Project 3

Project on Interview Skills

CHECKLIST: What to learn about the company

·       What is their area of work? What are their current initiatives? What products and services do they offer?

·       Who are the key people in the organization? What is their background?

·       Who are their business associates (such as collaborators, partners, clients, etc.)?

·       What are their business locations (where is the head quarters, where do they have offices / factories / etc.)?

·       What are their stated values and mission? What are the ideas they propagate?

·       Are there any public achievements or controversies associated with the company?

·        How old is the organization? How have they grown in that period? Is there any information on its history?

·         Do they have a strong training system?

For this there I have assigned 10 companies

1.    Wipro.

2.    Infosys

3.    Microsoft

4.    Apple

5.    TATA

6.    Ferrari/CISCO

7.    Harley Davidson

8.    Yahoo/Google/facebook

9.    Tech.Mahindra

10.   Reliance

Project 2

Project Goal: To learn “Contributor Career Strategies” from an experienced contributor.

STEP 1
 Identify any one “Contributor” you know, who has worked for at least 10 years, and who has contributed a lot during the course of his/her career.

[HINT: Think of who you can interview amongst - People known to your family, Colleagues of your parents, Neighbors, Teachers, People who work in your neighborhood (eg: postman, shopkeepers, fruit / vegetable seller, rickshaw driver, municipality workers, etc.)]

STEP 2
 Interview this person, asking him/her to tell you about – 
l The different roles he/she has performed throughout his/her career life.
l How he/she developed and moved up in his/her career. What were the important milestones
in his/her career.
l For each of the new roles or assignments taken up, what new capabilities did he/she have to build (so as to be able to fulfill the new responsibilities).
l What were some of the most important career choices he/she made? How did he/she think about these choices? What made him/her make these choices?
l What are some of the most important “contributions” he/she feels he/she made in each of his/ her roles in the career?

STEP 3
 Make a presentation on this person –
l Explain how the person answered each of the above questions.
l What are some “Contributor Career Strategies
” that you can learn from this person’s experience?

Project 1

Project Goal: To identify the “contribution possibilities” within a Job Role (eg: Software Programmer in a large software services company).
STEP 1
Identify any one job role that you would be interested in taking up in your future career.
STEP 2
 Do some research to find out more about what responsibilities are involved in this job / role. 

l Interview 2-3 people who are working in that job role (look for seniors / people known to your family / people known to your teachers, etc.)

l Use the internet to search for information on the job role.

Find out –
l What are the key results or outcomes a person in this job role is responsible for?
l [Contribution to Self] What are the opportunities a person working in this job role can get, to systematically develop oneself and grow in capability? What kind of exposure can one get?
l [Contribution to Organization] What contributions can a person performing this job role make to the team, other colleagues, and organization?
l [Contribution to Society] What contributions can a person make to society, through this job role?


STEP 3
 Make a presentation on your selected Job Role – 

l Explain the job role and what one is expected to do in this job role.
l Present the Contribution Possibilities within this job role – Contribution to Self, to Organization, to Society (answers to the above questions).

Asignment from Chapter 5

ACTIVITY	WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS CAN HE/SHE MAKE TO ‘SELF’?	WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE TO ‘TEAM / COLLEAGUES / ORGANIZATION’?	WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE TO ‘SOCIETY’?
The Student who is studying a subject...
The Teacher who is teaching students in a class...
The Engineer who is supervising the building of roads /bridges / etc...
The Software Programmer who is coding software...
The Shop Keeper  who is selling goods   to customers...
The Customer-care Executive who is talking on the phone to a customer having a complaint...
The Politician who       is representing a       constituency...
The Government       Official who is       processing files...
The Broker who is negotiating between  two parties...

Special Assignment for Valentines' Day

This is to inform all of you hereby I am putting one of the crucial questions for Valentines’ day

What are your criteria for making friend?

Give your answer with example and put at least 5 criteria to prove the above

This question carries 10 marks from submission and it will be group wise and individual wise.

A Sweet Story Once A Girl Asked A Boy: Why We Have Units To Measure Weight, Height, Force, Speed, Distance Etc. But Nothing To Meaure Love, Trust, Friendship. Why? Boy Thought For A While, Took Her In Arms, Looked In Her Deep Eyes And Said: Dekho Meri Jan! Pyar karna hai to karo Warna Dimagh Na Khao

                                                

                                                

Last Assignment from Chapter -1

Q – 1  The Contributor focuses on ‘we’ not ‘I’

How does a team’s motivation levels and bonding within, affect the ability of the team to take on larger responsibilities and achieve larger goals? Discuss to answer.

Q – 2 The Contributor proactively takes up work

Work environments are becoming increasingly unpredictable. How will “taking initiative and responsibility” help us deal with this uncertainty better, in our career? Discuss to answer.

Q – 3 The Contributor focuses on the goal being achieved, not just routine work

When one is focused on doing only one’s own part of a job and not focused on the whole job that needs to get accomplished, what happens? How will this affect the work? Discuss to answer.

Q – 4 The Contributor is not a “clock watcher”

“Employees who are willing to stretch themselves when needed, are valued by team members and bosses.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? Discuss to answer.

Q – 5 The Contributor’s Special: Last Mile Execution

What motivates people to “go the extra mile”?

Q – 6 The Contributor is open to team inputs

Q – 7 The Contributor acts appropriately in each situation

“Some behaviors that are acceptable in student-life, are out of place in work-life”. Do you

agree or disagree with this statement? Why? Discuss to answer.

Q – 8 The Contributor’s Special: Seeing the “opportunity” to make a positive difference even in difficult situations.

You have to give  answer to any Six question out of eight and also try to take care about you and your group members comments from everybody will be accepted but group wise also i will not get comment than their is penalty for particular group.

Thank you all for the nice Support 

Summary Exploration - 4

Associate and give example which you can relate with working of team work which proves them as


Contributor Team member /Non-Contributor Team member

Performing work activity well (playing well; putting in one's best effort; practicing hard to improve)


Achieving the goal (striving to win) 


Being ethical (playing a fair game; with a spirit of sportsmanship)


Demonstrating human concern (keeping all the team members' welfare in mind; caring for the  hopes and aspirations of fans)

I would like to have comment which should be totally personal and in that example you should be there

Thanking you all for nice support