Discuss the following:
Goal Setting
Set yourself two (or three) goals, design plans for each goal and
The goals should be SMART
SMART GOALS
S Specific
M Measurable
A Achievable
R Relevant
T Time planned
Doran, G. T. (1981). There's a S.M.A.R.T. way to write management's goals and objectives. Management Review, 70, 35-36.
Meyer, Paul J. (2003). Attitude Is Everything: If You Want to Succeed Above and Beyond. Waco, TX: Meyer Resource Group.
DuBrin, Andrew.J (2015). Human Relations Interpersonal Job-oriented Skills.Pearson.Boston
Reflect upon the following:
1. What are S.M.A.R.T goals?
2. What has in the past prevented you from achieving each goal.
3. If your goal is study related, are: Do you tend to procrastinate? Do you try to do too much at a time rather than trying to spread your work commitments out? Do you have too many conflicting commitments? Do you use your study time effectively? Do you use a diary?
4. Think about the person you are, your personality, your lifestyle and any factors which in the past have interfered with your ability to achieve goals.
You should attach to your journal a timetable or program, which indicates how you will implement your plans. For example if your goal is to increase your fitness level indicate on your timetable/program what exercise you will be doing and when. You will then use this program to monitor your progress each day and keep a record of this. Later this semester you will review your progress and you will use this record in order to assess your success.
• Giving Effective Criticism
• In order to complete this journal satisfactorily you need to demonstrate an understanding of the theory relating to effective criticism, which was discussed in the lecture. More importantly, however, you need show a capacity to critically evaluate your own ability to give effective criticism and as a result describe ways in which these skills could be enhanced in the future.
• The general outline for this journal is:
• Choose a situation you encounter during the next few days, where you are critical of someone's behavior and wish (and are entitled) to give him/her appropriate feedback.
• In this situation you criticize the person's behavior, using the steps described in the lecture and report on what happened and suggest ways you could improve your ability to give effective criticism.
• Contrast the effectiveness of the criticism you gave after the lecture with the criticism you role played in the lecture.
• Journal Week 2: Giving Effective Criticism
• In your journal you should include a brief description of the situation where you gave criticism and what occurred when you criticized. You also need to describe what you did to implement these steps (by describing what happened) and whether you consider that you followed the steps successfully.
• Some questions, which should be covered in your discussion are: Which steps did you find more difficult? Did your communication style interfere with your ability to give effective criticism (explain why/why not)? What aspects of this process need more practice?
How successful do you think you were? What, if you were to repeat this exercise, would you do differently?
• When you are contrasting the lecture activity with your later attempt to give criticism you should discuss the following questions: Which was more difficult? Why? What relevance does this have for you when you give criticism in the future?
• Instructions: Find a partner and role play the situation described below. You should both try to give effective feedback using the steps outlined below, which means that you will change roles. When you have done this you should discuss which steps were difficult and whether the criticism you gave would have changed the behaviour of the other person.
• Situation: As part of one of your subjects you are doing a group project. You are working in a group with three other students. Three of you have had regular meeting and have done considerable work on this assignment. The other member attended the first meeting but has attended none of the subsequent meetings.
You decide it would be a good time to give effective feedback.
• The steps for giving effective criticism:
1. Give more praise than criticism
2. Criticize immediately
3. Criticism must be performance based
4. Give specific, accurate criticism
5. Open on a positive note
6. Close by indicating the action required