self management skills 2

Question 1

result orientation

Answer 1

Result orientation is a term used to describe a person’s
ability to recognise what results are important and the
steps needed to be taken to achieve them. It means to
focus on the result of an assigned task

result orientation
describes an individual or organisation that focusses on
outcome rather than the process that has been used to
produce a product or deliver a service.

Question 2

How to become result oriented?

Answer 2

• Set clear goals:
• ) Prepare an action plan: It gives a detail of the steps to be taken
  to achieve the target.
• Use the right resources and tools: One must
  evaluate the resources and tools needed to
  achieve those results and whether they are
  available
• Communicate with mentors and peers:
• Make a calendar: One must make a calendar to
  monitor the progress at regular intervals.
• Work hard: One must work hard and believe in
  one’s dreams.

Question 3

Each action, step or change
should include the following information.

Answer 3

• What changes will occur after the actions?
• Who will carry out the changes?
• When will the changes take place?
• How long will the changes stay?
• What resources are needed to carry out
  the changes?
• Who should know and what should be
  communicated?

Question 4

Goal setting

Answer 4

Goal setting helps us to understand what we want,
how to achieve it and how do we measure our success.
Writing a goal requires that we should understand its
purpose and objective.

Question 5

how to
define a goal.

Answer 5

• Identify what the goal is about, for example,
  customer satisfaction, speeding up the delivery
  process, etc.
• understand How the goal would make a difference
  SMART

Question 6

SMART goals

Answer 6

• S: Specific
  Goals should be stated in specific terms.
• M: Measurable
  Goals should always be measurable.
• A: Action‑oriented
  Goals do not just come true on their own.
• R: Realistic
  There are few things more damaging to our sense of
  self-efficacy than setting ourselves up for failure.
• T: Timely
  Goals must have deadlines

Question 7

Self-awareness

Answer 7

Self-awareness is about understanding one’s own
needs, desires, habits, traits, behaviours and feelings.

Question 8

Steps towards self‑awareness

Answer 8

• The first step for practicing self-awareness is
  gaining a greater awareness of one’s emotions
• The second step to practising self-awareness is
  making a habit of tracking one’s feelings
• The third step for practising self-awareness is
  expanding one’s practice to areas of life beyond
  the person’s feelings.

Question 9

Personality

Answer 9

Personality is a cluster of thoughts, feelings and
behaviours that make a person unique and different
from others.

Question 10

Personality traits

Answer 10

Personality traits are defined as relatively lasting
patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that
distinguish individuals from one another.

Question 11

personality development

Answer 11

personality development is the development of an
organised pattern of behaviours and attitudes that
makes a person distinctive.
- Personality development
occurs by the ongoing interaction of temperament,
character and environment. Culture also plays an
important role in shaping personalities.

Question 12

There are five parameters that describe an
individual’s personality. These five dimensions are also
called the ‘Big Five Factors

‘Five Factor Model’, which is abbreviated
as FFM

Answer 12

• Openness: Individuals with openness to
  experience are, generally, creative, curious, active,
  flexible and adventurous.
• Consciousness: Individuals, who listen to their
  conscience,
• Extraversion: Extroverts are individuals, who
  love interacting with people around and are,
  generally, talkative.
• Agreeableness: Individuals having such a trait are,
  generally, kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm
  and considerate
• Neuroticism: Neuroticism is a trait, wherein,
  individuals show tendency towards anxiety,
  other similar
  negative feelings.