Advanced Professional

Development

CAVENDISH ARMENIA
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES
(DMS)

GAYANE GHAZARYAN
MBA

YEREVAN 2009
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"He that would govern others must

first master himself."
Messinger
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A hierarchy of personal life-management skills.

Symptom Tactical
Stress Management

Time Management

Priority and Goal setting

Self-awareness
Problem Strategy

Source: Whetten & Cameron (1998) Developing Management Skills. 4th edition, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.
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Important areas of self-awareness

 Personal values
 Cognitive style
 Orientation toward change
 Interpersonal orientation

Source: Whetten & Cameron (1998) Developing Management Skills. 4th edition, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.
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Important areas of self-awareness

 Personal values
 Instrumental
Ambitious, broadminded, capable, clean, forgiving, helpful,
honest, independent, logical, loving, responsible, self-controlled,
etc.
 Terminal

A prosperous life, a sense of accomplishment, equality, family

security, freedom, happiness, inner harmony, pleasure, self-
respect, etc.
Rokeach (1973)

Source: Whetten & Cameron (1998) Developing Management Skills. 4th edition, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.
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Important areas of self-awareness

 Personal values

Kohlberg (1969)
Source: Whetten & Cameron (1998) Developing Management Skills. 4th edition, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.
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Important areas of self-awareness

 Cognitive style = Gather information + Process information
 Intuitivestrategy – holistic view and generalization
 Sensing strategy – focus on detail and specific attributes
 Thinking strategy – using systematic plans and logical patterns
 Feeling strategy – based on ‘gut feel’, trial and error approach

Source: Whetten & Cameron (1998) Developing Management Skills. 4th edition, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.
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SENSING

Task
Research on Belbin’s team roles.

Information gathering
THINKING

FEELING
Information evaluation

INTUITING
Source: Whetten & Cameron (1998) Developing Management Skills. 4 edition, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.
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Important areas of self-awareness

 Orientation toward change
 Tolerance to ambiguity
 Locus of control

Source: Whetten & Cameron (1998) Developing Management Skills. 4th edition, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.
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Important areas of self-awareness

 Interpersonal orientation

Source: Whetten & Cameron (1998) Developing Management Skills. 4th edition, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers
Inc.
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Values Self-understanding
and
self-management

Cognitive
Attituteds
style

Understanding
differences in others
Interpersonal
orientation

Source: Whetten & Cameron (1998) Developing Management Skills. 4th edition, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.
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Team work
Divide into syndicate groups.
1. State your three most important values.
2. Discuss them within your group.
3. Based on the discussion identify common values for the group.
4. Give a name to your team. Identify a leader. State a slogan/motto.
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Assignments

1.Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Print the results.

http://humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes3.asp

2. Assignment 1
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