ASSIGNMENT ON SOFT SKILL

TOPIC

LIFE MANAGEMENT AND WORK MANAGEMENT

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: SOORYA SOMAN : 33711006 : 1ST MSC GEOLOGY : GEOLOGY

LIFE MANAGEMENT: Everyday life management skills are essential to personal growth and awareness. Many of us perform these skills with no thought at all, going through our daily lives meeting obligations with a natural ability to control the many aspects of our daily routines. Juggling a job, household finances, children and marriage, while coping with stress and maintaining a sense of self-worth and happiness, all fall into the life management skill category.

One of the most common complaints people have these days is that their plate is fuller than full. The demands of modern life often leave some people feeling dragged out and inadequate. Many people know intellectually that they cant give 100% to everything, yet still they have unreasonable expectations for themselves. As a result somethings got to give," and usually, it is their self-care & personal fulfilment. See if this sounds like something you might be saying to yourself. Life just seems to be whizzing by me, and I dont really feel as though Im spending enough quality time on the things that matter most to me. I worry a lot that Im going to somehow miss my life and then it will be over." Lifes demands may not slow up any time soon, and learning to balance life is an ongoing art. If you think one day you will get it all done, and then you can relax," you are bound to be disappointed. So then how can we insure that those things of greatest importance to us get the amount of attention they deserve? Consider the following absolute basic life management skills. Number one: Identify the top four priority categories in your life (i.e., spirituality/personal development, family/relationship, career, and personal care/health) and honestly assess how much time you give to each category. Often people have expectations of themselves that are unreasonable given the amount of time they actually have to devote to something. If, for example, you are giving only 50% of your time to career, it is truly unreasonable to expect yourself to be a superstar in that category. Additionally, if kids and family are a top priority to you, giving only 50% to career is probably the max you can give and still have enough time and energy left over. Number two: Write things down! Dont use your brain as your day planner. Doing so increases stress. Consider making five separate to do" lists. The first four lists correlate with your four top priority life categories (from our example above, one for spirituality/personal development, one for family/relationships, one for career/work and one for personal care/health). Then the fifth list would be for general to dos" that dont fit into those top four categories. From these lists make sure you schedule the important items in your priority categories FIRST, BEFORE anything else makes it onto your calendar. As a result you wont have to worry whether youre making time for priorities. Then you can pick and choose from your general to do list which additional activities you may need to, have to or (actually want to), fit in. By the way, dont be afraid to use that good word no" to any time-robbers you identify!

Number three: Practice being in the present moment only. Lets say youre always thinking about your endless pile of work at the office when youre home with the family. Fact is there is absolutely nothing you can do about those things on your desk. Worrying about it takes precious time and attention away from your priorities and increases your feelings of dissatisfaction about life. It takes practice and some mental self-control to keep your attention on whats happening in the present moment, but this tip alone will bring huge rewards. When you savour the series of life moments one by one, you will find you dont feel as though youre missing out. Be patient and loving with yourself. Always remember, life is an ongoing process and it will throw you curve balls from time to time. But with practice, you will find coming back to equilibrium gets quicker & easier. As a result, you will enjoy life more and have a more consistent experience of happiness. WORK MANAGEMENT: Work management is a new standard in the project management discipline. The ability to manage project tasks alone is no longer enough. In order to get a true picture of project performance, all work that affects a project portfolio must be considered. The need to maintain disparate systems to manage various types of work such as applications, products, projects and services, is no longer required. Work management brings all projects and all work together for true reporting and maximum efficiency. To work out the mean average you need to add up all the numbers and then divide the answer by the amount of numbers that you have added up. View and Manage All Work from One Location View, update and manage all individual work assignments from a single location. Roll up any work across the enterprise for global visibility and increased efficiency. Team members can update status in one view to reduce cost and improve productivity. Create New Work Items from a Single View Team members can create new tasks, issues, risks, changes, actions, or any other work item from one centralized location. Give teams the tools they need to manage their work more effectively and eliminate the need for users to work in disconnected and sometimes redundant systems. Create Work Item Alerts and Notifications Set up individual work item alerts and notifications to stay informed of work assignments, status and changes. Automatically trigger emails to be alerted of information critical to work completion and progress. Connect to Microsoft Outlook to Manage Work Assignments If you spend a lot of time in email, you can easily connect your work items and task lists to outlook for centralized collaboration. You can then read, reply and post information without ever having to leave your email. Leverage Pre-built Work Apps to Manage All Types of Work Work Engine has many out-of-the-box work apps to help organizations manage all types of work for various teams and various methodologies. Work apps

include PMBOK, Construction, Application Management, Product Development, Service Management, and many more. a. Fair compensation and job security: The economic interests of people drive them to work at a job and employee satisfaction depends at least partially, on the compensation offered. Pay should be fixed on the basis of the work done, responsibilities undertaken, individual skills, performance and accomplishments. Job security is another factor that is of concern to employees. Permanent employment provides security to the employees and improves their QWL. b. Health is wealth: Organizations should realize that their true wealth lies in their employees and so providing a healthy work environment for employees should be their primary objective. c. Provide personal and career growth opportunities: An organization should provide employees with opportunities for personal/professional development and growth and to prepare them to accept responsibilities at higher levels. d. Participative management style and recognition: Flat organizational structures help organizations facilitate employee participation. A participative management style improves the quality of work life. Workers feel that they have control over their work processes and they also offer innovative ideas to improve them. Recognition also helps to motivate employees to perform better. Recognition can be in the form of rewarding employees for jobs well done.

E.Work-life balance: Organizations should provide relaxation time for the employees and offer tips to balance their personal and professional lives. They should not strain employees personal and social life by forcing on them demanding working hours, overtime work, business travel, untimely transfers etc. f. Fun at workplace: This is growing trend adopted by todays organizations to make their offices a fun place to work. In every large organization, there's a hierarchy of management that keeps the whole operation running smoothly.