By : Kanaidi, SE., M.Si kana_ati@yahoo.com

Achievement Motivation in Imaginative Thought

ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION Training

Life Transitions, Career Decisions, and the WorkplaceMotivation and Learning Style

Concern for a standard of excellence. Wanting to win or do well in competition. Self-imposed standards for good

performance. Emotionally involved in attaining a goal. Involvement in a unique accomplishment,

invention or creation.

Remember :Achievement Motivation

Life Transitions, Career Decisions, and the WorkplaceMotivation and Learning Style

Differences in How We Perceive

Concrete Experience - “Feeling” - Those who sense and feel tend more to the experience itself - They immerse themselves in concrete

reality - They perceive through their senses - They are intuitive

Abstract Conceptualization - “Thinking”- Those who think through the experience tend more to abstract dimensions of reality- They analyze what’s happening- Their intellect makes the first appraisal- They “reason the experience

Life Transitions, Career Decisions, and the WorkplaceMotivation and Learning Style

Differences in How We ProcessExperience and Information

(How we make it part of ourselves)

Active Experimentation or “Doing”

Some of us jump right in and try it

Reflective Observation or “Watching”

Others watch what’s happening and reflect on

it

Learning Style Types

Divergers• Study life as lived• Reflect about what they find• Start with what they see and then generalize (Social scientists)

Assimilators• Start with an idea or abstraction• Reflect about it, play with it• Watch the idea take different shapes. (Research and design)

Convergers•Start with an idea and try it out•Conduct experiments, test it to see if it works

(Engineers)

Accommodators• Don’t start with ideas but what they see, hear, touch, feel.• Plunge in and try it out in action. (Marketing and sales)

“Feeling / Sensing”

“Thinking”

“Watching”“Doing”

Life Transitions, Career Decisions, and the WorkplaceMotivation and Learning Style

Diverging• Being imaginative• Understanding people• Recognizing problems• Brainstorming• Being open-minded• Testing assumptions

Assimilating• Creating models• Defining problems• Developing theories• Being patient• Identifying themes

Converging• Solving problems• Making decisions• Reasoning deductively• Defining problems• Being logical• Planning

Accommodating• Getting things done• Leading• Taking risks• Initiating• Being adaptable, practical• Deciding on-the-spot

“Concrete Experience”

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“Reflective

Observation”“Active

Experimentation”

Learning Style Types …

Life Transitions, Career Decisions, and the WorkplaceMotivation and Learning Style

Imagine that you have a 3-week vacation approaching and that you are beginning to think about it. Of the activities listed below, which would you do and in what order:

a) Decide where I’ll go, what I’ll do, and how I’ll get there b) Consider all the things that could keep me from going on

vacation c) Just pack and go d) Envision the perfect vacation e) Schedule a time when I’ll plan my vacation f) Other

Example : Planning A Vacation

“Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving.”-Michael J. Gelb

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Creative Problem Solving is not a destination….. It is a journey….

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

-Henry Ford

How SHOULD we solve

problems?

•Keep an open mind.

•Analyze the situation by breaking down the problems into smaller parts.

•Structure your findings.

How DO we solve

problems?

Because our minds cannot cope with the intricacies of complex problems, we settle for partial solutions, thus

tending to oversimplify.

80/20 Rule or Pareto Principle

• This rule argues that typically 80% of unfocussed effort generates only 20% of results.

• The remaining 80% of results are achieved with only 20% of the effort.

• This rule argues that typically 80% of unfocussed effort generates only 20% of results.

• The remaining 80% of results are achieved with only 20% of the effort.