Wendy Coghill
BSHS/462
November 3, 2014
University of Phoenix
Instructor Sharla Hansen
Achieving and Maintaining Individual Excellence
In this paper the reader will see the finished contents of the writer’s attempt to address the questions in the assignment regarding achieving and maintaining individual excellence in the writer’s life. The assignment required the writer to formulate a framework for achieving and maintaining individual excellence in life, and the skills necessary to develop further in life. After constructing the Force Field analysis similar to the one in the text, “Managing of Human Services Programs”, written by Lewis, Packard, and Lewis in 2005.
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Jobs should be designed to accomplish program purposes and be fulfilling for staff. Then, criteria for jobs must be developed and staff must be hired. New staff need to be oriented, and an ongoing program of staff training and development should be created, based on a needs assessment. Staff should be evaluated annually, using techniques such as behaviorally anchored rating scales, management by objectives, or critical incidents. Striving for a diverse agency workforce is important. This will ensure compliance with relevant laws and executive orders and also increase the likelihood that the workforce will be able to respond to clients in culturally appropriate ways. The use of volunteers, prevention of burnout, and employee assistance programs are other important aspects of human resource …show more content…
Whether right or wrong, they inform the decisions and actions a person makes. The third discipline is shared vision, which is basically self-describing. As human beings it is necessary for one another to try and share the same goals and values (Model 1.3: Senge 's Five Disciplines, 2012). Team learning discusses using dialogue to work through difficult situations. The fifth discipline is the theoretical framework for using all the other four disciplines by looking for obvious patterns, and finding ways of improving on and making changes in those area. Personal mastery is a discipline of continually clarifying and extending our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively (Model 1.3: Senge 's Five Disciplines,