07-19-2010, 03:06 PM
Procrastination:
The productivity can be enhanced by improving work habits relating to procrastination. Productivity is the amount of quality work done with the resources consumed. The leading cause of poor productivity and career self-sabotage is procrastination, delaying a task for an invalid or weak reason. Even productive people have problems with procrastination at times.
Key reasons for procrastination include:
1. Unpleasant tasks
2. Overwhelming
3. Concerns about negative consequences of one’s work
4. Fear of success
5. Lack of a perceived meaningful reward for doing the task
6. Enjoyment of the rush derived from scrambling to make a deadline
7. Perfectionism
ISSUE:
You are required to identify the key Reason (no explanation required) of Procrastination to label the below mentioned scenarios. 5+5
1. Ahmed was very intelligent, careful, diligent and active sales executive. He was very active figure in his department. His boss appreciated him for meeting his responsibilities successfully. His boss gave him an assignment of another department but he took more time to complete than expected.
2. Alia completed her graduation in Architecture and got job in an Architectural firm She started her job with full enthusiasm and got good repute in the firm in a short time span but after some time, she started to take her assignments and responsibilities very easy and just worked for the sake of fulfilling duty timings. Now she is considered as an average performer in her firm.
The productivity can be enhanced by improving work habits relating to procrastination. Productivity is the amount of quality work done with the resources consumed. The leading cause of poor productivity and career self-sabotage is procrastination, delaying a task for an invalid or weak reason. Even productive people have problems with procrastination at times.
Key reasons for procrastination include:
1. Unpleasant tasks
2. Overwhelming
3. Concerns about negative consequences of one’s work
4. Fear of success
5. Lack of a perceived meaningful reward for doing the task
6. Enjoyment of the rush derived from scrambling to make a deadline
7. Perfectionism
ISSUE:
You are required to identify the key Reason (no explanation required) of Procrastination to label the below mentioned scenarios. 5+5
1. Ahmed was very intelligent, careful, diligent and active sales executive. He was very active figure in his department. His boss appreciated him for meeting his responsibilities successfully. His boss gave him an assignment of another department but he took more time to complete than expected.
2. Alia completed her graduation in Architecture and got job in an Architectural firm She started her job with full enthusiasm and got good repute in the firm in a short time span but after some time, she started to take her assignments and responsibilities very easy and just worked for the sake of fulfilling duty timings. Now she is considered as an average performer in her firm.