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George Amankwah ASSIGNMENT 1 18971 115131796
George Amankwah ASSIGNMENT 1 18971 115131796
FACULTYiOFiCOMPUTINGi&iINFORMATIONiSYSTEMS
IT-i412iSYSTEMiADMINISTRATION
ASSIGNMENTi1
NAME………………………………………AMANKWAHiGEORGE
INDEXiNUMBER…………………………040119150
LEVEL……………………………………….400iGROUPiBi
SESSION……………………………………MORNING
INTRODUCTION
Systemiadministrationicanibeibothistressfuliandirewarding.iThereiareisomeiwell-
knowniinterpersonalianditime-
managementitechniquesithaticanihelp.iTheseicanibeiforgotteniinitimesioficrisisiorijustithroughiforceiofihabit.
iTheifollowingiareiwaysisystemiadministratorsicanifollowitoireduceistressiandiconflictiatitheiworkplace
.
1. Attitude
Howipeopleiperceiveiyouiisidirectlyirelateditoitheiattitudeiyouiprojectitoiothers.iSAsiareisometimesip
erceivediasiunfriendly,iunhelpful,iorislowitoirespond.iOneiofitheigreatesticausesioficonflictiisitheineg
ativeiattitudeithatiSAsipresentitoitheiricolleagues.
2. iAligniPrioritiesiwithiColleagues'iExpectations
TheiwayiyouiprioritizeiyouritasksiasiaiSAiinfluencesihowiyouricolleaguesiperceiveiyourieffectivenes
s.iYouicanimakeiyouricolleaguesiailotihappieriandiavoidiconflictsiifiyouriprioritiesimatchitheiriexpec
tations.
3. FollowiThroughioniCommitments
Aitrouble-
ticketisystemiisiaiusefulitooliforikeepingitrackiofirequestsiandiotheritasks.iFromiyourimasterilistiofita
sksiandicommitmentsiyouishouldicreateiaidailyiprioritizedito-
doilist.iTheisectionionitimeimanagementilateriinithisiarticleidiscussesitheiDailyiTo-
Doilistiinimoreidetail.
4. MakeiAiGoodiFirstiImpression
Beionitimeioriearlyiforiappointments,iandibeipolite,ifriendly,iandiwillingitoilisten.iIfiyouigetistartedio
nitheiwrongifoot,iitiwillibeidifficultitoirecover.iOnitheiotherihand,iifiyouimakeiaigoodifirstiimpressio
n,itheioccasionalimistakeiwillibeiforgiveniandiforgotten.
5. ImproveiYouriCommunicationiSkills
Conflictsicaniariseithroughisimpleimiscommunication,isoiSAsineeditoimakeisureitheyiareibeingihear
d.iUsei"Iistatements"itoihelpiyouimakeiyouripointiandicommunicateiyourifeelings.iExpressisoftiemoti
onsiratherithanihardiemotions,isuchiasiangeriorifear.iThisimakesipeopleiawareiofitheieffectiofitheiriac
tions.
6. BeiAiSystemiAdvocate
ForiailoneiSA,iitiisibetteritoibeiseeniasianiadvocateithaniaiclerk.iAilargeiSAigroupineedsitheiwholeis
pectrum,iwithiadvocatesimentoringitheimoreijunioriclerks,isaysiNkululekoiMasipa,iaisenioriSAiatiaiJ
ohannesburg-basedicompany.
7. EngineeringiEnvironment
Inianiengineeringienvironment,iSAsineeditoifosteritrustiandibuildigoodirelationshipsiwithitheiricollea
gues.iUnfetteredirootiaccessiforipeopleioutsideitheiSAigroupileadsitoirandomlyiconfiguredisystems,i
moreifailures,iandimoreisupporticalls.i
References
Lear,iC.,i2011.iSystemiAdministrationiSoftiSkills.i[Online]i
Availableiat:ihttps://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1922541
[Accessedi6iSeptemberi2022].