...• • • What is an individual development plan? It’s a document created by you, the staff member, then discussed with your supervisor throughout the year. The ideal plan leverages your strengths/talents and provided new skills/knowledge that will help you perform well. Focus on weak areas if they will keep you from being successful in achieving your goals. Increase and/or expand skills and knowledge. Keep skills current. Reach one’s potential. Support the achievement of career goals. Leverage strengths. Address gaps in knowledge or skills needed in the job. Improve performance. Develop holistically through on-the-job development, self-learning, and training. Reasons for undertaking professional development • Leverage strengths. You were hired because your knowledge, skills and abilities. It makes sense to find opportunities to use these strengths within your job at the University. You feel especially energized and motivated to give extra effort when your strengths intersect with the needs of the organization. Close a gap. Each year you may identify performance goals as part of the planning process for the upcoming fiscal year. If there is a gap between what you are expected to do and what you currently know or are able to do, that skill is a possible area for development. Develop transferable skills. In addition to the technical or professional knowledge and skills you may need to do your specific job, you might want to further develop skills that enhance your performance...
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...(2009). Connecting up strategy: Are senior strategy directors a missing link? California Management Review, 51(3), 74-94. Derfus, P. J., Maggitti, P. G., Grimm, C. M., & Smith, K. G. (2008). The red queen effect: Competitive actions and firm performance. Academy of Management Journal, 51(1), 61-80. Franken, A., Ewards, C., & Lambert, R. (2009). Executing strategic change: Understanding the critical management elements that lead to success. California Management Review, 51(3), 49-73. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Identify the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm. Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms. Identify the five forces of competition. Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm. Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness. Identify various levels and types of strategy in a...
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...me because it will make me help kids get out of harm that is caused by parents or guardians. It also will make me feel better knowing that some kids are going to sleep safe at night and trying to live a normal life. The strengths that I bring to this career are a strong and open mind, work efficient, and can work under pressure. Having these strengths makes me more valuable because my supervisor would be able to see the kind of person that I am and will value my work. They would see that I can be able to handle cases on my own and hopefully get promoted to a higher position. The opportunities that I would make for myself improvement to allow me to be more valuable in the workplace would be to sometimes think outside the box and understand my clients with a better and clearer understanding. The opportunities that I look forward to is getting to help kids and hopefully landing a supervisor position with New York City ACS Agency. The result of my Ethical Lens Inventory was that my personal preferred Lens was None – periscope and Paralysis. This means that I see the gifts and weaknesses of each lens and I am able to move smoothly among them to adopt the right tools to each situation to get the best outcome. It also says that I listen to my intuition to decide what best for individuals as well as the virtues that will best serve the community. One way that my personal Ethical Lens will direct my academic behavior is by helping me to see the things in others prospective and also adjust...
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...Name : Yuanqing Zhou Team : Green team Name : Yuanqing Zhou Team : Green team What are the two main strengths of the HCC simulation according to your own personal experience ? What are the two main improvements you would suggest ? In my opinion, the two main strengths of the HCC simulation according to my own experience would be: Firstly, it is really practical and helps me realize that real word, or to say the market is so different from the theories we learnt in school before. Theory can be helpful, but we need to be flexible enough when applying it. Secondly, the HCC simulation made me realize that HR can be really challenging and interesting. I used to have a strong interest in fields like fashion or finance. But after playing this simulation, I might consider finding an internship relating to HR. What are the two main strengths of the HCC simulation according to your own personal experience ? What are the two main improvements you would suggest ? In my opinion, the two main strengths of the HCC simulation according to my own experience would be: Firstly, it is really practical and helps me realize that real word, or to say the market is so different from the theories we learnt in school before. Theory can be helpful, but we need to be flexible enough when applying it. Secondly, the HCC simulation made me realize that HR can be really challenging and interesting. I used to have a strong interest in fields like fashion or finance...
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...yourself and your beliefs. In fact, this could be said to be the most critical part of your preparations, as all interviews, be it in Finance, Consulting, Marketing or any other field, always begin with a round of ‘fit’ questions. Such ‘fit’ questions can be used by you, if well prepared, to draw the interview into areas of your strengths, shaping your answers such as to showcase your best achievements. A well thought out ‘story’ gives you the confidence to answer these questions, and set a great platform for you to then show off your capabilities for the internship on offer. Some important Do’s and Don’ts that should be followed are: * Always have a ‘story’ in mind. Especially when answering general questions like “introduce yourself” or “walk me through your resume”. By ‘story’ here we mean that your points should be interlinked in some way, either progressively leading to something or highlighting different scenarios where you showcased a particular set of traits. * It helps to know what the required traits are in the roles that you are being offered, and then show off instances in the past where those traits have emerged. * When talking about goals and future plans, always make sure you sound plausible. Also, your destination (say where you see yourself in five years) should be backed up by a) skills/traits that you already have b) Skills that you will acquire plausibly over the time period). * Please be HONEST in your portrayal of strengths and weaknesses...
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...Profile COM/503 JULY 1, 2013 Patrick Thorton Competencies and Career Interest Profiler The results from the Career interest profiler said a lot about me that I did not realize. Often times I think about my strengths and weakness. Understanding our competencies will help you to go in the right direction of your career. When understanding your competencies you can identify your strengths and weaknesses. The results from the competencies and career profiler were almost correct on where I am at in my career. While some of the competencies have told me that I did not know of myself. Lawyer, Judge was at the top of the list. This information was interesting as I have never thought about a career in legal, but I have thought about investigative work earlier in my career, but did not pursed it. The results of the competencies activity gave me a score 3 out of 5 in each categories of Adhering to Values, Cooperating, following instructions, strategizing, coping with pressure and Goal focus. Which I am not sure why I scored 3 out of 5 for following instruction, adhering to values and cooperating. Those three categories I hold to great standard, but I will take that score because maybe I did not understand something. Understanding your competencies can help in becoming an effective communicator with group/ team members. After getting the results it helps me to see clearly on what I need to improve in to have a successful career. This can help me to plan more effectively topics...
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...Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis is a business management tool used to evaluate an organization’s strength’s, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The tool is used to produce a model that can serve to provide direction in the development, formulation, and evaluation of project management plans. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis is an important step in the planing process that is often undervalued and omitted in constructing the project management plan. This basic management tool is straightforward and easy to use. Basically, factors are divided into internal and external issues. Based on the analysis of the information provided by the model, project management can better decide if the information gathered is something that will assist in accomplishing its objectives. Conversely, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis can also identify potential obstacles to success, as well as faults in the plan that must be addressed, controlled, or eliminated if the desired results are to be achieved. In order for the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis to be effective, project management must do more than simply identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved. Risk management demands that it is necessary to avoid, eliminate, or at the very least, minimize identified weaknesses and threats. Weaknesses should be closely scrutinized in order to determine...
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...distribution of a single data group. You will want to know what measure to use when data distribution is normal (symmetrical) and when the data distribution is significantly skewed. We will work with six measures, mean, median, mode, standard deviation, interquartile range (IQR), and range. You may use a web search or the textbook. Textbook: McClave Ch. 2 pp. 54-60 (Central Tendency); pp. 64-67 (Variability); pp. 81-83 (Quartiles) Methods for Describing Sets of Data MyStatLab: Week 1 Problems supports this assignment Central Tendency (Data Center) A. Explain the strengths and weaknesses for each measure of central tendency: a) Mean, b) Median, c) Mode Mean Strengths – Shows averages of all number data Weaknesses – Averages can be thrown off with outliers Median Strengths – Shows middle number variable Weaknesses – Isn’t always exact, as there may be outliers < less sensitive to outliers is a strength. Mode Strengths– Shows most achieved results Weakness – Doesn’t paint a good picture. Not all values are used. B. Choose the best measure to use when data is normal? Choose the best measure to use when data is significantly skewed? The mean to me would be the best choice if the data is normal. The mean shows exactly what is going on. However I believe the mode would be best if the data is skewed, as it would shows areas of success or failure because it looks at individual results, rather than group results. Mode is special purpose – median is the best choice...
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...used to describe the particular Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats that are strategic factors for a specific company. A SWOT analysis should not only result in the identification of a corporation’s core competencies, but also in the identification of opportunities that the firm is not currently able to take advantage of due to a lack of appropriate resources. The SWOT analysis framework has gained widespread acceptance because it is both simple and powerful for strategy development. However, like any planning tool, SWOT is only as good as the information it contains. Thorough market research and accurate information systems are essential for the SWOT analysis to identify key issues in the environment. Assess your market: * What is happening externally and internally that will affect our company? * Who are our customers? * What are the strengths and weaknesses of each competitor? (Think Competitive Advantage) * What are the driving forces behind sales trends? * What are important and potentially important markets? * What is happening in the world that might affect our company? * What does it take to be successful in this market? (List the strengths all companies need to compete successfully in this market.) Assess your company: * What do we do best? * What are our company resources – assets, intellectual property, and people? * What are our company capabilities (functions)? Assess your competition: * How are we different...
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...Your Marketing Plan Guidebook Your marketing plan guidebook is designed to help you in developing a mission and vision statement, setting marketing objectives, examining the external environment, performing a situation analysis, selecting and describing a target market, developing marketing strategies and tactical plans and selecting methods to control a marketing plan. 1 YOUR MARKETING PLAN TITLE PAGE Here's your sample Title Page [It's a great idea to put a color picture of your business or product right on the front. But leave room for the following information.] [Your Name] [The month and year the marketing plan is completed] 2 YOUR MARKETING PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS Here's a sample Table of Contents. Be sure to include the page numbers when you have finished your Marketing Plan. Section: Page Number: I. Mission and Vision Statements II. Company Description III. Marketing Objectives IV. Analysis of the External (Uncontrollable) Environment V. Situation Analysis • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats VI. Description of the Target Market(s) VII...
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...com/view_syllabus?course_id=12777 W EBSTER UNIVERSITY • JOINT BASE ANACOSTIA-BOLLING • GEORGE HERBERT W ALKER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY • MANAGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS PROC-5840 3 Credits 01/07/2013 to 03/09/2013 Section 34 S1 2013 Modified 12/05/2012 MEETING TIMES Saturdays - 8:00am-12:00pm CONTACT INFORMATION Monica Y. Watts, MBA Email: monicawatts98@webster.edu Phone: 202-344-2938 Fax: 202-344-1254 Preferred contact method: Email DESCRIPTION The course involves scope, strategies, and objectives related to negotiated acquisitions. The preparation, conduct, and documentation of the negotiation process are included. Requisites None OBJECTIVES The following is a list of the basic learning outcomes for the course: Identify the strategies, tactics, and skills needed to successfully negotiate an agreement/contract in industry or the federal government. Compare and contrast negotiation process in industry and the federal government. Acquire a working knowledge of the negotiation process that includes planning, closure and documentation. Perform a series of negotiation exercises that will allow the student to apply hands-on negotiation strategies, techniques, and tactics used in industry and the federal government to ensure successful negotiation outcomes (win-win). OUTCOMES The following is a list of the learning outcomes for the course: Graduates will know and explain the important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, and theories used in the field...
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...employee has been selected, trained and motivated, he is then appraised for his performance. Performance appraisal is the step where the management finds out how effective it has been at hiring and placing employees. The strength of any organization is its people. If people are attended to work properly they can recognize their talents by developing their capabilities and utilizing them appropriately, organizations are likely to be dynamic and grow fast. Ultimately the varieties of tasks in any organizations have to accomplish by the people. Some of them may have capabilities to do certain tasks better than other tasks. And some of them may not have capabilities to do the task assigned to them. In this situation one of the important activities we conduct by any organization is the Performance Appraisal. Performance appraisal as a positive part of the performance management process has come a very long way in the history of human resource management. Performance appraisal is one of the central pillars of the performance management which is directly related to the organizational performance and have a direct and significant impact on the employee and the company. The main focus of this work is centred on: Performance appraisal has been, and is still the strength of performance management. In carrying out this work, the researcher discovered that there is a strong relationship between performance appraisal and performance management, it can affect the organizational performance...
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...Manage People Performance Task 1 BSBMGT502B By Elisabete S. Torres 1. Report Housefriend’s is a homewares retailer specializing in bathroom fittings, bedroom fittings, mirros and decorative items. Housefriend’s caters to the furnishing market for new and renovated dwellings. Counting with a chain of eight stores situated around the greater of each state’s capital city. 2. Organization Information Housefriend’s is a home wares retailer specializing in bathroom fittings, bedroom fittings, mirrors and decorative items. Housefriend’s caters to the furnishing market for new and renovated dwellings. Counting with a chain of eight stores situated around the greater of each state’s capital city. Mission Housefriend’s mission is to be the major retailer company in the houseware sector across the state, providing more choice to customer whilst maintaining the higher quality overseas manufactured lines. Vision Housefriend’s aims to provide customer with a wider selection of merchandise with great customer service and high product quality. Value * Quality * Excellent service * Qualified professionals * Health and safety standards * Strong Customer focus * Flexible service hours * Affordability * Imported houseware items 3. Operational Plan Operational Goal | Team goals | Progress | Goal | Focus | KPI | Reason/ barriers | Team | Goal | Deliverable | KPI | Time frame | | To be the major retailer in our sector across...
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...Competencies • Did your personality spectrum profile and competency results surprise you? Why or why not? Yes, the personality spectrum profile and competency results did surprise me in some ways. With my personality spectrum profile I never really thought I was that much of creative/organized type. But I like that I have the right things in mind. The career field that I want to go in I have to be creative and have a way to keep track of status of my work. A lot of the strengths on the competency results were right on but one I was surprised about was being strategy type of personality. The reason it surprises me is that it requires a lot leadership skills. When I read that a natural born leader was part of being a strategist. I feel that I learned my skills later on in life. But I do see myself taking charge in chaotic situations. • How can you alter your study techniques to take advantage of your particular abilities and competencies as determined by these activities? I feel that I can alter a lot of things to improve. I can become much more of social person that I can take constructive criticism. So that I will not be so quick to defend my results. I then can observe from my mistakes. Realize that seeing a problem from many different prospective can help improve my way of thinking. Also double checking my results, to slow do and analyze my work. To correct my mistakes and really go through my work to get the results I am proud of. • How can knowing your abilities and...
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...project and arrange a meeting time to begin planning. You forget to mark your calendar and miss the meeting. The group posts a summary of the meeting with assignments and deadlines for the project. You apologize to the group and agree to complete the topic research for the project. You realize you have a paper due in another course on the same day that your research is due, and you concentrate most of your time on your individual assignment. The paper takes longer than you thought, and you are unable to conduct research for the group project by the deadline. You feel bad about this and do not respond to inquiries from group members. You post a message to the group explaining you are having computer problems. The group expresses their empathy and proceeds without you, completing and submitting the project with your name included. * A position opens in your department at work. You recommend to a coworker and friend in another department that she should apply. You previously consulted with this person on small projects, and she appears knowledgeable and responsible. In fact, you became friends through these work contacts. Your friend appreciates your recommendation and arranges a meeting to ask you more details about the work done by your department. The meeting is productive, and your friend takes notes to help with the application process. Your friend stops by your desk a few days later to thank you for your help, because the application was long and detailed. She confides that...
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