LUCT Mind Map :
"My
Self as a Leader"
Leadership can be defined as the power (meaning
capacity, ability) to inspire others to get involved and take action to achieve
a collective ambition or achieve a common goal. This power is conferred by an
esteem of authority, trust, reference or mentor who cannot be decreed.
Leadership is not backed nor to a status nor to a function or to a level of
individual responsibility. This is because others recognize it as such that the
leader has the power to make them act.
The art of leadership involves a set of knowledge,
values, skills and behavior. Each of us has his own idea what should be the
characteristics of an effective leader. Similarly, the groups perceive all
differently what "makes" an effective leader. Your group will assess
your skills as a leader, and you will succeed perhaps since your
characteristics correspond to those your group members prefer.
The Limkokwing University of Creative Technology,
appointed me as their new leader for a period of 2 years. They expect me to
come out with new ideas to improve their service to students; they also stand
to maintain their title as the most creative Higher Learning Institution in
Malaysia. So as the new leader, I will make sure to become the best leader by
following the characteristic I stated below.
An efficient leader will be followed by the others who
are working under him and he also must know about the human nature that will be
able to direct people to towards success. Some people say that leadership is a
talent that born with us and it can’t be obtained by practicing or studying but
they are wrong. Every person in this earth has the leadership in them just it
depends on them whether they want to awake it or let it unusable.
In order to lead and set direction as a leader, I must
be confident or optimistic as a person in the leadership role so that I also
can inspire the confidence of the people that following me and bring out the
trust and best effort for the team to complete the work that we assigned to do
and I also must believe the abilities of my followers- never ever look down of
the followers because without them, you might not have become a leader for
them.
The next character of an efficient leader is
responsibility. An irresponsible leader can create a disaster if he does not
act responsibly. A leader must know that he is responsible if the team is
achieving and successful but a good leader will take responsibility if the team
is not achieving or not working out. If his team fails he must have the courage
of taking the responsibility and should take a steps and measures to solve the
problem they facing. The main thing is he should not blame his team members
unnecessarily if they are failed.
On the other hand, an efficient leader also must have
honesty. People nowadays want to trust their leader and the best way to gain
the trust of the followers or team in you is to be honest and trustworthy. In
order to gain that, you must go out and display that honesty as an individual.
For an example when you do not admit that something that did not work out, you has
made a big mistake there. When you are honest you will turn into an influence
to other people at work.
A good leader as well as keeping the main goals in
focus, able to think analytically which means he must know the objectives of
his work. He must view the situation as a whole by keeping the goal in view, he
can break it down into manageable steps and makes progress towards it
which will bring them to success. No one likes a slack leader and if you become
one, you will not be called as passionate and committed as a leader.
Other than that, as a leader also you must not ever
being possessed by the power you get. People often get carried away if they
become leader. A good leader always uses the power for the betterment of
everyone who works under him and not abuses it for their personal betterment.
For an example, A leader that is not possessed with the power will always
manage his team by telling them, ”Come on guys, Let’s solve this problem
TOGETHER!!” while a person who possessed by the power of leadership will always
sit at their chairs and will tell, ”Go and do this work!!”. The leader also
must always listen and accept relevant suggestion of his team without minding
the position. He should always be a good listener and speaker (ability to
question, analyse and observe). He should believe that action will always speak
louder than words therefore he should be consistent in his action, his words
and his thought as well. He should always be neutral.
As a human, education or skills will never be infinite
in our life and this statement will goes to leaders too. As a leader it’s not
meant that you already became perfect. A good leader will always take their
time to study, and also improve their skill to be better (keep upgrading their
self). They must be open to thought, suggestion, solutions, new information’s
and change rather than thinking they already know everything.
Last but not least, a good leader should know how to
manage their time. An effective leader who always achieves their objective will
always check out the time frame within no matter what comes in their way. They
will not stop from sticking to these timelines either it’s their family,
friends or commitments they do not compromise on their schedule and will manage
their time well.
In the nutshell, As a leader for the Limkokwing
University of creative Technology, I will come out with the new ideas to
improvise the service to the students and also promise that I will maintain the
reputation as the most creative Higher Learning Institution in Malaysia by
manage my time, be confident and optimistic, not possessed by the power of
position as a leader, always upgrading and learn new skills or knowledge,
understand my team or colleague well, be a honest leader and also responsible
to make the objectives to become successful or achieved.
Random
Word Association :
Associative
words
1. Education:
The process of getting the knowledge or skills.
2. Expression:
a particular way of phrasing an idea.
3. Interchange:
mutually give and receiving something
4. Mention:
a speaking or notice of anything.
5. Publication:
information that shared to general public.
6. Reception:
the act of receiving
7. Talk:
a conversation or discussion
8. Transfer:
to move or pass from one place to another
9. Writing:
symbols such as letters that expresses meaning.
10. Translate:
to change text or language from one to another.
11. Silence:
the act of refraining from speaking.
12. Transmission:
send or convey messages or picture.
13. Advice:
an opinion recommended or offered as worthy to be followed.
14. Advisement:
recommendation of something to someone.
15. Articulation:
speaking in clear or effective manner.
16. Communion:
a joining together of minds or spirits.
17. Converse:
engage in a conversation.
18. Contact:
The act of touching physically
19. Intelligence:
capacity of mind to understand the principle, fact or meanings
20. Deliver:
To bring something to its destination
21. Conversation:
exchanges of individual ideas through talking.
Links:
1. Connections:
Staffs must have a strong connection with the students.
2. Contact:
Make sure to have eye contacts when talking to anyone.
3. Conversation:
always make a polite conversation.
4. Delivery:
always deliver the information straight to the points.
5. Intelligence:
make sure you understand the problem and explain it to the students
6. Link:
always link your speech with any data or letters.
7. Education:
always practice to sharpen the talking skills.
8. Expression:
always have the face expression when talking, its make you look interested in
the matter.
9. Interchange:
make sure you give the best information and also receive the information
without rejecting it
10. Mention:
Always mention people with calling them mister or miss.
11. Publication:
always share your information to other staffs so they can have an idea when
they facing the same problem
12. Reception:
Make sure you have nice and tidy reception.
13. Talk:
Talk politely to the students even they are rude. Be professional.
14. Transfer:
transfer your information to others.
15. Writing:
Write a notes so you could remember the problem, will be easier in case you
lost the information
16. Translate:
if you don’t understand their language, please call any other staffs so they
can help you with the language with translating.
17. Silence:
Don’t be silence when they asking you a question.
18. Transmission:
always convey your speech with evidence.
19. Advice:
Advice the students in proper manner if they rude to you.
20. Advisement:
always make a good advertisement about Limkokwing university.
Juxtaposition
Definition
Juxtaposition
is a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and
their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for
the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.
In
literature, juxtaposition is a useful device for writers to portray their
characters in great detail to create suspense and achieve a rhetorical effect.
It is a human quality to comprehend one thing easily by comparing it to
another. Therefore, a writer can make readers sense “goodness” in a particular
character by placing him or her side by side to a character that is
predominantly “evil”. Consequently, goodness in one character is highlighted by
evil in the other character. Juxtaposition in this case is useful in the
development of characters.
1-Leadership
Keywords : Leadership Power
Title: a leader should
know how to use their power.
Description: A leader
must be responsible to manage his staff properly and appoint to them the things
that they must do but as a good leader he must join the energy together to make
the working place better. For example a good leader will say “let’s do this
work together”, while a bad leader will say “do this work!”. So, In LUCT the
leader must know how to use their power so it will be easier to manage the
services and manage the students.
2- Information
Keywords:
information, share.
Title:
Always help to back up your colleague by sharing information.
Description:
as a staff at the LUCT, we must be working together no matter what position,
department or which place you are. So, we must help and always share the work
so it would be finish fast and also have a quality work. Teamwork is always the
best solution in the working place and this will make you know a lot of
information from the other staff that working in different department. This can
solve any problem that you face during your working time. For example you are
working in a bursary department and the students asking you about the marketing
department- as long you have the information that shared by your colleague you
can entertain them and this also will make the students or their parents
satisfied.
1.Communication
Skills
Keywords:
communicate, friendly
Title:
communicate friendly to the students.
Description:
To be a successful University, the staffs must be friendly to the students with
making them comfortable, happy, and satisfied. This will make them talk about
our LUCT services to their friends which will attract more students to
come to this University to study which will make this university successful in
the future.
Group Members :
1- Layth Tareq Abdulsattar 110038329
2- Ali Alfraih 110039049
3- Daham Saadoun 110041994
