[ADMG148: ASSESSMENT]

Time Management, Ethics and Professionalism

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Question 1 Commented [BC1]: Hi Slawomira, smashing work on this

a) Briefly outline, five time-management strategies.
b) Thinking about your current role (either workplace or home), describe how you would
apply two of the strategies to improve your own time management.
opening task! You have beautifully outlined five strong time-
management strategies in a great level of detail – it is evident
that you have a strong understanding of each strategy. You’re
off to a cracking start here!

a) Five time- management strategies:

 Prioritise work tasks- ability to categorise tasks by their importance and
urgency.
 Do things right, first time-work on saving time by preventing errors to
happen.
 Avoid wasting time-reduce time spent on tasks by correctly following
procedures and making sure that their importance is understood. 
 Delegation-increase efficiency by knowing strengths of co-workers and
assigning responsibilities accordingly. 
 Avoid procrastination-removing the source of distraction by focusing on
consequences, positive benefits and seeking advice if the instructions are not
clear. 
Commented [BC2]: Excellent work – you have articulated
this answer well and applied these time-management
b) strategies to your workplace role superbly.
 In my workplace I always get overwhelmed by the amount of e-mails that have
to be answered until lunch. I could pass this task to one of the people who do
training in my office as they don’t have that many responsibilities during the
day, so I could focus on more important tasks. (Delegation) 

 Every Friday we have a staff meeting which takes way to long as some notes has
to be taken, and after which everybody in the office struggle to finish their
weekly reports on time. I could talk to manager about shorten the meeting half
time, by printing those information for everyone and only briefly go through
the numbers the meeting. (Avoid wasting time) 

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Question 2
Thinking about the decision-making process, provide an example (preferably for the workplace)
that would fit into each category. Briefly explain your reason for choosing each category.
The example is in BOLD.

Decision making category
Urgent, and Important
Example Commented [BC3]: Lovely work on this task, you have
produced some strong examples which reflect each category
exceptionally well.
A phone call that has to be made about computer virus in
company’s network- both important and urgent, as it can
lead to data loss. 

Monthly sales statistics- important but no sense of urgency

Important, but not Urgent. over other tasks. 

A sales representative waiting to show their new product-

requires attention immediately, but not necessary important
Urgent, but not Important to the company. 

Neither Important, nor Updating Facebook Status – because it is not related to

Urgent the workplace, and neither important nor urgent.

Question 3 Commented [BC4]: Simply superb! You are right, ethics are
principles that guide our behaviour and you have articulated
this answer beautifully. Well done!
In your own words,
a) Define what ethics are.
b) Briefly explain the difference between personal ethics and business ethics.

a) Ethics-it’s a system of rules that help us to make a best choice by marking out the
difference between right and wrong. 
b) Business ethics is set of principles coming from inside of company, while personal
ethics have a source in individual’s consciousness and morality. 

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Question 4 Commented [BC5]: Outstanding engagement with the

course material here, it is evident that you have a firm
understanding of the content from this response.
In your own words, explain the behaviours you can display that demonstrate your
“professionalism” in the workplace. Discuss at least four examples within your answer.

There are four key elements of professionalism that can be shown at work:

1. Treat everyone with respect

 When on the meetings I’m always focused on the speaker, keep eye-contact
with people asking me questions. I treat all my co-workers same, polite way,
even when under pressure. 
2. Stay true to your world
 People often ask me to pass messages to Head Office and book days off for
them. I always stay honest to people’s expectations and never “feed them with
empty promises”. 
3. Stay loyal
 Having big staff rotation in my company I often witness people complain
about General Managers. I never take part in this dialog as from experience I
know management stays and people who gossip much usually won’t last too
long. 
4. Exceed Expectations
 I never leave home until all my daily tasks are done, make sure nobody have to
correct my reports and always try to be helpful to my colleagues. Often take
courses to increase my qualifications and keep my appearance immaculate. 

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Question 5
In your own words, explain the why you think a dress code is important at work? Provide at
least three reasons for your answer.

Every company that cares about building competent business image has to maintain
professional appearance of their employees. 
Retain certain rules about dress code is very important, especially for businesses with high
number of employees, as keeping their look in control might be very difficult without those
standards. Likewise for businesses which prefer to present themselves in more conservative
manner. 
Workplaces, where face-to-face contact with clients is involved, first impression and judgment
about people are formed by the way they dress. 
The very practical thing about dress code is that the clothes are usually classic and neutral, so
employees are always prepared for unexpected business dinners and meetings. 
Appropriate outfit always benefits in creating positive relations with management and co-
workers as well as in avoiding possible conflicts when somebody decides to dress up more
comfortably. 
Business dress code can have an impact on gaining respect; therefore can be helpful in
achieving some sort of prestige. 

Tutor Comment:

Hi Slawomira,
It is great to receive another wonderful submission from you today! You have made a cracking
effort with this assessment and produced some very insightful and accurate answers, as well
as providing a copious amount of detail in each task. It is evident to me that you have a firm
understanding of Time Management, Ethics and Professionalism from this submission.
Great work and a strong pass! You are making amazing progress throughout this course, it is
evident with every assessment you submit. If you keep up this standard of work, I have no
doubt that you will fly through the remaining submissions.
All the best with your next assessment, I look forward to receiving it.
Thanks,
Becky

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