Getting to Know Each Other

Take five to ten minutes several times during the first two weeks to engage students in activities that help them get to know each other. These activities also provide ways to practice active listening, expressing feelings, and cooperation. Here are some suggestions for ways to get to know each other:

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What Do We Have in Common? o Give each student a sheet that has three columns and a place for three students' names. o Then ask students to pair up with someone they don't know well or use grouping cards to place people in pairs. o Give each pair two minutes to write down all the similarities they can think of (physical characteristics, family stuff, things they both do, possessions they both own, etc.) o Then ask students to pair up two more times repeating the process. o At the end of the activity, ask: What surprised you about what you discovered you had in common with someone else? How many similarities did you find the first time? The last time? Did it get easier for anyone? Why? o Point out that when we are having a disagreement or having trouble working together, it's especially important to remember what we have in common.

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Finding Out About Who We Are o Create an interview sheet, have students find a partner, and choose a question that interests both of them. o Have them interview each other and jot down their partner's name and something you want to remember that their partner said. o Give them a few minutes and then have them find a new partner. o You could end this activity by asking students what they learned about each other. o Use the following questions: Describe your family. What is something funny, weird, unusual, or special about one person in your family? What's one place you would like to visit in your lifetime? Why do you want to go there? What's your favorite TV show and why do you like to watch this show? If you had to eat the same meal everyday for a month, what would it be? What's one thing you would like to change about your neighborhood that would make it a better place to live? What worries you the most about the world you live in today? Name one thing you could teach someone else how to make or how to do? What's your favorite holiday of the year? What makes this holiday your favorite? What's one thing that you would like to change about your school that would make it a better place for you?
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Administrative Manager
Successful managers are very self-disciplined, intelligent, responsible and presentable people. You would need to be positive, enthusiastic, have good leadership skills, get on well with people, be firm but just and have the ability and perseverance to try and help the company achieve their goals. If you were able to motivate people and make them feel that they are an important cog in the business wheel, you would be a good example to them. Too many people in top positions do not trouble to become acquainted with their staff or understand their problems. Noone would expect you to solve all the problems but if the employees knew that management was trying their best to make life for everyone in the company as profitable, productive and enjoyable as possible, they would be much more likely to concentrate on doing their best. Every worker in a business is given a specific task or tasks to do by the manager who does the planning, co-ordinating and organising of activities to reach the required goals and you would be the one to give orders and exercise control over the entire process. The authority in a large organisation consists of three levels. Top Management (board of directors, chairman and managing director or stockholders in a closed corporation) Functional Managers (administrative, production, financial, marketing and purchase managers) Operations Managers (advertising, credit and cost calculation managers). Each of these managers fulfill a task for which he or she has been trained. The General Manager handles personnel functions, marketing, production and administration. They are not a specialists in a specific field but can work in most fields or subsections of the company. The Marketing Manager organises, plans, controls, co-ordinates and gives orders relating to all the marketing activities. The Production Manager is responsible for the budgeting, promotion and selling of a product. The Purchasing Manager does purchasing for the organisation and negotiates with suppliers about the prices of items which have to be bought. The Personnel Manager works with matters relating to personnel - interviews for employment, leave, salaries and so on.

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As an Administrative Manager, your tasks would include the following: Responsibility for the overall work performance of a company. Management of office environment. Gathering, adapting, storing and distributing information within the company. Using information systems. Providing specialised support to other departments and managers. Providing document and telecommunication management. Planning, organising, providing leadership and controlling all administrative functions. Managing quality and cost control. Rendering a service to other functions within the organisation. Providing training and development for your own staff. Managing the many fields of work which the employees carry out. Ensuring that human and material resources are correctly utilised. Meeting with other members of management and planning for the future. Career Fields :Admin and Office Business and Management Courtesy: CareerExpo

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