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Transition Management A Practical Approach for Personal and Professional Development

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ISBN-10: 0130610518

ISBN-13: 9780130610515

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: Sandra McKee, Brenda Walters

List price: $86.65
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For courses in Life Skills, Career Education, Senior Transition and Personal/Professional Development. This stand-alone guide/workbook explores the skills necessary for laying a good foundation for a business or personal life-without-strugglei.e., critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, interpersonal skills, and change-oriented, goal-setting skills. It presents easy-to-understand-and-use tools for achieving goal fulfillment on a minute-by-minute, day-by-day basis through goal setting, positive communication, conflict resolution, self-nurturing, time management, and career planning. By working through a variety of activities that require critical thinking and creativity, students…    
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Book details

List price: $86.65
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 12/6/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.10" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Preface
About the Authors
Transitions and Life Changes
Face the Changes
Become Proactive
Overcome Loss and Fears
Engage Reason and Creativity
Take Action
Change in the Professional World
Mapping Pathways for Change
Moving Toward Your Goals
Expectation
Goal Setting
Assessment
Resources
Action
Assessment--Again
Organizing Time and Tasks
Organization Challenges
Setting Priorities
Securing Necessary Resources
Completing Tasks
Maintaining Growth
Finding Information
Information Processing
Professional Development
Personal Development
Creating a Positive Attitude
Understanding the Value of a Positive Attitude
Improving Your Attitude
Creating a Positive Environment
Activating Joy in Life
Improving Your Communication Style
Value of Effective Communication
Identifying Ineffective Communication Patterns
The Process Models
Nonverbal Communication
Improving Personal Communication
Problem Solving
Choosing Problems to Solve
Individual Responses to Problem Situations
Using Critical Thinking to Isolate the Problem
Thinking Creatively to Generate Solutions
Analyzing to Weed Out the Least Workable Options
Acting to Implement Your Choice
Congratulating Yourself
Confronting Conflict
Conflicting Needs as a Source of Interpersonal Conflict
Conflicting Goals as a Source of Organizational Conflict
Common Approaches to Conflict
Handle Conflict Constructively
Self-Nurturing for Survival
Understanding the Value of Self-Nurturing
Developing a Self-Nurturing Repertoire
Self-Advocacy
Creating Visibility
Demonstrating Expertise
Cultivating Reciprocal Power Bases
Tying Contribution to Revenue Stream
Executive Path
Developing a Support Network
Draining Relationships
Sustaining Relationships
Building Better Relationships
Rethinking Rejection
Establishing Relationships in a New City
Maintaining Personal Relationships
Ineffective Relationships
Healthy Intimate Relationships
Stress and Intimacy
Building Healthy Intimate Relationships
Follow the Rules
High-Performing Teams
Launching Your Career
The Job Fit Challenge
The Search
Preparation
Building a Resume
Interviewing
Salary Expectations
Lifelong Career Management
Career Success
A Career Design Framework
Self-Assessment Resources
Suggested Readings List
References
Index