Asignment No. 2

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Last Wednesday we had our preliminary examination. I didn’t expect that we have an examination since our professor told us that he don’t give any examination during prelim. I was shocked since I don’t study that subject and I don’t have any notes on the all the lesson of the subject. I thought that it’s just a typical examination where our professor will give us a question on the lesson that we discuss but he give us a PT test or Personal Trait Exam. The choices were just A and B but the choices are situation where it fits our personality. The personality trait test determines if we are capable of becoming a technoprenuer. Some of the choices there are some of the traits of a good technoprenuer. After I had answered all the question of the PT examination we evaluate our answer. We got our score depending on the choices that we choice and every choice corresponds a score of 0, 1, or 2. After I total all the score, I got a score of 42. This only signifies that I have the traits and attitude to become a technoprenuer where the score ranges from 38-44, has the capable or somewhat a technoprenuer. All of my classmate also fall in this range and this only signifies that we are capable to become a technoprenuer. I found out that in order to become a good technoprenuer there are traits that you must have in order to become successful. These are the traits that I think you must have to become a successful technoprenuer:

Physically fit and in good health. Since you are having your own business you must work long hours for extended periods of time. How can you handle your business if you are not physically fit? That’s why you must have this trait in order that you have energy to face the people around you as healthy mind in order to think wisely and properly. Also when you get sick, you can recover quickly.
Need to Control and Direct. They prefer environments where they have maximum authority and responsibility and do not work well in traditionally structured organizations. This is not about power, though. Technopreneurs have a need to create and achieve by having control over events.
Self Confidence. Findings showed that as long as entrepreneurs were in control, they were relentless in pursuit of their goals. If they lost control, they quickly lost interest in the undertaking. Confidence is also important especially in handling tough decision. You must be confident on the decision that you made since it is in your hand the future of the company. In communicating and selling your products to the costumer self confidence is necessary so that you can have a good offer to them.
Sense of Urgency. You must have a never-ending sense of urgency to do something. This corresponds with a high energy level. Many enjoy individual sports rather than team sports. Inactivity makes you impatient. That’s why it is also necessary that you will have a team building on your employees so that you can be closer to each other and would understand each other which would make a good team in business.
Comprehensive Awareness. They have a comprehensive awareness of a total situation and are aware of all the ramifications as an act of branching out or dividing into branches involved in a decision. Sometimes in decision making, you must be aware of everything around you. You must consider what would be the effect of your company in the society or it would be a good kind of business that you will establish.
Realistic Outlook. There is a constant need to know the status of things. They may or may not be idealistic, but they are honest and straightforward and expect others to be the same. You must look and think realistic. Think of the things that will give a great impact on the progress and success of the business.
Conceptual Ability. They have superior conceptual abilities. This helps technopreneurs identify relationships in complex situations. Chaos does not bother them because they can conceptualize order. Problems are quickly identified and solutions offered. The drawback is that this may not translate well to interpersonal problems.
Objective Approach. You must take an objective approach to personal relationships and are more concerned with the performance and accomplishment of others than with feelings. You should keep the distance psychologically and concentrate on the effectiveness of operations. You must maintain and achieve your objective in your business. This will urge you to work more and do better on the business. You must also consider that in a business an objective is the goal of your company. This will enable you to know what are the achievements that you achieve on the business
Emotional Stability. They you must handle stress from business and from personal areas in your lives. Setbacks are seen as challenges and do not become discourage of it. Since you are the manager of your own company or business usually you go on a stressful event but you must handle it. There are some instances that you have a personal problem in your life, that’s why you must not add this element in your business but stay this problem in your personal life. Do not mix your business problem and your personal problem since it could be hard for you to solve these problems. If you have a problems in your business you must solve it not thinking on your personal life.
Attraction to Challenges. You must attract to challenges but not to risks. It may look like you are taking high risks, but in actuality you have assessed the risks thoroughly. There are some instances that you may undergo challenges, don’t think it negative but take it on a positive side this would help you in order that you will be able to know how to solve problems if you will encounter a problem in your business even if it is small or big.

I also answered the Intelligent Quotient Exam or the IQ Test. Intelligence quotient, or IQ, is a score derived from one of several different standardized tests designed to assess intelligence.
I get my IQ test from http//www.iqtest.com. These are the sample question that I answered with just true and false answer:
1. The word, "mineral," can be spelled using only the letters found in the word, "parliament."
2. This sequence of four words, "triangle, glove, clock, bicycle," corresponds to this sequence of numbers "3, 5, 12, 2."
3. 27 minutes before 7 o'clock is 33 minutes past 5 o'clock.
4. The word, "slackers," is spelled by using the first letters of the words in the following sentence: "Silent large anteaters calmly kiss each roasted snack."
5. If written backwards, the number, "one thousand, one hundred twenty-five," would be written "five thousand, two hundred eleven." ….
My general IQ score is 108. How did they compute my IQ Score? Instead of giving a person’s performance on the Stanford-Binet as a mental age, Terman converted performance into a single score, which he called the intelligence quotient, or IQ. A quotient is the number that results from dividing one number by another. The idea of an intelligence quotient was first suggested by German psychologist, William Stern, in 1912. To compute IQ, Stern divided mental age by the actual, chronological age of the person taking the test and then multiplied by 100 to get rid of the decimal point. So, a child who was eight years old and answered the test questions as well as a twelve-year-old scored an intelligence quotient of 12/8 x 100, or 150. A twelve-year-old who answered the test questions as well as an average eight-year-old would have an IQ of 8/12 x 100, or 66.
This formula works well for comparing children, but since intelligence levels off in adulthood, it is not appropriate for adults. A thirty-year-old who answers questions as well as an average twenty-year-old would have an IQ of only 20/30 x 100, or 66.
When I search on the internet on how to interpret the result, this was what I research: The average IQ score is 100. The standard deviation of IQ scores is 15. So, this means:
• 50% of people have IQ scores between 90 and 110
• 2.5% of people are very superior in intelligence (over 130)
• 2.5% of people are mentally deficient / impaired / retarded (under 70)
• 0.5% of people are near genius or genius (over 140)
This only signifies that the score that I got which is 108 fall between normal intelligence. It only means that I have a normal intelligent where I cant think properly without any mental disabilities. This are the things that you must remember if you will take an IQ test:
• You must work mentally. Do not use pencil or paper during this test.
• Be ready to determine whether the statements that follow are true or false. You will have to click either a true or a false button to indicate your response.
• If you average more than twenty seconds to respond to each of the questions, your IQ Score will be lower.

The next one that I answered is the EQ test. Emotional Quotient intelligence (EQ-I) describes the ability, capacity, skill or, in the case of the trait EI model, a self-perceived grand ability to identify, assess, manage and control the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups.
Leadership and EQ findings:
•Leaders possessing Emotional Intelligence will create an effective work climate that will further develop emotional intelligence at the subordinate level.
•The higher the level of a job’s complexity and authority, the greater the impact of high Emotional Intelligence.
Emotional Intelligence is twice as important as IQ plus technical skills in predicting success in the workplace. roadly speaking, is concerned with understanding oneself and others, relating to people, and adapting to and coping with one's immediate surroundings. Being smart (traditional IQ) isn't enough. One must learn how to appropriately manage the social and emotional demands life places on you. A "non-cognitive" factors are better predictors of success and satisfaction in life. Failure to adapt socially and emotionally to surroundings is a leading cause of career derailment.
The Score that I got in the EQ test is 38. The interpretation of this is that:
You are likely sensitive to the emotional climate of the people around you – your peers, friends, family and key clients. You are well aware of the effect your behaviour has on others. Still, while you may be adept at tuning into others and their needs – you must remember your own! Don’t be afraid to honestly communicate these difficult needs and feelings. The world is well stocked with martyrs – it doesn’t need any more! Think also about your passion for work (or whatever constitutes your main roles in life – manager of people, doer of tasks, ‘meeter’ of clients’ needs, etc). We spend countless hours in our given roles – sometimes without much joy or satisfaction. In the process we become tranquilized by the trivial. Sedated by the small details of life. Sure, the laundry needs doing, the groceries need getting, the kids need chauffeuring, the deadlines must be met, but we also need to stop and remember what gives us great joy and meaning. If we fail to remind ourselves (on a regular basis), we risk becoming hostile and cynical. We lose our purpose. And this translates to a diminished ability to be effective, at ease and fulfilled. Areas to work on: Ask yourself: If you work on gaining clarity in these areas, you will move toward maximizing your full potential and finding greater effectiveness, happiness, and fulfillment in your life. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, much like a man who, out of his whole body organism, should get into the habit of using and moving only his little finger… We all have reservoirs of life to draw upon, of which we do not dream.