MANAGING ONESELFBY PETER F. DRUCKER

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Presented By

Usman Hussain

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Peter F. Drucker

About the

author

Born in Vienna in 1909 Educated in Austria and England Doctorate in Law from Germany Came to the US in 1937 Taught and Consulted

Bennington College New York University Claremont Graduate School (Since 1971)

The Practice of Management

PETER DRUCKER1954

Background Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves-their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

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Research Question 7

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What Brain Science Tells Us About How to Excel ?????

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Sub Questions.

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Sub Questions

What are my most valuable strengths and most dangerous weaknesses?

How do I learn and work with others?

What are my most deeply held values?

And in what type of work environment can I make the greatest contribution?

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Vocabulary

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Self-efficacy: believe in one’s ability to do a task

Self-monitoring: observing one’s own behavior and adapting it to the situations.

Social Cognitive Theory: version of the Social Learning Theory presented by Bandura (Standford Psychologist), that postulate that there are dynamic relationships among personal factors, the social and physical environment, and behavior (Bandura, 1986)

A person can be both an agent for and a respondent to change.

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Summary of Findings

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What are my strengths ?

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What Are My Strengths ?

It is easier to know what we are not good at- than to know what are we good at.

A person can perform only from strength

Discover your strengths through feedback analysis.

Whenever you make a decision, write down what you expect will happen. One year later, compare the actual results with your expectations

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How Do I Perform?

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How Do I Perform? Different people work and perform

differently Too many people work in ways that are not

their ways. How one performs is unique: matter of

personality Just as what a person is good at or not good

at is a given. Am I a reader or a listener? How do I learn? Work hard to improve the way you perform

(do not try to change yourself)

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What Are My Values?

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What Are My Values?

Use the mirror testValue system of an organization and

yoursTo be effective in an organization, a

person’s values must be compatible with the organization’s values (not the same but close enough to coexist)

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Where Do I Belong?

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Where Do I Belong?

Or where I do not belong…A big or a small organization?“Yes, I will do that” If I am not a decision maker I

should have learned to say no to a decision maker assignment.

When we answer to the three previous questions, I can and should decide where I belong.

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What Should I Contribute?

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What Should I Contribute?

What does the situation requires?

Given my strengths, my way of performing, and my values, how can I make the greatest contribution to what needs to be done?

What results have to be achieved to make a difference?

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What Should I Contribute? Cont.

Where and how can I achieve results that will make a difference within the next year and half? The results should be hard to

achieve, but also they should be within reach

The results must be meaningful (they should make a difference)

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Responsibility For Relationships

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Responsibility For Relationships

First is to accept the fact that other people are as much individuals as you yourself are.

Taking responsibility for communication

Today the great majority of people work with others who have different tasks and responsibilities.

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The Second Half Of Your Life

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The Second Half Of Your Life

You must Begin long before you enter the second half of your life!

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The Second Half Of Your Life

Managing oneself increasingly leads one to begin a second career:

Start one (move to another organization

Develop a parallel career Social entrepreneurs (another

activity, usually a nonprofit) People who manage the second half

of their lives may always be a minority The majority may “retire on the

job”

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Strengths of article

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Strength of article

Continuous feed back analysisYou can analysis whether you are a

reader or a listenerYou can learn most deeply held valuesKnow about own self to become own

chief executive officerRemain what you are don’t try to

change your self

Weaknesses of Article

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Weaknesses of Article

To much monotony.Just few examples. Repetition of same agenda.Little bit confusing.

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Learning from Article

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Comparison of article with my life.

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. Comparison of article with my life

Knowing my strengths:Feedback analysisHabits and preferences will reflect in the period of 2-3 years feedback analysis.

My performance in tasks:Under pressure I am a good worker.Generally I am not a good team player and at times I lack confidence while working on a project.

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Fear of loss and failure.I am a listener not a reader. To manage myself I need to develop reading skills and a combination of both listening and reading skills.

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.What are my values:

To live a worthy life my values are based on Islamic values and I prefer being ethical and moral as thee society and my working place requirements are.

My values and values of organization where I work should be inline other wise my performance will go down.

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Where do I belong ?To get fit in an organizational structure.

I need to go from a transformation process, based on my strengths, work styles and value

IMPLICATIONSOnly when I operate from a

combination of my strength, self knowledge I can achieve true and lasting excellence

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