5.

Somest
rat
egi
est
obeusedf
orski
l
loft
imemanagement
sar
e

 Planyourt ime,Schedul eyourti

meappr opriat
ely
, Keepont opoftheworki
nprogress,
Beatpr ocrasti
nati
on, Setgoals,Bereali
sti
caboutt het i
mesy oucanstudy,Del
egate–
gethelpf rom other
s, Manageext er
nal t
imewast ers,Av oi
dmul t
i-
taski
ngandStay
healt
hyar esomest rategi
esoft i
memanagmentski l
ls.Example:
Iusedtimeeff
ecti
vely
andwi selynowbuti nt hepastt i
meIusedt imenotwi selyandspendtimeon
unimpor tantthi
ngs.Iunderstandtheusesoft i
meandhav eti
metableorst
udyprogram
i
nmyhousenowandusemyt i
mewi sely
.

St
rat
egi
esf
ort
aki
nggoodl
ect
urenot
es

 Takewell-
organi
zednot
esi
noutli
nef
orm:
-Thi
swi
l
lhel
pyout
oident
if
ythemai
nideas.
Star
tlar
ge,workdowntodet
ail
s.

 Takenotesincomplet
ethoughts,
butabbreviat
e,reduce,
andsimpl
i
f y
:-
Don’
ttr
ytowrit
e
thepr
ofslectur
ewordforword.Youwil
lfall
behindandmi sssomethi
ngimport
ant
.Don’t
copyoverheadsunl
esstheprof
essorgi
vesy outimet odoso.

 Separ
ateandlabelt
henotesforeachcl
ass:-
Star
tanewsetofnot
esforeachday
,cl
ear
ly
separ
atedfr
om thedaybefor
e;itmakesyournot
eseasi
ert
ostudy.

 Makey
ournot
eseasyt
oread:
-I
t’
seasi
ert
ost
udyy
ournot
esi
fyoucanr
eadt
hem.

 Beanaggr essi
venotet
aker
:-
Sitwher
eyoucanhearandseet
hepr
ofessorwi
thout
st
rai
ning.Stayaler
t.

 Star
ttaki
ngnoteswhenthepr
ofessorstar
tst
alki
ng:
-Don’
twai
tforabi
gthoughtt
ost
ri
ke
you.Youcoul
deasil
ybecomedistr
actedandmissthebigt
hought
.

 I
sol
ateandl
earnthespecial
iz
edvocabul
ary
:-
Writ
edownandhi
ghl
i
ghtdi
ff
icul
tornew
wor
ds.Wri
tedefi
nit
ions,
orlookt
hem uplat
er.

 Separat
efact
sf r
om opi
nionandaddyourowni
deas:
-Not
ewhatisfactandwhati
sthe
prof
essor’
sopini
on.Addyourownthought
s;wr
it
enotesdi
rect
lyt
oyoursel
f.

 Devel
opyourownsetofsymbols.Uset
hem t
oident
if
yoremphasi
zev
ari
ousi
temsi n
yournot
es.
Useci
rcl
es,under
li
nes,orot
hersy
mbolsthatwi
l
lbemeani
ngf
ult
oy ou.

 I
ncl
udepi
ctures,di
agramsandotherv
isual
s:-
Copyi
ngdiagr
amsorotherv
isual
shel
ps
y
outounderstandconcept
slat
er.Wetendtothi
nkint
ermsofpi
ctur
es.

 Takenotesondi
scussi
on:
-Takenoteswhenmeet
ingwit
hyourt
utor
.Usenot
esy
ou’
ve
takeni
nlect
uret
ogenerat
ediscussionwi
thy
ourt
utorgr
oup.

 Al
way
sat
tendl
ect
urest
odev
elopacompl
etesetofnot
es:
-Thi
nkofy
ourl
ect
urenot
es
 aschapt
ersi
nabook,
andst
ri
vet
ohav
eal
lthechapt
ers

Exampl
e:It
akedgoodteachernotesinelement aryandhighschoolbutnow,Ihavenott
aked
goodl
ectur
enotesbecauselect
uresar etalkingqui
ckl
yi nclasswhenthishappenIcan'tl
i
sten
andwri
teatoneti
me.whenIwaswr it
ing,Icouldn'
tunderst
andwhatlecturesay.
but,
thr
ough
ti
meIunderst
andnotetaki
ngskil
l andIdon' ttr
ytowrit
eallwhatthelect
uresaysandtakes
goodl
ectur
enotesatthi
stime

St
art
egi
esoft
estt
aki
ngski
l
l

BeConf i
dent:
Ifyoufeel
thatyouknowthemater
ialandhav
eputinsi
gni
ficantstudyt
ime,y
ou
canlookforwardtoshowingoffal
lyouhav
elear
ned.Showcasey
ourbesteffor
t.Answerever
y
questi
ontothebestofyourabil
it
y.

BePr
epar
ed:
Comewi
thr
equi
redmat
eri
alssuchaspenci
l
s,cal
cul
ator
,not
es,
for
mul
asheet
,et
c.

BeAl
ert
:Wheny
ouar
egi
venanexam,
takeami
nut
etol
ookt
hroughal
loft
hequest
ions.

BeCar
eful
:Av
oidcar
elesser
ror
s.Taket
imet
orev
iewal
lpr
obl
emsandpr
oof
-r
eadal
lanswer
s.

BeReady:Pr
epar
ati
onisthekeyt
osuccess.Compl
eteal
lreadi
ngandpr
obl
em set
sbef
oret
he
exam.Desi
gnat
estudyti
me.

BeSmar
t:Ut
il
izer
evi
ewsessi
ons.Lear
nyourt
eacher
stest
ingst
yle.

BeEff
ici
ent
:Pri
ori
ti
zeyourt
imewi
sel
y.Donotgetst
uckononepr
obl
em andr
unoutoft
ime.
Out
li
neessayanswers.

BeNeat :Wr
it
eclear
ly.Erasethoroughl
y.Makesur
ey ournumer
ical
answer
sar
elegi
ble.Many
teacher
swil
lnotgiv
ecr editi
ftheycannotr
eadyouranswer.

BeHonest
:Atestisameasureofyourknowl
edgeofapart
icul
art
opi
c.Academi
cint
egr
it
yis
ext
remel
yimport
ant.Resi
stt
heurgetocheat
—iti
sneverworthi
t.

BeMat ure:Atesti
sjustthat
—atest
.Keepev
eryexam i
nperspecti
ve.Testsar
elear
ning
opportuni
ti
estoo.Usethem astool
tomakeyour
selfabet
terstudent.Communicat
ewithy
our
teacheraboutyourperf
ormance.

Example:Ihavetesttaki ngskil
lsinceHighschool.
whenIhaveatest,
Iwil
ldomanythingsbef
ore
thetest.
Thefir
stthingt odoi s-beconfi
dent,
prepari
ngmateri
alst
hatusedformytestli
ke
calcul
atorandpen, lsleepwel lbeforet
hetestnightandgetupanearl
ybeforet
hetestti
me.t
his
ski
llshelpmef orwor kingtest.

St
rat
egi
esofst
udyski
l
ls

 Haveaposit
iveat
ti
tude,
Findagoodlocat
ionf
orst
udy
ing,Joi
nast
udygr
oup,
Rev
iew
yourwor
k,Keepyourmemor yf
resh,
UsetheSQ4RMethod
 (survey,
Questi
ons,
read,
reci
te,
rev
iewandrel
ate)
,UseyourmemoryandMakey
ournot
es
briefandfocusonthepainpoint
s.al
loft
hesearestudyski
l
lst
rat
egies.

Example:Ist
artedstudyf
rom el
ementar
yschool
butIdon'tknowst udyski
ll
satt
hattimeand
under
standthisstudyski
l
lsathi
ghschool.
Int
hehighschool t
imeIhadt i
mescheduleandwent
tocl
assregularl
y,
madegoodnot esandl
ist
entomyt eachercaref
ull
yandIam well
studynow.

6.
Over
comeTestAnxi
ety

 Bepr epar
ed:Ifyoufeelconf
identt
hatyou’vepreppedthoroughl
y,you’
l
lfeelmor
e
confi
dentwalkingint
othetest.
ThetestprepexpertsatThePr i
ncet
onRev i
ewcan
prov
idethatextraboostyouneedtofeelcoolandcollect
ed.

 Getagoodni ght’ssl
eep:Crammingisnevertheanswer,andpull
inganall
-ni
ghtercan
exacer
bateyournerves.Hav i
ngadequaterest(9–10hoursperni
ght)i
sli
kelytobemor e
benefi
cial
thanrereadi
ngat extunt
ildawn(ButifyouAREupl at
estudyi
ngandhav ea
questi
on,ouron-demandt utor
saretheref
ory ou.
)

 Fuelup:Eatanutr
it
iousbr
eakf
astbef
orethetestandpacksmartsnacksforongoi
ng
energy.Lookforf
oodsthatof
ferast
eadystr
eam ofnutri
ent
s,r
atherthanasugarhigh
fol
lowedbyacr ash.

 Gettoclass—orthet
est
ingsi
te—earl
y:
Feeli
ngrushedwil
lonlyampuptheanxi
ety
.Pack
ever
ythi
ngy ouneedf
ort
heexam thenightbef
oreandsetthealar
m,soyoucangetout
thedooront i
me.

 Haveaposi ti
vementalat
tit
ude:Bri
ngapictur
eofy ourhappyplaceorcomeupwitha
morale-boost
ingmantral
ike“Icandothis”or“Iworkedhardanddeservet
his.
”Peekat
yourpictur
eorreci
teyourmant r
a,ri
ghtbefor
et hetestbegi
ns.

 Readcar eful
l
y:Readthedirecti
onsthoroughlyandreadal
lanswersbef
oremakinga
choi
ceorst ar
tingtheessay.Thereisnothingworsethanputt
ingti
meintoaquest
ion
andreal
izingyouar enotsolvi
ngforx,ortheessayisofft
arget.Sl
owi
ngdowncanhelp
youstayfocused.

 Juststart
:Thebl
ankpagecanmaxi mizeyouranxi
ety
.Aft
eryou’
ver
eadthedir
ecti
ons,
div
erighti
nbymaki nganoutli
neforanessayanswer.Or
,fi
ndsomequest
ionsyoucan
acetobuil
dupy ourconf
idenceandmoment um.

 Focusoncal m br
eathi
ngandposit
ivethoughts:
Deepbr eat
hingcansl
owdownabeating
heartoraraci
ngmi nd,sopr
acti
cethesetechniquesathome.Thev er
yactof
concentr
ati
ngonbr eat
hingandthi
nkingcanbiomet r
ical
lyal
tert
hoseanxi
ousfeel
i
ngs.

7.
Careerdev
elopmentist
obeinter
pret
edusi
ngtheordi
nar
ymeaningoft
heter
m.Career
devel
opmentisdef
inedasthepr
ocessofl
earni
ngandimprov
ingy
ourski
ll
ssothaty
oucando
yourjobbet terandpr ogr esstobetterjobs.I tistheseriesofactivit
ygoi ng/l
ifel
ongpr ocessof
developingonei ncludesdef i
ningnewgoal sr egularl
yandachi evethem.Car eerdev el
opment
usual managi ngone’scar eeri
nani ntra-organizationalscenari
o.Iti
nvolv estrai
ningmov i
ngto
higherjobr esponsi
bi l
i
ties, makechangewi thinthesameor gani
zationorst arti
ngone’ sown
business.Exampl e:
Imagi neAbdel l
awor kingi nanor ganizat
ionindeliverydepar tment.The
responsibili
ti
espackagesandpi cki
ngupr eturnrequests.Ov ert
imeaf terbecomi ngandexper t
hisordermanagementandst art
strai
ni ngf oritwithintheorganizati
onandl earnst he
skil
ls.
anot herorganizationandent erst heor dermanagementanddel iverydomai nhencer i
sing
Fewy ear sintherole,heunder st
andt hesuppl ychainmanagementandqui t
ewel landinthe
sameor ganizati
onmov esasamanageri nt hesuppl ychaindepartmentacqui r
ingmor eski
ll
sin
thedepar t
ment .

8.f
eat uresofdi v
er si
tysuchasage, genderorcol ouroft heski nareoftenv i
sible, i
tisabov eall
thefeat uresofdi v
ersityli
kesocio-economicbackgr ound, cultur
alori
gin,rel
igion/ philosophy,
familysi t
uati
onorchr onicdi
seaset hatremai ninvisibl
e.Implement i
ngequal it
yi mpl iestakinga
l
ookatt hedifferencesandsi milari
ti
esofst r
uct uraldiscri
mi nati
oninor dertoav oidhi er
archi
es
betweenv ari
ousf eaturesofdiversit
y.Thisrequi r
esamul tidimensionalunder standingof
diversit
y :
indi
vidual f
eat ur
esofdi v
ersit
yarenoti ntri
nsicall
yhomogeneous, nordot heyappear
i
ndi v
iduallyonly.Inaddi ti
on,
theremaybei nteractionsbet weent hem.

Feat
uresofDi
ver
sit
yManagement
:Somesal
i
entf
eat
uresofdi
ver
sit
ymanagementar
e:

 requir
escreationofanorgani
sat
ionalcli
mat
e,inwhichpeoplefr
om di
ff
erentcul
tur
al,
socialbackgroundsandbeingdi
verseinmanyotherrespect
s(e.
g.age,
gender,
educationetc.)canco-
exi
standwor k,
withf
ull
co-operati
onofoneanot
her.

 ai
msatmaki
ngpeopl
ewor
ktot
hebestoft
hei
rpot
ent
ial

 r
ulesoutanydi
scr
imi
nat
ionamongpeopl
e,i
nanyr
espect
,what
soev
er.

 i
sexpect
edt
owor
ktowar
dst
hebestat
tai
nmentofor
gani
sat
ional
goal
s.

9.Soci
alskil
l
sar eessent
ialinbui
ldi
ngbot hpersonalandprofessionalr
elat
ionshi
ps.
Demonst r
ati
ngst rongi
nterper
sonalskil
l
scanhel pyouaccompl ishcareergoals,
contributeto
companyachi evements,perf
orm well
dur i
ngthehiri
ngprocessandexpandy ourprofessional
network.Understandi
ngandi mpr
ovingy oursoci
alskil
lscanbenef i
tyouineveryareaofl i
fe.

Social skil
lsar etheski
llsweuseev ery
dayt oint eractandcommuni catewithot her
s.They
i
ncludev erbal andnon-ver
bal communi cati
on,suchasspeech, gest
ure,f
acialexpressionand
bodyl anguage.Aper sonhasst rongsoci alskill
siftheyhavet heknowledgeofhowt obehavein
socialsi t
uationsandunder standbot hwr it
tenandi mpli
edruleswhencommuni cat
ingwi th
others.Exampl e:Di
sagreement sanddi ssatisf
act i
oncanar i
sei nanysit
uation.Conflict
resolutionist heabil
it
yt ogettothesour ceoft hepr obl
em andf i
ndawor kablesolution.Good
confli
ctr esolut i
onski
ll
sar ei
mpor tantinanyj ob, buttheymightbepar t
icularl
ywell-suit
edfora
positi
oni
nsociety
,whereyou’
l
lof
tenaddressdisagreementsbet
weenemploy
eesori
na
customerser
vicerol
e,wher
eyouresol
veconfl
ictsforcli
ent
saboutacompany’
spr
oduct
s,
serv
icesorpol
ici
es.

10.Confl
i
ctoccursbetweenpeopl
einallkindsofhumanr elati
onshipsandinallsoci
alsett
ings.
Becauseoft hewider
angeofpotent
ialdif
ferencesamongpeopl e,theabsenceofconf l
i
ct
usuall
ysignalst
heabsenceofmeaningfulinter
acti
on.Confli
ctbyitsel
fisnei
thergoodnorbad.
Howev er
,themannerinwhichconfl
i
ctishandl eddeter
mineswhet heriti
sconstruct
iveor
destr
ucti
ve

 Conflictr
esolutionskill
sarerequir
edforawi der angeofposi t
ionsacr ossmanyjob
sectors.Thisrequirementi sbasedonthefactt hatconfl
i
ctt endst oreduceproduct
ivi
ty
andcr eateadi f
ficultworkenvir
onment,l
eadi ngtounwant edt urnoverinstaf
fand
reducedmor al
e.Indivi
dualswhoareabletor esolveconfl
ictsar eoftenexcell
ent
medi ator
s,r
at i
onal,andabletomanagedi f
ficultpersonal
iti
esf rom apl aceofempat
hy.

Conf
li
ctr
esolut
ioni
stheprocessbywhi
chtwoormorepar
ti
esreachapeacef
ulr
esol
uti
ont
oa
di
sput
eIntheworkpl
ace,
therecanbeavar
iet
yoft
ypesofconf
li
ct:

 Confl
i
ctmayoccurbetweenco-
worker
s,bet
weensuper
visor
sandsubor
dinat
es,
or
bet
weenser
viceprov
idersandt
hei
rcli
entsorcust
omer
s.

 Confl
i
ctcanal
sooccurbet
weengr
oups,
suchasmanagementandt
hel
aborf
orce,
or
bet
weenenti
redepar
tment
s.

Conf
li
ctresol
utionisawayfortwoormorepart
iestofindapeacef ulsol
uti
ont oadisagr
eement
amongthem.Thedi sagr
eementmaybepersonal,
financi
al,pol
i
tical,
oremot i
onal.
Whena
di
sput
ear i
ses,oft
enthebestcour
seofacti
onisnegotiat
iontoresolvethedisagr
eement.

 Thegoal
sofnegot
iat
ionar
e:

 Topr
oduceasol
uti
ont
hatal
lpar
ti
escanagr
ee

 Towor
kasqui
ckl
yaspossi
blet
ofi
ndt
hissol
uti
ongr
oupsi
nconf
li
ct

Confl
ictresol
uti
ont hr
oughnegoti
ati
oncanbegoodf oral
lpar
ti
esi nv
olv
ed.Often,eachsi
dewi
l
l
getmor ebyparti
cipat
ingi
nnegotiat
ionsthantheywouldbywalkingaway,anditcanbeaway
fory
ourgr ouptogetresour
cesthatmi ghtot
herwisebeoutofreach.

Iwoul
dli
ket
othanksMyTeacherForwi
thusunt
ilt
heendofy
ourcour
sebypeacef
ull
y

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