Organization Behavior Management

Organization Behavior Management

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Describe the assumptions you hold about your ‘intelligence’ and how they may or may not have changed over time.

I highly assume that intelligence grows based on individual exposure and experience in life. This means my intelligence keeps on growing based on how much information I acquire, how much complex academic, professional, and life issues I have to solve, and level of critical thinking I need to apply in my daily activity.

My perspective on intelligence changed when I was in my second year of high school. Before then, I used to be an average student, accomplishing only the assignments given in class. However, one day I joined a group discussion with some of the best students in class. The discussion was very high above my level, and I could not resist asking where they got all this information since I could not find it in my class notes. The reply was in different form two text books. Since then, I realized consistent to Dweck’s (2014) that one can grow his or her intelligence by acquiring as much information as possible and by applying this information in problem solving. I have since them developed my intelligence to be able to do things that I thought could only be done by special people who were born bright. I now know that intelligence is acquired and it can grow at different pace based on what one is exposed to.

Use theory related to a ‘growth mindset’ in combination with aspects of your personal experience to illustrate the impact of the above assumptions on your studies to date.

My mindset is basically based on growth. I highly believe that rudimentary qualities are flexible and they can be refined via learning and effort. I do not believe in innate ability, however, I highly believe that one can achieve basically anything based on the effort put, interest and positive attitude (Dweck, Walton & Cohen, 2014, p.5). This perception is held in basically any subject that exists in the universe. I believe that once I set time to read, go through extensive information in a subject quietly, and seek guidance or explanation from others where the concept may seems to be hard, I can basically handle anything. I highly believe in my ability and I know that once I focus my mind into doing something I end up doing it and achieving even more than I can imagine. Success in the academic work is basically based on attitude, Individual perception with regard to course complexity and personal ability to handle it, and self-determination. This spirit has always made possible for me to get it right eventually. It is not normally easy. I am not the kind of bright students who understand with first read. It involves determination and persistence. However, while doing it, I always set my mind to believe that I will grasp the concept eventually. Thus the aspect of grit is highly applicable in my case.

According to Hochanadel and Finamore (2014, p.48), grit does not only involves having resilience during failure, but also having profound commitment that one remain devoted to for years. It also involves employing the right strategic measures. This involves effective time planning to ensure that I attend all classes, setting time for group discussion, extensive research and revision time. It also involves making short notes of important concepts that are likely to define the subject. Practice in technical courses as stated in Hochanadel and Finamore (2015) is also highly needed. Being part of the dowers rather than the spectators have always enabled me to grow and perform even better in complex courses.

I have never disputed that some courses are considerably hard compared to others. However, I have never accepted defeat in my academic work. I may not get the crème grades in the complex courses, but I always do all that it takes to ensure that I get presentable grades that are above average. I manage this by giving these complex courses more time than the courses that I find to be less difficult. Sometimes I may even adapt into having YouTube classes where I would watch the concept being explained again and again as I try to follow and to apply the information to solve different problems involving the concept. This has never failed me. Although there are students who easily understand the concepts that I struggle with, I always get comfort by the fact that what matters most is the final goal (Duckworth & Gross, 2014, p.320). I always forget the bitterness of the struggle when I get good grades, which an indication that I have attained my goal or target. It is not an easy journey to achieve all that one sets to achieve. It involves hard work, which I will always employ as long as I achieve what I intend to.

Use theory related to a ‘growth mindset’ in combination with aspects of your personal experience to speculate on the practical and theoretical implications of your current assumptions for your study over the coming semester.

My current mindset is very important not just for today but also for my future. The growth mindset make it possible for me to believe that I can understand complex concepts, to learn from experience, to engage in various kind of reasoning, and to overcome various obstacle in my work. However, this is not the only needed aspect to enhance my future academic growth. Grit will also be highly needed. Although I am not badly off in employing personal determination to achieve my academic goal, I cannot for sure say that there is no room for improvement. There is a lot that can be done to improve my general performance in my academic. A lot need to be done to improve my manners of setting academic goals. Basically, I set my goals based on the subject complexity and not based on what I would want to achieve in the long run; at the end of my study. This means, I sometimes lower the performance goal based on the complexity of the units to be covered in a semester. I do not accept failure, but I may slash my anticipated performance to fit the challenge. This means that I do not employ my grit to the highest level possible. To be able to perform effectively I will need to set long-term performance goal which I will need to remain passionate and persistence about to the end of my academic session. I will have to increase my ability as stated by Duckworth et al. (2007, p. 1088) to work persistently toward challenges, upholding interest and effort over my remaining study period despite plateaus, adversity, and failure in progress. I will have to hold my stamina to remain on course to be able to achieve my overall goals. This means, I need to set my future academic goals not based on the semester units’ complexity but based on overall grade I would wish to acquire by the end of my study.

Passion is one of the aspects Duckworth et al. (2007) uses to define grit. This implies that the ability to pursue a course persistently is highly influenced by how much one loves it. This aspect will provide a great guidance to me while doing my course specialization in the future. My course selection in the university was based on interest. However, the curse is further categorized meaning that one can specialize even further. To enhance great success, I may consider pursuing the course specialization that I am more interested in and ensure that I achieve the best in it. This will play a great role in boosting my grade, and hence in achieving my overall grade. I will use my growth mindset to acquire more information needed to enhance good performance. I will also use this mindset to dig deep to the subject to understand course information which will not only enhance my performance in class but also improve my ability to perform effectively in my profession in the future.

Use theory related to a ‘growth mindset’ in combination with aspects of your personal experience to speculate on the practical and theoretical implications of your current assumptions for your current or future employment.

Growth mindset and grit will be highly important in my career growth in the future. Based on my current experience, individual with growth mindset and grit are likely to handle any challenge blocking their way to success. The selection of my course in the university was highly influence by my passion toward career related operations (Duckworth et al., 2011, p. 175). In this regard, I anticipate that I will have a positive attitude and passion toward my career. However, I also expect that there will be fierce competition in the career such that one has to prove his or her ability to acquire promotion or to grow professionally. The growth mindset will thus be needed to assist me to handle challenging related tasks, to solve critical career related problems and to make decisions that bring progress and success in an organization. This does not only come out naturally. I will need to be more determines to understand my career and problems experienced in this field. I will also need to understand the organization goal and my strategic role as a professional in the organization to assist in attaining this goal. I will then employ my sound reasoning, professional judgment and informed and critical decision making to be able to effect the attainment of the organization goals.

I intend to set career development goals to focus on from the initial stage of my career. In the first few years, I will focus on understanding the industry with regard on the quality the industry looks for from an employee, and the levels of employees’ growth in the industry, based on professional ranks. I will then work towards personal professional growth with the aim of growing to break the glass ceiling. This simply implies that I will carry my growth mindset to the employment level. I will not take comfort in the position that I will get, but I will work hard to reach a higher position. Grit will be highly needed to help me overcome career growth challenges (Hill et al. 2014).

I anticipate that exposure and experience will assist in enhancing growth in me as a professional. This will help me in refining my decision making, and judgment skills in my profession. To nature growth, I intend to change my working position or organization after working for at least three years. New and more challenging environment will play a great role in enhancing my growth in my professional field. I will also consider taking short courses to boost my knowledge in the field. The short courses will mostly focus on advancing my knowledge in emerging technologies that are likely or being integrated in my professional operations. This will make me to remain viable my career. It will also make it easy for me to perform given tasks and to record improved performance all the time. My main goal at this level is to work hard and in the right manner to attract job promotion. This will also make me an important asset in the company and the industry in general. This means that I will one day manage to attain a position where I am not a follower of the employment rules made for the industry, but one of the rule makers.

Referencing

Duckwort, AL & Gross, J J 2014, ‘Self-control and grit: Related but separable determinants of success,’ Current Directions in Psychological Science, vol. 23, no.5, pp.319-325.

Duckworth, AL, Kirby, TA, Tsukayama, E, Berstein, H & Anders Ericsson, K 2011, ‘Deliberate practice spells success: why grittier competitors triumph at the national spelling bee’, Social Psychological and Personality Science, vol. 2.

Duckworth, AL., Matthews, MD., Kelly, DR & Peterson, C 2007, ‘Grit: Perseverance and passion for long-term goals,’ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol.92, no.6, pp. 1087-1101

Dweck, C. 2014, The power of believing that you can improve, video recording, TED, viewed 11 March 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0mgOOSpLUDweck, CS., Walton, GM & Cohen, GL 2014, ‘Mindsets and skills that promote long-term learning,’ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Hill, PL Burrow, AL & Cotton Bronk, K 2014, ‘Persevering with positivity and purpose: an examination of purpose commitment and positive affect as predictors of grit’, Journal of Happiness Studies, DOI 10.1007/s10902-014-9593-5.

Hochanadel, A & Finamore, D 2015, ‘Fixed and growth mindset in education and how grit helps students persist in the face of adversity,’ Journal of International Education Research, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 47-50.