To learn about a contributors vision for his or her career

Prepared By
Shivam Purohit Ujjawal Rai Kaumil Shah Ravi Shah 080500119043 080500119044 080500119046 080500119047

Sigma Institute of Engineering

What is an acquisitive career?

An acquisitive career is one in which the career-seeker is focused on acquiring higher position, higher salary, more benefits, etc.

What is a contributive career?

A contributive career is one where the careerseeker is focused on contributing, with rewards being a by-product of the contributions made.

Born: December 8, 1861. Boston, Massachusetts,U.S. Died: March 18, 1947(aged85) New York, New York,U.S. About him: William Crapo "Billy" Durant(December 8, 1861 March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of theUnited Statesautomobileindustry, the founder of General MotorsandChevroletwho created the system of multi-brand

Late one evening, William C. Durant, the founder of General Motors (GM), walked into his bank after banking hours, and asked for some work to be done, which ideally should have been requested during banking hours. While others did not take the trouble to serve him, the man who served Mr.Durant after banking hours was Carol Downes, an executive of the bank. Mr.Downes had created a growth opportunity for himself by serving his customer well. The next day, William Durant asked Downes to come to his office. Mr. Durant offered Downes a position in his office which was happily accepted by Downes. Several months later, Downes was informed that he had been chosen to go out to a new plant to supervise the installation of the plant machinery. Thus, Downes, a former bank official, became a machinery expert in a few months. Although he did not know anything about installation of

Downes had created one more growth opportunity by whole-heartedly accepting a challenge. Three months later, the job was done so well that Mr. Durant asked him where he learned about machinery. I never learned, Mr. Durant. I merely found men who knew how to do the job, put them to work, and they did it. Downes explained. Mr. Durant told Downes that he was promoted as the new manager of the plant and his salary to start with would be $50,000 a year. Downes had created one more growth opportunity by not only succeeding in his assignment, but also sharing credit and focusing on his role as a contributive-manager.

Career choices that Mr.Downes made about each of those choices

Thought

An Executive officer in a bank could do that job great responsibilities.

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A personal assistant of the founder He thought that he should Serve customer well after banking ours. A Machinery expert in a new plant should accept challenges whole-heartedly. He thought that he new

Mr.Downes ,an executive officer of a bank, served to the person who is founder of that bank. He thought that he should serve the person who gave him a chance as an executive officer in a bank and due to that person, he was there. So, he had not forgot that person who has done key role for his existing position. He had also that kind of nature to serve the customer after banking hours also and this would be great step for his life. Due to such kind of nature he became a personal assistant of Mr.Willliam Durant and done his job well. After seeing his performance, he was asked to join a new plant as a machinery in charge. Here, he didnt know anything about machinery but finally he had shown his performance. Here, he was ready to accept the new challenges rather than escaping. Thus, he created his opportunity by his virtual character

DOMAIN VISION

PURPOSE VISION

He/she is limited by his/her domain of training, and is unwilling to go beyond. He / she has a nature that he/she can work in the field that he/she has been trained in.

He/she is purposefocused, and is thus willing to learn and do whatever it takes to serve the purpose. He / She will learn whatever is needed to perform well in his/her role, and help his/her team / organization achieve its goals.

Lesson: A good contributor should choose the Purpose vision.

COMFORT ZONE VISION

CAPACITY EXPANSION VISION

The Non-contributor rigidly sticks to his/her given job description and his/her comfort zone. She/he has an attitude like he/she can do some things well. We should not ask him/her for new things.

The Contributor is willing to try out and learn new things, diversify if needed, volunteer for new responsibilities, take on new roles thus expanding his/her capacity. He/she believe that one must be willing to step out of ones comfort zone and try out newer roles. This will expand not only his/her skill set, but also his/her capacity to learn

 External Growth Vision: For this type of person success means more money, more power, more position. He/she recognize only external growth. External + Inner Growth Vision: For him/her success means external growth combined with growth in his/her capacities, leadership skills, ability to contribute effectively, etc. He/she recognizes and seeks both external growth as well as inner growth within him/her self.

JAY He thinks that will he get all the comforts and conveniences which he wants? He asks the questions to the employers like; What is the pay package? Will he get a team to work under him? Will he has to stay late often? Will he get compensated for working over-time?

VIJAY

He thinks that does this job and the contribution he can possibly make here, excite him or not? He asks the questions for his role in the company like ;What kind of work will he actually be doing? What are the typical responsibilities? What are typical challenges?

NARESH Naresh does not do anything which is beyond his stated job description of a software engineer. He says that he is a software engineer. He is good at his job but this is not his job and asks that why he has to do that job.

SURESH

Suresh is flexible and is quickly able to adapt to new assignments. He says that why can I not do that job. Let him try his best for optimum output. Suresh thinks that Every job has its challenges unless you try it out, how will you know how well you can do it and whether you like it or not? This way

 Two persons Arya and Kavya joined a company In which the company has given two assignments and they have to select at least one. -The first assignment has a deadline of one month and familiar with their own domain and team consisting of 10 members. -The second assignment is a new area in which experiments are done and has a deadline of four months and consisting 4 members only. Arya selected the first one as she thought that the second one is risky and she did not learn that subject and she didnt want to make her bad impression on management. On the other side Kavya selected the second one as she thought that it was the best opportunity for her to

DEEP

SUJATA

He thinks about his performance also feels that he is here due to only his effort and also feels that he is the best amongst other teammates. He is bothering about new job challenges. He also feels the fear to win the trust of all juniors from which he will have take works.

She is greatly thankful to the management for choosing at that post. She is thinking that new position will be exciting and she is confidential about new post and very enthusiastic to do that job.

From example-1: We should think about our responsibilities in the company rather than worrying about any kind of reward in the form of money and etc. we should not give more important than quality of work and our development in job. We should grab opportunities to face challenges and our own development are more important than salary and perks. From example-2: We should make our self purpose focused and willing to learn and do whatever it takes to serve the purpose. We should not be limited by our domain of training, and are unwilling to go beyond. You should grab the new job opportunity and not to worry about whether you can do or not that job. You should become multifunctional person.

From example-3: One should not feel too much dependable on which she/he has learned but understand that it would be best experience for him/her to do that job and worrying about final result whether itll be fruitful or not. Management has decided to take after long thinking so dont feel nervous and keep positive attitude in your life. From example-4: Dont feel proud if you are a part of a team member because after all all the work is actually executed by the whole team. Dont feel nervousness after selected for a higher post but you should ready to take new challenges and responsibilities without worrying about your capabilities.

Any question

Any question

FromShivam, Ujjawal, Kaumil, Ravi