Book name:Strategies: Building on Your Best for Career Success (Custom 6th ed)

1. Using Problem Definition Techniques

Tasks:

Read the article "Root of Work Evil: Managers, not Workers, Cause Most Problems." by Stanley Modic and respond to the following questions:
1. What are the five tenets of people management?
2. How do the tenets illustrate the importance of defining a problem correctly?

2. Gathering Information

Gathering information is a vital part of the problem solving process. We often need to gather information to solve problems in our everyday lives in order to make important decisions at work or at home. Answer the following questions in the form of an essay. Write one paragraph for each task below:

• Consider your current or ideal job. What is it? ( Ideal Job: Computer information management)
• Can you think of a time when gathering information might be important in order to do that job to the best of your ability?
• How could gathering information help you perform you job?
• What consequences could there be if you did not collect enough information?

3. Creating Your Study Schedule

It is recommended that you spend 10-15 hours per class each week studying and completing your assignments. This assignment is designed to provide you with a brief introduction to Microsoft Excel, allow you to review and balance your daily schedule, and make sure sufficient time is devoted to your studies. It is critical to have good time management skills to succeed as an online student! Use Excel to document your daily and weekly study time.

Tasks:

Complete the following tasks:

1. Open Microsoft Excel.
2. Create a worksheet using Excel, listing the hours you plan to apply toward your schoolwork each day of the week.
3. Make the width of each column 12.00. Make the height of each row 18.00.
4. Center and bold all the words in row 1 and column 1.
5. Add the total hours in the lower-right corner of your worksheet.

4. Reflecting on Ourselves

All of us learn in different ways. Some of us prefer to hear information while others would rather see it. Some of us like to be hands-on to develop ability; others prefer to read a manual. Understanding how we learn best allows us to consider our strengths and areas for improvement so we can be successful.

Tasks:
1. After completing the assigned reading from Chapter 3, complete the following assessments:
• "Assess: Your Multiple Intelligences" on pages 32-33
• "What Can you Learn About Your Personality?" on pages 41-42
2. Next, write a 200-word essay using Microsoft Word answering the following questions:
• What is your dominant intelligence?
• Based on the definitions of the eight intelligences listed on pages 33.34, describe your top intelligence in your own words.
• Are you surprised by the result? Why?
• According to the personality indicator on page 42, what is your score for each of the four categories? Are you surprised by the result? Why?
• Now that you know more about your dominant intelligence and personality, how will you change the way you study and complete assignments?