Final Project Leadership = LUCT

Mind Map for LEADERSHIP

Mind Map for LIMKOKWING UNIVERSITY CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY (LUCT)

Essay

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 Associated

The Problem : Lack of Communication between Staffs and Students

Random Word : Communication

Associative words :

1. Connections: The point at which two or more things are linked.

2. Contact: The act of touching physically

3. Conversation: exchanges of individual ideas through talking

4. Deliver: To bring something to its destination

5. Intelligence: capacity of mind to understand the principle, fact or meanings

6. Link: the connection between places, people, things, or idea.

7. Education: The process of getting the knowledge or skills.

8. Expression: a particular way of phrasing an idea.

9. Interchange: mutually give and receiving something

10. Mention: a speaking or notice of anything.

11. Publication: information that shared to general public.

12. Reception: the act of receiving

13. Talk: a conversation or discussion

14. Transfer: to move or pass from one place to another

15. Writing: symbols such as letters that expresses meaning.

16. Translate: to change text or language from one to another.

17. Silence: the act of refraining from speaking.

18. Transmission: send or convey messages or picture.

19. Advice: an opinion recommended or offered as worthy to be followed.

20. Advisement: recommendation of something to someone.

21. Articulation: speaking in clear or effective manner.

22. Communion: a joining together of minds or spirits.

23. Converse: engage in a conversation.

24. Correspondence: friendly discussion

25. Declaration: to make clear explanation.

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 LUCT.

21. Articulation: speak clearly to the person so they could understand.

22. Communion: always be in the same page with a person that you talking with, don’t talk other thing than the current situation.

23. Converse: engage in a conversation that you in.

24. Correspondence: be friendly to the person you talking with so the environment will be better.

25. Declaration: always make your explanation clearer with easy language to the students.

JUXTAPOSITION

Juxtaposition is a placing of two elements or words side by side and letting the reader or viewer to compare them. This act compares and contrast the two elements and can show irony, humour or sadness.

1.

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.

2.

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.

3.

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.