AY 2021 - 2022

Common Module: 02
Duration: 3 hours
Part 2

Civic Welfare and Training CWTS 2

Service 2 LTS 2

Literacy Training Service 2

 Habits of Highly Effective People

Student’s Name: ______________________________________________

Year & Section: ________________ Date Received: _________________
Teacher’s Name: ______________________________________________

Commission on Higher Education

LIGAO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Ligao City
 I. Title PART 2

Habits of Highly Effective People

II. Introduction/Overview

This module discusses the habits of highly effective people, teamwork, time management
and decision making.

III. Learning Outcomes

At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:

1. Describe the seven habits of a highly effective person
2. Express commitment to teamwork
3. Explain the different type of involvement in making decisions

IV. Self-Assessment Question

Part I. MULTIPLE CHOICE.

Direction: Write on the blank the letter that corresponds to your answer.
______1. This process involves selecting the most logical choice from among two or more
options.
a. choosing c. decision-making
b. contracting d. revising
______2. It involves compromising after all opinions have been heard.
a. consensus c. clique
b. majority voting d. handclasp
______3. It is considered the most effective way to make a decision.
a. consensus c. clique
b. majority d. handclasp
______4. The process of working collaboratively with a group of people in order to achieve a
goal.
a. time management c. teamwork
b. decision-making d. put first things first
______5. The art of arranging, organizing, scheduling and budgeting one’s time for the purpose
of generating more effective work and productivity.
a. time management c. teamwork
b. decision-making d. put first things first
 V. Activity/ Discussion/Lesson

A. Let’s try this!

B. Processing questions
1. What do you see in the pictures?
2. What are these all about?
3. Do you possess these?

Hi students! This is Part 2 of Module 2 and we begin by understanding the Seven Habits
of Highly Effective People.

SEVEN (7) HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

This is adopted from Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (2007)
1. Be proactive.
Proactive means being able to take responsibility for your life. You have the
freedom to choose your behavior and response to stimuli. Use your creativity and
have some initiative. You are the one in charge.
2. Begin with the end in mind.
Know where you want to go. When making plans and decisions, see to it that the
time and effort that will be spent conform to what you want to achieve. Envision
your goal and make it happen.
3. Put first things first.
Practice self-management. Know your priorities.
4. Think win-win.
Look at life as a cooperative arena, not a competitive one. Enter agreements or
make solutions that are mutually beneficial and satisfying to both parties.
5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
As the saying goes, “the best way to understand is to listen”. The practice of
empathy governs this habit. It is about putting yourself in someone else’s shoes.
By listening to a person’s explanation, only then can you evaluate, probe, give
advice and interpret his/her feelings.
6. Synergize.
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. More tasks can be done if all things
within reach are maximized and utilized. Synergize is the habit of creative
cooperation. Better results can be produced as a group than as individuals.
7. Sharpen the saw.
 When you have learned a couple of years back will have become outdated. Many
things evolve and develop so fast that you need to update through various food-
for-the brain resources. A sense of humor is vital to relieve tension and boredom
as well as to defuse hostility. Effective leaders know how to use humor to
energize his/her followers. Humor is a form of power that provides some control
over the work environment even as it fosters camaraderie.
Teamwork
 It is the process of working collaboratively with a group of people in order to achieve a
goal.
 It is often a crucial part of a business as it is often necessary for colleagues to work well
together and try their best in any circumstance.
 Means that people will try to cooperate by using their individual skills and providing
constructive feedback despite any personal conflict between individuals.
 Brings people together for a common purpose or goal and subordinates the needs of
individuals to the needs of the group.
 Many management gurus define team as a group of individuals passionately committed to
their end goal.
When groups have common goals, teamwork is vital to success. Teachers expect teamwork
among students; employers expect employees to function effectively as a team; and most
organizations convene teams to handle problems or projects. Therefore, it is important to learn
teamwork skills even if you prefer to work independently.
What does teamwork look like in action? Basically, group members focus on the goal. They
put aside individual differences and petty grievances to get the job done. They show passion for
the project and each contributes to its success.

Time Management
 It is the art of arranging, organizing, scheduling and budgeting one’s time for the purpose
of generating more effective work and productivity.
 Important for everyone. While time management books and seminars often place their
focus on business leaders and corporations, time management is also necessary for
students, teachers, factory workers, professionals and homemakers.
 Perhaps most essential for the person who runs a business of his/her own or not.
Managing work and home responsibilities under the same roof takes a special type of
time management.
An important aspect of time management is planning ahead. Sometimes, successful time
management involves putting in more time at the outset in order to reorganize one’s life.
Most agree that the first step in efficient time management is to organize the workspace.
Even if one’s schedule is well ordered but if the office and filing systems are a disaster, time will
be wasted trying to work efficiently in a disorderly place.
Good time management involves keeping a schedule of the tasks and activities that have been
deemed important. Keeping a calendar or daily planner is helpful to stay on task, but self-
discipline is also required. The most efficient to-do list in the world will not help someone who
does not look at or follow his/her own daily planner.

The 4 Ds of Time Management

 Get on top of your time management, get organized and stay on task, but live your life.
Schedule some time off every day and at least one day off each week. Be organized, but do not
be a slave to time management.

Decision-Making
 Is a process that involves selecting the most logical choice from among two or more
options. Example: deciding whether to move to a new apartment, to live with the in-laws
or stay in the same apartment.
 Making a decision is instrumental in the survival and prosperity of human beings.
The right choice is what sets an average individual from the rest. Although the ability of
making the correct decision within a short span of time is a highly valued trait, we cannot
simply follow a set of patterns when deciding on a course of action at all points in time.
There are different types of decision-making that we do depending on the situation at hand.
Consider the following in decision-making:
1. Identification of alternative solutions
2. Evaluation of possible options to determine which one meets the decision
objectives
3. Selection of the best option after an in-depth evaluation.

Involvement in Decision-making
Every group has to make a decision at one time or another and all the members have to
make a commitment to choose the best option available. The following are the different types of
involvement in making decisions:
1. Consensus or agreement involves compromising various possibilities after all opinions
have been heard. Disagreements and minority viewpoints are discussed fully. Everyone
feels free to express himself/herself. This method helps build understanding unity,
cooperation and commitment.
 2. Majority voting is considered the most effective way to make a decision. However, one
may lose the interest or loyalty of the members of the minority who voted against the
decision especially if they feel their side was not heard.
3. Minority is not consciously organized but a few powerful personalities dominate the
group, often unconsciously. These people later wonder why the others are apathetic.
4. Silent consensus of some groups leads to unanimous decisions. This type of involvement
in decision-making is rarely applied when tackling important issues. Unanimous
agreement is sometimes assumed when some members do not want to disagree and have
chosen to stay silent.
5. Clique is a small group whose members plan beforehand to get their way in decision-
making because they are better organizing than those who disagree, they are often
successful in getting/having their own way in resolving an immediate issue, but they
bring a spirit of rivalry rather than cooperation to the group.
6. Handclasp happens when one person makes a suggestion and another commends it
without further discussion, the matter is decided. Resentment, however, surfaces later on.
7. One-person decision is quickly made but later when the decider needs free or voluntary
support from others to implement the decision, he/she might find trouble getting it.
8. Plop occurs when a group makes a decision by not making a decision at all. Someone
makes a suggestion but it is dropped or junked altogether and no one pays any attention
to it.

Difficulties in Decision-making
1. Fear of consequences brings division and disagreement.
2. Conflicting loyalties of one person as a member of different groups frequently leads to
divided loyalties about decisions.
3. Interpersonal conflicts and personal differences evoke various feelings among members
which interfere with sound decision-making.
4. Hidden agenda or secret motive can hinder decision-making for reasons a member does
not share with the group.
5. Blundering methods include using rigid procedure that leaves little room for expressing
differing views, substituting personal opinions for adequate information and disregarding
proper consultation or consensus.
6. Inadequate leadership restricts the expression of opinions and discussion on issues.
Leaders fail to provide assistance in selecting appropriate methods for decision-making
or are insensitive to the factors that cause difficulty in the group.
7. Clash of interest occurs when different groups or individuals within an organization have
opposing interests.
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C. Application.
1. Make your own 4Ds of time management.

Category Action
Do
Defer
(Delay)
Delegate
Delete
(Drop)

VI. Summary/Key Points

 SEVEN (7) HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

 adopted from Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (2007)
 Teamwork
  It is the process of working collaboratively with a group of people in order to
achieve a goal.
 Time Management
 It is the art of arranging, organizing, scheduling and budgeting one’s time for the
purpose of generating more effective work and productivity.
 Decision-Making
 Is a process that involves selecting the most logical choice from among two or
more options. Example: deciding whether to move to a new apartment, to live
with the in-laws or stay in the same apartment.

VII. End of Module Assessment (EMA)

Part I. Answer the question brief and direct.

1. Based from your answer in the application part, how creative is your time management?

Score Descriptor
5 Demonstrates an accurate and complete understanding of the
question.
4 States a relevant and justifiable answer. Uses only one idea to
support the answer
3 Present accurate answer with valid explanation
2 Present considerable correct answer
1 Does not demonstrate accurate understanding of the question.
0 No answer

VIII. Looking Ahead

 Describe the nature of a community work.

IX. Self-Learning Module Evaluation

Rate your learning experience in using this module according to the following scale. Put a check
mark on your response.
 4 – I learned a lot from this module.
 3 – I learned just right.
 2 – I still need guidance on certain topics.
 1 – I did not understand anything.

X. References/Suggested Readings

 Villasoto, Herminigildo S. and Villasoto, Noemie S. (2018). Human Person Gearing

towards Social Development: NSTP-CWTS 1 Worktext for College Students. Second
Edition.

XI. Answers on Module 02, Part 1

Part I. MULTIPLE CHOICE.
Direction: Write on the blank the letter that corresponds to your answer.
______1. Leaders have a heart for their followers.
a. vision c. charisma
b. wit d. compassion

______2. Leaders are charming, tending to draw people toward them.

a. vision c. charisma
b. wit d. compassion

______3. Leaders make judgements and decisions even during crucial situations.
a. vision c. charisma
b. wit d. compassion

______4. Leaders are determined to attain their goals in spite of obstacles.

a. vision c. charisma
b. compassion d. persistence

______5. Leaders observe self-control and order.

a. discipline c. persistence
b. wit d. vision