Work Wisdom

Think and Act appropriately to succeed!

What did we learn in school?

• We learned– General knowledge– Specific knowledge– Virtue

• We did not learn much about– The reality of earning a living

• Working environment• Demands and obligation

– Work skills

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Objectives

• This presentation is designed to help you understand

– The working environment and work demands

– The essential wisdoms for adapting to the working environment

– The way to develop yourselves for your career

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Work is always link to Organization

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Necessity of Organization

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Organization facts

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People in the organization• Boss

– The people that rank higher then us– Include the employer, direct superior and indirect superiors

• Subordinates– The people that rank lower then us– Include direct and indirect subordinates

• Peers– The people that rank roughly the same as us

• External people– Include customers and suppliers

• MEME– The most important– The one we has the most power to influence

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Relative position of the people

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Other managers

suppliers

subordinates

FamilyRelativesfriends

customers

superiors

Ourselves • Know ourselves

– Strength and limitation– Objectives and wishes– Likes and dislikes– Ability and idiosyncrasy

• Develop ourselves– Be self reliance– Be open minded– Be humble– Strengthen all round

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Our relation with the people• The people are all human beings

– Just like us, they are not perfect– They have wants, individualities, moods– They have their mindset and opinion– They have ability, power and influence– Each of them is different

• Need flexibility and sacrifice to work with them

• Need to manage relationship– We need good relationship to get work done– But keep in mind that our work is not to build good

relationship

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Environment and Situation impact

• Organization exist in an environment– Relatively stable– Can change either abruptly or gradually– Environment shapes most organization features

• Organization exist in dynamic situation– Political, economical, social, cultural….– Situation changes all the time and organization adjust

accordingly– Situation is the reason for the dynamism of our work

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Ambiguity and Uncertainty in organization

• Organization and all related things change because– Situation– Progress

• Organization work is sometime unclear because– Changes– Not possible to specify everything– Not all people are effective

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Multiple Obligation• We have multiple obligations

– Inside organization• To the organization• To the people

– Outside organization• To the nation• To the society• To our family• To our relatives and friends

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Working people’s reality• We have only finite resources

– Time – Efforts

• Our obligations contradict each other

• We find work difficult because of ambiguities and uncertainties

• We face instability because of environment and situation

• We need to– Find balance– Give priority to larger self

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Career demand • Whose career after all?

– Ours, and we have to make decision for ourselves

• What are the most fundamental for Career success?– Work well, not just work hard

• aim to win the war, not the battles

• What are the basic needs?– Continually develop ourselves widely – Understand exactly what we know– Really apply what we know– Flexibility to adapt and fit– Persevere to get things done and to achieve our goal

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Wisdoms

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About employment

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About developing ourselves

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About work and performance

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About our image

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About relationship with others

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About getting work done

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About getting ahead

• Get more things done then other

– Focus on getting what we want, not winning or being right

– Find solution instead of accept defeat• Do not blindly accept others negative conclusion• Try to disprove “cannot be done” reply due to standard

practices.

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Ending

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