Dizon, Mary Jane S.

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Productivity Reflection

1. I learned the difference between the meaning of effectiveness and efficiency.

Efficiency means doing things right where the manager is capable of doing or achieving
his goals by minimizing materials, time, energy, costs, and other inputs. While effective
means doing the right things in which the manager has the ability to decide what are the
appropriate methods to do in order to achieve the goals accurately. These two
concepts are important to be applied by the management in an organization. But it was
stated in the article that even an organization is efficient, it would be useless if it is
ineffective because they are not taking the correct track. It is necessary for the
management to ensure that the right things are being done which will lead to the
organization’s productivity and success.
2. There are several skills that management should obtain that are critical in the
achievement of the entity’s goals. The managers should enhance competencies that will
allow them to be both managers and leaders. One of the important skills that a manager
must possess is interpersonal skills or the capability to connect and communicate with
other people. It is to allow them to work effectively with people. They will be able to lead
and teach the employees to do the right thing so that productivity and success in
operation will be attained. Managers should also have the ability to deal with constant
changes and be capable of applying the new trends in the organization’s processes if it
will benefit the productivity which will lead to the success of the business entity.
3. My learning about the competency to manage personal stress is the most relevant for
me because I can apply it to my current situation in my academics. With loads of work
that I have to accomplish, I cannot prevent myself from being stressed. But what I
learned from the article is to cope up with it through personal resiliency. It is the ability of
an individual to not allow difficult situations to affect him/her and to reduce stress by still
managing to do what should be done. In the context of an organization set up, social
resiliency can be applied through improving relationships and the team works among
coworkers. Application of time management is important as well in managing stress. By
having the competence to control stress, the employees will be able to continue
performing their jobs despite difficulties which will result in productivity and success of
the operation.