Notes on psychology

1. MAGC 206
SYNCHRONOUS CLASS
10 DECEMBER 2022

2. GROUPS
-family
- workplace
-community
Families
Workplace :
Schools (e.g. Academic Team,
SBM-School-Based Management) Team,
Guidance Designates, On-the-JobTrainees),
Private Companies
Community :
Church - e.g. Discipleship Groups,
Children’s Ministry
Associations - e.g. PMHA, PGCA, PAP

3. STATUS
new member
old member
leader
voluntary membership
trainee

4. GROUP
- norms
- roles
- issues
shared goals
high engagement
firm leadership
leadership with compassion
group/team cohesiveness-unity,
cooperation, clearly defined
responsibilities
resources are provided or
sufficient

5. GROUP
- norms
- roles
- issues
equal opportunities/chance
for growth through trainings
looks into welfare of
workers/members
work-life balance
diversity/differences in
personalities, upbringing,
beliefs, talents and skills
that may complement or
result to competitions

6. GROUP
- norms
- roles
- issues
low engagement
conflicts (views, tasks, principles)
challenges & difficulties/drawbacks
(mistakes, undervalued, not
listened to, fatigue/drained,
lessened enthusiasm, pressure
to maintain good image of
group/school, lack funding)

7. SOFT
SKILLS /
VIRTUES
trust
self-confidence
understanding
appreciation/
attitude of gratitude
compassion
collaboration

8. SOFT
SKILLS /
VIRTUES
teamwork
equality
decision-making
flexible/adaptable
modeling

9. INSIGHTS
exposure/knowledge and
training gained are useful
to another work station
self-assessment -- helped
define you as a person and
assess career path to take
help shape/mold other individuals
(e.g. learners, parents, employees)

10. INSIGHTS
experiences and knowledge
gained can be used as
continuing reference for
sharpening your skills as
facilitators, educators,
leaders; integrate theory
and experience; broaden
learning interventions/tools
in human resource development
work or when working with
groups of all types

11. HUMAN
FLOURISHING
IN THE
WORK PLACE
-A contented
state of being
happy, healthy
and prosperous.

12. “The primary capital to be
safeguarded and valued is
the human person in his or
her integrity (for) the
human person is the source,
the focus and the aim of all
economic and social life.” -
Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritae

13. The pursuit for
genuine human
flourishing happens
in the context of
respect for the
integrity of the
human person.

14. - these principles
are groundwork for
soft skills to evolve
inourhomes,
schools/
workplace,
community

15. SOFT/LIFE
SKILLS
”Skills for adaptive and
positive behavior that
enable individuals to deal
effectively with the
demands and challenges of
everyday life and work.”

16. SOFT/LIFE
SKILLS
include …
teamwork, interpersonal,
problem solving, decision making,
communication, empathy,
multi-dimensional thinking,
initiative, chance/risk taker …

17. 1st Principle
Capacity for stillness
- handle silence
- “hear yourself speak,
you can “hear God speak”
7 PRINCIPLES
FOR HUMAN
FLOURISHING

18. 2nd Principle
Character
- know yourself,
care for yourself
- improve your thoughts –
when we nourish good
thoughts, most likely
our actions will follow
7 PRINCIPLES
FOR HUMAN
FLOURISHING

19. 2nd Principle
POWER OF THOUGTHS
Be careful with your thoughts,
they can become words,
Be careful with your words,
they can become actions,
Be careful with your actions,
they can become habits,
Be careful with your habits,
they can become your
character,
Be careful with your character,
it can determine your destiny.
- Buddhist Proverb
7 PRINCIPLES FOR
HUMAN
FLOURISHING

20. 3rd Principle
Connectivity
- work with others with a
joyful disposition guided
by God’s Dream or Plan
which is Unity
7 PRINCIPLES FOR
HUMAN
FLOURISHING

21. wh
FIRST GREATEST
COMMANDMENT
U – nahin
N – ating
I – bigin nang
T – aos si
Y - ahweh

22. wh
SECOND GREATEST COMMANDMENT
U – tos
N – iya’y
I – bigin natin ang isa’t isa at
T – ahakin ang landas ng
buhay gabay ang
E – hemplo ni Hesus

23. 4th Principle
Critical Thinker
- ability to solve problem in
an orderly manner, finding
solutions to problem,
pick best solutions
7 PRINCIPLES FOR
HUMAN
FLOURISHING

24. 5th Principle
Creativity
- mental characteristic
that allows a person to
think outside the box,
which results in innovative
or different approaches
to a particular task.
7 PRINCIPLES FOR
HUMAN
FLOURISHING

25. “If you have done something the same
for a year, look at it critically, if you
have done it for two years, modify it,
if you have done it for five years,
throw it away and start over.”
(Alfred Perlma)
Be flexible, use innovative methods
developed by others. Keep pace with
the technological developments. Use
them adequately to make work easier,
faster and more accurate.

26. Get outside the box by
doing routine things
differently – reverse the
route of your daily walk or
drive to work, put the
toilet paper roll on the
other way, fold the towels
in half instead of thirds,
wear your watch on the
opposite wrist for a day.

27. 6th Principle
Compassion
- “When God blesses you,
it’s usually so that you
can bless others”.
- “Ease another’s heartache
and you’ll forget your own.”
- John H. Hampsch
7 PRINCIPLES FOR
HUMAN
FLOURISHING

28. - Open your hearts and enhance
your sense of gratitude
- As Mother Teresa reminds us
“We cannot do great things
on this earth, we can
only do small things
with great love.”

29. 7th Principle
Collaboration
- working together
simultaneously and
in communication
as you work
7 PRINCIPLES FOR
HUMAN
FLOURISHING

30. 1. Poverty is as
common as the
air we breathe.
THE 21ST CENTURY
WORKER
AND WORK PLACE

31. Reminders …
“What do we live for
if not to make life
less difficult for each
other.”
- George Eliot

32. THE21ST CENTURYWORKER
ANDWORKPLACE
“On your way up
the ladder of
success be nice
to people.
You may meet
them again
on your way down.”
- John H. Hampsch

33. 2. The shrinking
private sphere
of the life of a
modern worker.
THE 21ST
CENTURY
WORKER
AND
WORK PLACE

34. Reminder …
“Don’t be so
preoccupied
with making a living
that you forget to live.”
- John H. Hampsch

35. 3. The exposure to
the flux of varying
and competing
value systems.
THE 21ST
CENTURY
WORKER
AND
WORK PLACE

36. Reminder …
“Responsibility has
something to do
with knowing and
accomplishing the
demands of every day
life with dedication .”
- Fr. Liber Ortega
- no work is hard where
there is love
- do everything with an
attitude of service

37. 4. A mindset that
operates in a
project-based,
solution-centric
environment.
THE 21ST
CENTURY
WORKER
AND
WORK PLACE

38. solution-centric
approach includes
sales, marketing,
communication and
problem solving mentality

39. 5. A workplace
that stands on a
flat world and
does not keep a
time piece.
THE 21ST
CENTURY
WORKER
AND
WORK PLACE

40. Today’s ‘flat world’
“You must get the best from
teams that spans not just
offices, but continents;
teams of unprecedented
diversity and complexity.
Leading those teams, you must
deliver better results faster
and with fewer resources.”

41. 6. Modern workers
are more
intelligent than
their supervisors
and are aware of
their legal rights.
THE 21ST
CENTURY
WORKER
AND
WORK PLACE

42. References:
-MAGCresponses
toactivities
-NationalCareer
AdvocacyCongress
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