1. What is the difference between your self-concept and self-image? What is the difference between your self-concept and your self-esteem?
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Self-concept is how you see yourself as a person overall. This is based on how you act, what you believe, and how closely you adhere to moral values that you have developed throughout life. Your self-concept doesn't typically fluxuate without heavy planning and desire to change. Your self-image will change based on the situation you are in. If you feel more comfortable in a certain situation, you may see yourself as confident for that time period. Alternately, if you are in a new situation, you may approach it more carefully and with less confidence. Your self-concept and self-esteem are very closely related. If your attitude is that of a person who approaches situations …show more content…
One of my employees came to me asking about reimbursement options for a customer that he was working with. I was so busy at the time, that rather than asking what the specific situation was that warranted a reimbursement, I quickly explained the steps my employee would take for each common reimbursement scenario. When he came to me for approval later, he had completed steps for each reimbursement scenario, rather than completing only the steps for the appropriate reimbursement. Because of the interference of my other tasks, I provided information that was not clear to my employee.
I was providing one of my employees instruction to request time off for her upcoming vacation time. While I was explaining this process to her, she was responding to an email that she had received. She ended up incorrectly requesting time off because she had not been fully listening, and was unable to get paid time off for her vacation. Because she was focusing on her email instead of the instruction I was providing, she did not properly understand what she needed to
--Answer below:
Self-concept is how you see yourself as a person overall. This is based on how you act, what you believe, and how closely you adhere to moral values that you have developed throughout life. Your self-concept doesn't typically fluxuate without heavy planning and desire to change. Your self-image will change based on the situation you are in. If you feel more comfortable in a certain situation, you may see yourself as confident for that time period. Alternately, if you are in a new situation, you may approach it more carefully and with less confidence. Your self-concept and self-esteem are very closely related. If your attitude is that of a person who approaches situations …show more content…
One of my employees came to me asking about reimbursement options for a customer that he was working with. I was so busy at the time, that rather than asking what the specific situation was that warranted a reimbursement, I quickly explained the steps my employee would take for each common reimbursement scenario. When he came to me for approval later, he had completed steps for each reimbursement scenario, rather than completing only the steps for the appropriate reimbursement. Because of the interference of my other tasks, I provided information that was not clear to my employee.
I was providing one of my employees instruction to request time off for her upcoming vacation time. While I was explaining this process to her, she was responding to an email that she had received. She ended up incorrectly requesting time off because she had not been fully listening, and was unable to get paid time off for her vacation. Because she was focusing on her email instead of the instruction I was providing, she did not properly understand what she needed to