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Netra Shetty
Allegheny Energy is an electric utility headquartered in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. It owns and operates electric generation facilities and delivers electric services to customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia. Allegheny Energy was incorporated in Maryland in 1925.[3] However, some of its predecessor companies have been serving their communities for over a century.
The company has three primary businesses:
merchant generation, which operates power plants primarily in Pennsylvania and West Virginia;
transmission expansion; and
utility operations, consisting of transmission and distribution operations serving 1.6 million customers, primarily in small towns and rural areas. Southwestern Pennsylvania, excluding the city of Pittsburgh, provides about half of regulated utility revenues.[4]
Williams (2005) noted that although personal development could mean differently to different people, one theme is clear wherein personal development is regarded as an ongoing process. From a personal standpoint, he believes that personal development means coming to understand yourself more deeply thus personal development is a continuous process of developing self-awareness. It is through self-awareness that he can expand his horizons as a way to evolve as a person. Nevertheless, though personal development is different from career development, Williams (2005) states that the two are inextricably linked as one bring the behaviors and skills s/he develop as a person into his/her job role.
The development of self-awareness is a key aspect of self-development. Self-awareness is considered the foundation for understanding performance at work. Thereby, the development of self-awareness and other aspects of emotional competence are directly linked to understanding performance. Self-awareness involves recognizing what emotions you are feeling and why, being able to accurately assess one’s strengths and limitations and having self-confidence (Williams, 2005). Self-awareness also points to being a proactive learner of taking conscious control over one’s decision (Miller, 2001, p. 3). Conscience, creative imagination and independent will are other endowments associated with being proactive.
One of the psychometric measures of preferences in perceiving the world and making decisions regarding future personal development is Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Initially published in 1962, it drew from the typological theories of Carl Gustav Jung who proposed the existence of two dichotomous pairs of cognitive functions as rational (judging) and irrational (perceiving). The former directs thinking and feeling while the latter focuses on sensing and intuition. The 16 possible psychological types are extrapolated from the four dichotomies namely attitude – extraversion (E)/introversion (I), perceiving functions – sensing (S)/intuition (N), judging functions – thinking (T)/feeling (F) and lifestyle – judgment (J)/perception (P) hence, ESTJ and INFP.
Although all four cognitive functions may be present to an individual, it is claimed that a dominant function will emerge from these combinations. With this, my dominant functions are ENFJ (74%) and ESFJ (71%). Based on the 20-itemed Myers-Briggs questionnaire and the subsequent analysis of my personality (refer to Appendix 2), two of the letters in the type code could be more important than the others. It is said that for people with ENFJ preferences that most important letters are E and F and for people with ESFJ preferences, E and F are also the two most important letters. E and F are therefore the dominant functions for me.
As such, extraverted feeling or the feeling that is oriented towards the outside world would basically describe my personality. This means, according to the analysis, that I tend to focus on building harmony in the world around me by means of building rapport with people and create a positive atmosphere. I looked after people’s welfare and I naturally want to motivate others and make sure that they are in a happy situation. It was also said that I value other people’s contributions, seek to develop the role that others play and invest a lot in building positive relationships. As analyzed, I try at overcoming differences of opinion and find ways in which people can agree.
However, ENFJ and ESFJ differ in sensing/intuition which generally translate to the type of information that I would like to deal with. On the one hand, if I prefer facts, what I know, to have clarity or to describe what I see, then it is said that my preference is for sensing and on the other, if I prefer to deal with ideas, look into the unknown, to generate new possibilities or to anticipate what is not obvious, then my preference is for intuition. Nevertheless, one can use both sides of preferences at times, depending on the circumstances.
The company has three primary businesses:
merchant generation, which operates power plants primarily in Pennsylvania and West Virginia;
transmission expansion; and
utility operations, consisting of transmission and distribution operations serving 1.6 million customers, primarily in small towns and rural areas. Southwestern Pennsylvania, excluding the city of Pittsburgh, provides about half of regulated utility revenues.[4]
Williams (2005) noted that although personal development could mean differently to different people, one theme is clear wherein personal development is regarded as an ongoing process. From a personal standpoint, he believes that personal development means coming to understand yourself more deeply thus personal development is a continuous process of developing self-awareness. It is through self-awareness that he can expand his horizons as a way to evolve as a person. Nevertheless, though personal development is different from career development, Williams (2005) states that the two are inextricably linked as one bring the behaviors and skills s/he develop as a person into his/her job role.
The development of self-awareness is a key aspect of self-development. Self-awareness is considered the foundation for understanding performance at work. Thereby, the development of self-awareness and other aspects of emotional competence are directly linked to understanding performance. Self-awareness involves recognizing what emotions you are feeling and why, being able to accurately assess one’s strengths and limitations and having self-confidence (Williams, 2005). Self-awareness also points to being a proactive learner of taking conscious control over one’s decision (Miller, 2001, p. 3). Conscience, creative imagination and independent will are other endowments associated with being proactive.
One of the psychometric measures of preferences in perceiving the world and making decisions regarding future personal development is Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Initially published in 1962, it drew from the typological theories of Carl Gustav Jung who proposed the existence of two dichotomous pairs of cognitive functions as rational (judging) and irrational (perceiving). The former directs thinking and feeling while the latter focuses on sensing and intuition. The 16 possible psychological types are extrapolated from the four dichotomies namely attitude – extraversion (E)/introversion (I), perceiving functions – sensing (S)/intuition (N), judging functions – thinking (T)/feeling (F) and lifestyle – judgment (J)/perception (P) hence, ESTJ and INFP.
Although all four cognitive functions may be present to an individual, it is claimed that a dominant function will emerge from these combinations. With this, my dominant functions are ENFJ (74%) and ESFJ (71%). Based on the 20-itemed Myers-Briggs questionnaire and the subsequent analysis of my personality (refer to Appendix 2), two of the letters in the type code could be more important than the others. It is said that for people with ENFJ preferences that most important letters are E and F and for people with ESFJ preferences, E and F are also the two most important letters. E and F are therefore the dominant functions for me.
As such, extraverted feeling or the feeling that is oriented towards the outside world would basically describe my personality. This means, according to the analysis, that I tend to focus on building harmony in the world around me by means of building rapport with people and create a positive atmosphere. I looked after people’s welfare and I naturally want to motivate others and make sure that they are in a happy situation. It was also said that I value other people’s contributions, seek to develop the role that others play and invest a lot in building positive relationships. As analyzed, I try at overcoming differences of opinion and find ways in which people can agree.
However, ENFJ and ESFJ differ in sensing/intuition which generally translate to the type of information that I would like to deal with. On the one hand, if I prefer facts, what I know, to have clarity or to describe what I see, then it is said that my preference is for sensing and on the other, if I prefer to deal with ideas, look into the unknown, to generate new possibilities or to anticipate what is not obvious, then my preference is for intuition. Nevertheless, one can use both sides of preferences at times, depending on the circumstances.