perfect world, every team would automatically have this installed within each member from the start. However, we do not live in a perfect, and these are concepts that have to be taught, modeled and transferred over to the next person. I took this concept and applied it to my days before entering my profession, and I continue to exhibit this key concept while I am currently in my profession. I used to believe leadership was about being the top guy in all aspects. When no one could challenge you to the top position, that meant you were...
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...A summary of the bestselling book by Stephen R. Covey. From The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Published by Simon & Schuster. INTRODUCTION Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, habits constantly express our character and produce our effectiveness or our in effectiveness. In the words of Aristotle, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” I identify here seven habits shared by all truly effective people. Fortunately, for those of us not born effective (no one is), these habits can be learned. Furthermore, the collective experience of the ages shows us that acquiring them will give you the character to succeed. Some years ago, I decided to read all the success literature published in the United States since its beginning in 1776 - hundreds of books, articles, and essays on self-improvement and popular psychology. I noticed a startling thing: Almost all the writings that helped build our country in its first 150 years or so identified character as the foundation of success. The literature of what we might call “The Character Ethic” helped Americans cultivate integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, and the Golden Rule. Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a prime example. Compared with the early success literature, the writings of the last 50 years seem superficial to me - filled...
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...A summary of the bestselling book by Stephen R. Covey. From The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Published by Simon & Schuster. INTRODUCTION Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, habits constantly express our character and produce our effectiveness or our in effectiveness. In the words of Aristotle, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” I identify here seven habits shared by all truly effective people. Fortunately, for those of us not born effective (no one is), these habits can be learned. Furthermore, the collective experience of the ages shows us that acquiring them will give you the character to succeed. Some years ago, I decided to read all the success literature published in the United States since its beginning in 1776 - hundreds of books, articles, and essays on self-improvement and popular psychology. I noticed a startling thing: Almost all the writings that helped build our country in its first 150 years or so identified character as the foundation of success. The literature of what we might call “The Character Ethic” helped Americans cultivate integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, and the Golden Rule. Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is a prime example. Compared with the early success literature, the writings of the last 50 years seem superficial to me - filled with social image...
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...7 Habits of Highly Successful People Book Project 1. At the beginning of the class my management philosophy was something I felt was successful based on your skills, experience, and attitude within a corporate environment. The author Stephan Covey states that “Personality Ethic” was something that “Success became more a function of personality, of public image, of attitudes and behaviors, skills and techniques, that lubricate the processes of human interaction” that “this philosophy was expressed in inspiring and sometimes maxims such as Your attitude determines your altitude”. My reasoning for agreeing with this concept was due to my 20 plus years in corporate America dealing with various forms of management personalities. During my experiences I encountered managers what I’ve put in categories as: okay, good, great, dysfunctional, bad, and horrible. The horrible bosses range from a manager I previously had who had been arrested and charged for embezzlement, to supervisors who discussed employees company personal business during lunches. I have had supervisors who were unqualified with no college education experience nor prior knowledge of the job, to a Department manager who had worked her way up the ladder with only an high school education but was extremely knowledgeable and was hands down the best manager I have ever had. I was unfortunate enough to encounter a manager with various degrees and credentials but he had the worst management interpersonal skills...
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...MY LEADERSHIP MANIFESTO Sarah-Jane Wilkinson Management Theory in Practise MY LEADERSHIP MANIFESTO Sarah-Jane Wilkinson Management Theory in Practise TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 LEADERSHIP 4 Leadership and Effective Leadership 4 The Relevance of Leadership in Today’s World 5 ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP 7 Entrepreneurship and its Relevance in Today’s World 7 Entrepreneurial Leadership and its Importance in Today’s World 7 MY LEADERSHIP STYLE AND OVERALL REFLECTION 10 My Experiences with Leadership 10 What Kind of Leader do I Want to be and Why? 13 How Best Can I Become a Leader 13 REFERENCES 14 ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION According to a number of different sources a manifesto can be defined as a statement that publicly declares the intentions, views and motives of the issuer. This report is a personal manifesto that outlines my thoughts on the topic of leadership. The topic of leadership has been debated over endlessly this year. We have discussed what the difference is between transactional and transformational leadership, the qualities of the most effective leaders, the different levels of effective leadership and the different styles of leadership. Leadership is also something that, I’m pretty sure, each Genesis participant has physically experienced on top of academically studying it throughout this year. I feel that, after this year, I am much more aware of the importance of leadership and its...
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...Covey’s “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” have truly changed my life in a positive way. Before starting to read the book, I thought I was going to find myself with one of those books with difficult concepts to understand and to relate with, however, from the beginning of the begging of the book I was able to connect myself to the author’s ideas. Reading about what the author and his wife were going through while they were raising their son was helpful to me, as Covey tells us, his book was inspired by a familiar crisis he and his wife were going through as they were raising their child. Their child was having a hard time keeping up academically and socially. The child was falling behind his classmates in most respects. The first thing the author, Covey and his wife, Sandra tried to do was to motivate his son, to reach such goal they employed phrases such as “that’s good son” “keep it up” however, Covey, soon realized that they were employing the wrong strategy, what they were doing wasn’t in harmony with the way they perceived their son. Consequently, they started to change themselves, they decided to focus on themselves rather than on their son, they gave up the idea of wanting to change their child, rather, they decided to start valuing their son’s uniqueness. The result of such new behavior adopted by Covey and his wife was a child who started to excel academically, as well as in other areas. Such introduction to the book led me to evaluate the way I was doing things...
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...Students Study Habits in Selected Secondary Schools: Implication for Counselling G.I. Osa-Edoh, and A.N.G. Alutu Department of Educational Psychology and Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, P.M.B. 1154, Benin City, Nigeria Abstract: This study examined the usefulness of Imbibing in the students study habit as a means of enhancing their academic performance. The study tried to delve into the fallen standard of education in Nigeria and reasons for the fallen standard from the perspective of the stakeholders in education, the teacher, parents as well as the students themselves. The study also examined efforts that have been put in place in die past to put an end to the fallen standard of education. In these regard, some hypothesis were raised to find out reasons for the fallen standard. However, the study showed a high and academic performance. Furthermore, the difference in the study habits are attributed to the facts that students do not know how to study and those that manage to study do not adopt effective study methods! Key words: Academic performance, Nigeria, student habits, study habit C INTRODUCTION It is an understatement to say that the standard of education in Nigeria has fallen. However, it has been realized that students who possess adequate mental abilities sometimes do not perform well in their academic work either because they do not know how to study effectively or they do not use the most effective method of studying...
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...Characteristics of a Good Leader Introduction Leaders have an important role within an organisation related to its success, productivity and the performance of the employees. The ‘fundamental task of a leader is to build and maintain a high performing team’ (Furnham, 2005, p.566). However, Yukl (2013, p.18) argues that there are numerous and diverse definitions concerning the concept of a leader as well as the term leadership, although a general consensus appears to suggest it involves a process of influencing and guiding relationships within an organisation . Guirdham (2002, p.15) emphasises the importance of leaders having good interpersonal and communication skills, which as Yukl suggest involves the ability to persuade others. Yukl (2013, p.18) further states there are additional factors that contribute to good leadership such as the situational context and the use of power. Another issue regarding the characteristics of leaders is that many theories and models have been based on Western perspectives (House and Aditya, 1997, p.409) and typically based on research with white males (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, CIPD, 2008, p.7). There is some cultural crossover in servant leadership, which according to Northouse (2013, p.219), was originally proposed by Greenleaf in the 1970s, and also has origins in ancient Eastern and Western philosophies; for example, it is deeply embedded in Arab-Islamic culture (Sarayrah, 2004, p.59). A further concern is raised...
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...| It Is My Responsibility To Be A College Success | What I Need To Do To Achieve Success As A College Student | | | There is a correlation between personal responsibility and college success because a student has to be willing to put forth the effort required to achieve a successful college career, develop relationships with instructors, and choose what type of success they want to have throughout their college profession. | When thinking about the phrase, personal responsibility, several different definitions come to my mind. It means taking accountability for my own welfare. Personal responsibility can signify that I am responsible for the choices that I make in my life. I can go on and on about different ways that this phrase can be interpreted. However, I think it would be best if I began by breaking down the phrase into two parts, and deciphering each word. Let us start with the word, personal. Merriam-Webster defines personal, in its adjective form, as “done in person without the intervention of another”. The word, responsibility means “the state at which one is held accountable for one’s conduct and obligations”. [ (Encyclopedia Britannica Company, 2012) ] If we were to take both of these definitions and combine them, you would get my definition of personal responsibility. A person demonstrates personal responsibility when s/he is liable for any actions that they perform, and any choices that they choose to make. This definition not only places responsibility...
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