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...