IOP3703 EXAM PACK.

IOP3703 EXAM PACK. IOP3703 - Career Psychology. Distiquish between the variables self-actualisation, competency, and spirituality: Explain how these variables influence the significance of work?  Self actualisation  Process of inner directedness through which a person gives expression to his intrinsic nature  Characteristics – autonomy, independence, democratic orientation, feeling of connectedness, freshn ess of appreciation, feeling at ease = openness to experience  Contributes to one’s sense of identity – what do I want to make of myself, what do I have to work with?  Involves self concepts and they find expression through self actualisation in work Self concepts change over time as work structures change o Competency  Meaning & identity in work = career competency  Equip a person to adapt to change & contribute to satisfy org. requirements  Because of downsizing workers hired according to existing capabilities & a training not offered by org. & workers are less committed to org. – these workers supplement the core workers  Core workers are expected to be committed, but some who have the required skills are not committed to use it in org. and effective performance therefore fluctuates.  Fluctuations in utilizing competencies have 3 modes – performance mode  quest for success & mastery of a job, learning mode  quest for novelty & variety for selfimprovement by acquiring new competencies beyond mere mastering of the job, development mode  quest for meaning by seeking work of life events that will be conductive to finding a calling or purpose.  3 modes applicable when career is seen as lifelong development © 2015Together We Pass. All rights reserved. pg. Spirituality Spirituality represents the quest to unite one’s inner and outer world. Unifying values are: truth and trust; freedom and justice, creative harmony and intelligence: and deeper meaning and higher purpose. These are transferred to the workplace in the form of self-expression, optimal development and contributing to the greater good of the group, the organisation society and the planet.