This week we were assigned to read portions of the book titled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven R. Covey. I saw this week’s reading as a sort of introduction to the actual list of habits that Covey is going to share with us later in the book. I identified four main points that Mr. Cover talked about. The first one is the “Pygmalion Effect” (Covey, 1989, 2004). Covey then talked about Character Ethic and Personality Ethic. Then he discussed paradigm shifts. I…
I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Hey guys have you ever been in the situation were you have to decorate the napkins for dinner? Well, today I will demonstrate the proper way to fold the napkins. Here are the different types of Napkins. B. Reason to Listen: To give an elegant touch to any dinner party, it’s nice to fold a napkin in three dimensional or the pyramid. C. Thesis: To show my audience how easy to fold a pyramid napkins. [Transition: So, let’s start doing the most…
college and had no desire too, but once I saw the requirement to become an Officer I knew what I had to do. Not being familiar with the academic world SNHU helped show me parts of college I had no idea existed, like the act of registration and pre-planning my courses. Finally, I can relate the academic plan to taking the fear out of moving forward after the first semester. Now that I have a road map I can plan out my life for the next 3 years a little better. The fact that I can take a little…
Concentrating on the right thing, or the right goal is a very important way of saving time. Many people can often end up wasting time by working on the wrong activity in the business. You need to be efficient in the workplace and make sure you are working towards your objectives, this means working on the right things. You need to focus on the purpose of your activities. Focus on effectiveness, then concentrate on efficiency. You need to monitor your time and effectiveness, this might mean…
Honduras Dinner - Advertising Department. Planning and Strategizing Our mission statement for our department was “Making sure that we spread all the necessary information regarding the Honduras Dinner by using effective forms of media to attract possible clients”. Our core values are integrity, reliability, elegance, friendships, dedication and diversity. For our department to function properly, we started with the planning process by identifying our main objective. Our department’s main goal…
Task 1 In this assignment for project management I am going to choose the Agile Scrum methodology to use as the main body and examples. Agile Scrum is commonly known as it has its famous 12 principles that achieve a good success in project management. These principles I will describe below in a short description. This will hopefully illustrate whoever reading this a short understanding as I will progress to then explain why, Agile, is used to secure many great benefits to project management. 12…
3. Qualitative parameters 3.1. Travel time One of the important factors of every trip is its duration. Trying to compare long-run trains and buses we should consider this factor as well. Due to the physical inclusion of the coaches in the traffic flow and limitation of speed to by 100 km/h they generally need more time than private cars to travel from point A to point B (Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz, 2013). On the other hand, trains do not have such limitation and on…
Chapter 6: Action Plan To effectively manage your time, you have to want to do it. You must plan and schedule tasks and events ahead of time, in order to make the most of your time. When it comes to setting up an Action Plan, you are basically mapping out your life and the tasks you need to complete in order to successfully meet your goals. Follow these important steps when designing your plan: 1. Choose and set your goals. Make it clear as to what you are actually trying to accomplish and…
Checklist of Items to help guide you in hosting a RKC Sanctioned Show: The following contains a list of items/things to consider before you decide to host a RKC sanctioned event. This list can be used as a checklist to help you through this lengthy process: What location have you considered to host your RKC Sanctioned Show? Contact the location that you have in mind to completely understand the cost associated with the location, what dates are available and if they will allow you to host…
Preparedness is really the first step in Emergency Management. When your community is prepared, you are ready to handle a disaster. The degrees in preparedness comes from training scenarios, and drills to ensure that they community is ready in the event of a disaster. What does is actually mean to be prepared? If disaster strikes your community are you ready with emergency personal? Do you have city utilities on stand-by to respond to situations that might arise due to the disaster?…