Monday, March 22, 2010

Work and Learning Styles, by Dianwen

Do people accomplish more when they are allowed to do things in their own way?
Just like James Watson had concluded, "There is more than one way of doing good science," there is more than one way of doing good jobs. 

Different people fit in different ways, despite their personalities. Some people accomplish more when they are allowed to do things in their own way, while some others don't. Creative people may find things go better without heavy structure. Creative people prefer working freely, because brilliant ideas may catch up to their mind at any time. To them, rules can appear to be the fences of a jail, blocking lights from an illuminating mind, pressing shadows to the imagination. These people are commonly known as artists, writers, musicians, ITs, inventors, architectes, and many other talented discoverers.  James Watson was famous for always"lounging around, arguing about problems instead of doing experiments." Deliberation and liberty contributes to their discovery process. 

To some people, creation may not feed them bread.They are more responsive to rules. Orders may help them get work done.The focus on features and details also helps them to comprehend what to do next, so they can apply themselves into the agenda. For example, accouter, administrator, manager, secretary, reporter, analyst, and others all plan stages more vividly, therefore they remain cool. By this way, things go in order, and so they go well!
In the other hand, works can be divided into two types, each meets a specific purpose. The two types of works correspond with the two types of persons I mentioned. Little skill is needed to identify types of works, but it requires ability to arrange workers well.
One type of work requires plenty of new and smart ideas on a subject for further examination. For example, the widely used "brain-storm", when people activate their mind with short-term, strong self-concentration, feeling smart, and popping creative ideas. This works in fields such as advertising, inventing, and guessing puzzles. Letting people act in their own way may make them more successfully.
The other kind of work are relatively minute and complected, and requires accuracy. People have to maintain an focused, structured mind to avoid error. If there are no clear instructions, it is the last thing in the world I will do according to the high possibility of ending up with things completely messed up. Some of these fields are statistics, analyzing, accounting, administration, and others. These things need more orders and rules in order to work faster and more accurate.

I think this might be a reference to help figure out issues better and faster.

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