Deborah is seen to have made some offensive remarks about Melinda to other staff in the company through the use of strong critics that she is an egotistical slave-driver with no respect for the people who are being supervised this is because of the lack of freedom to do things the way she likes doing it. Although these things she enjoys doing are selfish in nature and are seen to be unproductive at work. She enjoys having two hours break instead of an hour as stipulated by the company. Not only that she comes to work often time an hour after the normal time and leaves the work an hour before the closing time on the excuse of taking kids early in their schools. She felt threatened that she may not enjoy the freedom anymore more importantly that Melinda’s office will be supervising her office. She doesn’t want to relinquish her selfish attitude…
The first step that needs to take place in order for her to be productive is to counsel her on the work assignments she has and advise her that her performance is inadequate. I would explain to her the reasons why her work is inadequate. Specifically state what she is doing and what is unacceptable about the work she is providing. Also let her know what is expected of her in the future after having this discussion. Last but not least provide a clear warning that a failure to correct performance deficiencies will result into termination. After I have explored informal ways to address her performance issues, and have documented my counseling sessions with her, I will provide her with a more formal method which would be an opportunity to improve. If she…
I have always had this idea that me being a mono-tasker makes me seem less intelligent than your average texting-and-driving, tweeting-and-doing homework multitaskers. However, after watching the short videos, and the PBS documentary, I am reassured that multitasking is not always a good skill to have, not when you're doing something that requires cognitive skills and physical effort (math, writing, studying, driving).…
Technology is an ever-changing aspect of modern society. Since the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century, technological advancements have accelerated at a rapid pace. In Orwell’s 1984 and Haley’s The Nether, the reader/audience is warned of a future of enhanced technology and how it can affect the ways that people think and act. In Oceania, the purpose of technology is to eradicate all aspects of privacy. In The Nether, however, the goal of technology in The Nether is to create a world of absolute privacy. Both stories illustrate two considerably different dystopias, however they both portray how effective technology can be at influencing the minds of people. It is clear that the techniques exhibited in 1984 are more effective than those…
As people we love to do as many things as we can at once. We text, and tweet, and snapchat, and talk, and watch tv, and all while cramming for our midterm. Everyone of us has done this. I, myself, like many of you, believe that I am quite talented at it. But, that's not true, none of us are. Our minds aren't made to juggle ten things at once. Multitasking does more harm on our brains than good, whereas monotasking helps create quality work efficiently and is a better option for all people.…
"Before you plan how you will use your time, you need to set your priorities."…
She tends to forget a lot of what she must do, including responding to the pile of e-mails, fighting for resources within the department. Just recently the pediatrician department, set new hours, stating manning issues. So, they reduced there hours of giving shots to children as well as closing for lunch and shutting down early. The NCOIC of my department said she would handle it. She went in unprepared without a plan to try and negotiate. The PEDS department had the upper hand and kept the schedule they posted. Leaving us to pick up the work load without help from them, while we remain shorthanded as well. Reason being she takes it upon herself to do everything, instead of delegating tasks to complete things in a timely manner and never replies to her e-mails. The Bolman and Deal state that, “Officeholders who rely solely on position power generate resistance and get out flanked, outmaneuvered, or overrun by others more versatile in exercising other forms of power” (p. 199). Which ends up leading to the other departments talking to myself or other co-workers with in my section to get things accomplished. By her being gone all the time to help others without consulting her team or subordinates causes a lot of miss communication and endless…
Infidelity is a sickness that can ruin relationships and tear families apart since it is a betrayal of the love that a husband entrusts in his wife and vice versa. In both fictional plays, Fences by August Wilson and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, infidelity is a clearly evident theme as both of the protagonists, Willy and Troy, betray their wives and have relations with other woman. Both men have a sense that what they are doing is wrong, but both continue to do so anyway. The major difference between the two men is the manner in which they conduct themselves while being unfaithful. Willy Loman is discreet and tries to hide his affair from his wife, Linda. While Troy, on the other hand, is much more open about the idea, even telling his wife he was going to be bringing home a new baby from the other woman. In both plays, infidelity affects not only the two men, but their family, as well; as it breaks the already fragile bonds they have with their family and ultimately…
Today, multitasking is found everywhere with a huge variety of situational settings. Multitasking can be argued to mean different things to all individuals. Nonetheless, there is a lack of real comprehension of the complications involving multitasking. I plan to provide insight into what multitasking implies and means. My research will present how multitasking is preformed in both observational and personal combinations. This essay will explore the concept of switching form one undertaking to another and provide a relational view on multitasking in today’s environment.…
After completing the self- assessment, I need to work on multitasking when people are talking to me. Being a full-time mother of two, a full-time student, working part-time, planning a wedding and attempting to start a business, multitasking works in my favor. There is always something that needs to be started or completed in my world. after reading chapter one, I understand that even though my multitasking may work for me, it may not work for the people around me and I can miss something important being said because I am not giving my undivided attention to the person speaking to me. I plan on using the five steps below to improve my developmental needs.…
When we multitask, we harm ourselves and don't do things as well as we would if we were focused on a single task. According to the author, "a recent article published in the science journal Neuro Image revealed that when we attempt demanding task simultaneously,we ended up doing neither as well as we should because our brains have cognitive limits". In other words,the author is trying to say that is better to do one thing at a time than multitasking because the brain will work better, and if we are multitasking,we will have a worse memory. For example, sometimes at my job, I have to multitask. This made my memory worse because I try to do three or more jobs at once, like holding wires, connecting them, connecting outlets talking on the phone, and making sure other people are doing their job right, and at the end of the day, i forget to do an important job. Just like tge article says, it is better to have our brain concentrated on once thing at the time to do a good job and avoid any harm to ourselves or others.…
In the past years, people have been using the term Multitasking which is doing several tasks at once. Our brain is kind like a computer, but we need to be careful because when you set your brain to do several things because this just make burn your mind or “slow you down”. Based on my experience when I get to the house from picking up the kids from school, I always have to check on them because they start running into the house and fighting each other. While I'm doing the dinner, washing dishes also on the phone I feel like my mind is going to explode because is many things to worry at once. However, I do not think I'm the only who feel this way, so everyone that has to do several tasks at work goes crazy.…
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This study asks whether multitasking and its efficiency. In order to verify, we used dual-tasks, which requires an individual to perform two tasks simultaneously in order to compare performance with single-task conditions. Our dual-task has primary task; tracking dot on a computer screen and secondary task; tracking dot with clicking the mouse when a target letter (X) appears. Three are two independent variables; dot speed and duration of letter. This procedure combines two levels: easy and difficult in the independent variables. Dependent variables are average tracking error, hit rate, and false alarm rate. With the p-value over 0.05 in general, what we found was statistically insignificant relationship between the variables. We concluded…
She needs to set expectations on days that she is going to be out on client’s places, so that she can manage the team better.…