task 8 revision cards

Question 1

what is Career?

Answer 1

• profession, occupation, job, vocation, calling, employment, line, line of work, walk of life, métier

Question 2

what is Career building?

Answer 2

the process of thinking about year future profession

developing new skills through education

experience and pursuing opportunities.

Question 3

what are Career competencies?

Answer 3

the skills required to successfully perform a job.

Question 4

what is

Career development

Answer 4

The study of career ideas and skills since birth.

Question 5

what is

Career management

Answer 5

The planning and active management choice of a professional career.

Question 6

what is a

Career portfolio?

Answer 6

A visual representation of your abilities, skills, capabilities and knowledge.

Question 7

what is Enterprise?

Answer 7

A complex project or undertaking

Question 8

what is

Flat organisational structure?

Answer 8

A structure with few or no levels of management between management and staff level employees.

Question 9

what is a Functional organisational

structure?

Answer 9

a structure divided into smaller groups based on areas like IT, finance or marketing.

Question 10

what is a Geographic organisational

structure?

Answer 10

a structure businesses use that have offices in different geographical areas.

Question 11

what is

Global economic activity?

Answer 11

Is the economy of the world,

the international exchange of goods and services expresses in money

Question 12

what is Globalization?

Answer 12

The process by which businesses start operating on an international scale.

Question 13

what is a

Hierarchical organisational structure?

Answer 13

the chain of command between superior and subordinate levels of the hierarchy.

A pyramid.

Question 14

what is

Individual efficiency?

Answer 14

The speed at which people achieves the goals of the businesses under specific conditions

Question 15

what is

Individual pathway plan ( IPP )?

Answer 15

A summary of one’s skills, knowledge and attributes together with short and long term goals and associated action plans

Question 16

what is

Lifelong learning?

Answer 16

The use of both learning opportunities throughout peoples lives in order to continuously development and improvement the knowledge and skills needed for employment.

Question 17

what is Self-management?

Answer 17

Management of (or by) oneself, the taking of responsibility for one’s own behavior and well being

Question 18

what is Technology?

Answer 18

The use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

Question 19

what is work?

Answer 19

A task or tasks to be undertaken that envolve mental and physical use

Question 20

what is work patterns?

Answer 20

Details the days of a week you work and how long you work.

Question 21

what is

Work processes?

Answer 21

A method of collecting related, structured activities or tasks in a certain sequence

Question 22

what is

Work search techniques and work search tools?

Answer 22

Ways of finding a job

Networking, headhunters, search firms, wanted ads, journals, newspaper, job fairs, cold calling

Question 23

what is

Work setting?

Answer 23

A workplace

A place where you work and its environment

Question 24

what is

Workplace culture?

Answer 24

values and behaviors that contribute to the social and psychological environment of an organisation

Question 25

what is | Workplace productivity?

Answer 25

built on teamwork and a shared vision of where a business is heading. Willingness at all levels to keep learning and investing in skills.

Question 26

what is | Workplace reform?

Answer 26

learning from the past and making changes Reviewing legal and ethical obligations, past experiences of both forced and voluntary amalgamations changes that manage the workforce and workplace issues and change them.

Question 27

what is | Workplace sustainability?

Answer 27

Environmentally sustainable work practices that reduce harm on the environment and reduce wastage of resources

Question 28

what is SWOT?

Answer 28

strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats

Question 29

NO.1 1. Real life scenario of things that could cause a problem in your life plan 2. How it would impact your career 3. How you could respond to scenario to achieve positive outcome.

Answer 29

Scenario: Dieing in general Impact on career: sad people(depending on how long worked there. loss of job permanently. How to get positive outcome: haunt your replacement or continue to afterlife

Question 30

NO.2 1. Real life scenario of things that could cause a problem in your life plan 2. How it would impact your career 3. How you could respond to scenario to achieve positive outcome.

Answer 30

Scenario: you tried to save someone from being burnt and ended up with a burnt around your lower arm instead. Impact on career: in the hospital for a while, might not get paid. How to get positive outcome: try and heal as fast as you can. health coverage

Question 31

NO.3 1. Real life scenario of things that could cause a problem in your life plan 2. How it would impact your career 3. How you could respond to scenario to achieve positive outcome.

Answer 31

Scenario: you ask your boss for more shifts because you need the money and he said no because your already working the maximum amount of shifts allowed and that the other employees don't get enough shifts Impact on career: you could get sick from overwork. your boss might get rid of alot of your shifts How to get positive outcome: apply to another job and work 2 jobs. reduce your shifts so you don't overwork.

Question 32

problems that could happen in your workplace

Answer 32

1. bulling/ discrimination- think: how do you fix this? 2. fights,quarrels with other staff- think: how do you fix this? 3. people not taking their shifts and have no reason not to leaving you to do for hours- think: how do you fix this?