MGMT611 Human Relations Assignment 2 Deadline 22 July 2010

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Procrastination:
The productivity can be enhanced by improving work habits relating to procrastination. Productivity is the amount of quality work done with the resources consumed. The leading cause of poor productivity and career self-sabotage is procrastination, delaying a task for an invalid or weak reason. Even productive people have problems with procrastination at times.
Key reasons for procrastination include:
1. Unpleasant tasks
2. Overwhelming
3. Concerns about negative consequences of one’s work
4. Fear of success
5. Lack of a perceived meaningful reward for doing the task
6. Enjoyment of the rush derived from scrambling to make a deadline
7. Perfectionism

ISSUE:
You are required to identify the key Reason (no explanation required) of Procrastination to label the below mentioned scenarios. 5+5

1. Ahmed was very intelligent, careful, diligent and active sales executive. He was very active figure in his department. His boss appreciated him for meeting his responsibilities successfully. His boss gave him an assignment of another department but he took more time to complete than expected.

2. Alia completed her graduation in Architecture and got job in an Architectural firm She started her job with full enthusiasm and got good repute in the firm in a short time span but after some time, she started to take her assignments and responsibilities very easy and just worked for the sake of fulfilling duty timings. Now she is considered as an average performer in her firm.

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Here is some data from which we can find the answer. Plz give answers.

According to my point of view,

Answer # 1 : Unpleasant tasks

Answer # 2 : Fear of Success


Reasons of procrastination

Delaying or postponing of assignments makes you less productive or unproductive. There may be a number of reasons of procrastination.

Key reasons for procrastination include:

(1) Unpleasant tasks

If you do not like the tasks or assignments which you are supposed to do, might be the reason of delaying them.

(2) Overwhelming

Sometimes you think that the task given to you is so huge that you can not handle, you keep on hesitating to initiate it.

(3) Concerns about negative consequences of one’s work

Sometimes the fear of negative results of doing a task becomes the reason of postponing it.

(4) Fear of success (worry about assuming too much responsibility)

Just like the fear of failure, the fear of success also becomes a hindrance in performing a task. One thinks if he/she successfully completes some task he/she might be chosen for some bigger assignment.

(5) Lack of a perceived meaningful reward for doing the task

If you feel that you would not be rewarded meaningfully, you would hesitate to do that work.

Rebellion against being controlled

Another reason of procrastination is that you do not like to be controlled by others. You think that you will do your work as and whenever you like it to do.

(6) Enjoyment of the rush derived from scrambling to make a deadline

Some people enjoy doing things at the eleventh hour.

(7) Perfectionism

People also become victim of procrastination due to the habit of perfectionism.
The tendency of perfectionism can be measured through this self-assessment quiz.