Self-management means different things in different fields:
- In organizations, self management means members within the group manage themselves; there is no dividing members into some who give orders and some who obey. An organization (or organisation &mdash see spelling differences) is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals which controls its own performance and
- In business, education, and psychology, self-management refers to methods, skills, and strategies by which individuals can effectively direct their own activities toward the achievement of objectives, and includes goal setting, planning, scheduling, task tracking, self-evaluation, self-intervention, self-development, etc. A business (also called firm or an enterprise) is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and/or services to Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Management (covering theory practice and scope of management and Manager' (covering the people who manage might help clarify and systematise A goal or objective consists of a projected state of affairs which a Person or a System plans or intends to achieve or bring about — a personal or Planning in Organizations and Public policy is both the organizational process of creating and maintaining a Plan; and the psychological process of Evaluation is systematic determination of merit worth and significance of something or someone using criteria against a set of standards Self-help or self-improvement refers to self-guided improvement—economically intellectually or emotionally—most frequently with a substantial psychological or spiritual Also known as executive processes (in the context of the processes of execution).
- In the field of computer science, self-management refers to the process by which computer systems will (one day) manage their own operation without human intervention. Self-Management is the process by which Computer systems shall manage their own operation without human intervention A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. Self-Management technologies are expected to pervade the next generation of network management systems. Network management refers to the activities methods procedures and tools that pertain to the Operation, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning
- In the field of medicine and health care, self-management means the interventions, training, and skills by which patients with a chronic condition, disability, or disease can effectively take care of themselves and learn how to do so. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Health care is the prevention treatment and management of illness and the preservation of mental health through the services offered by the medical, Nursing Personal care applied to outpatients. A patient is any person who receives medical attention care or treatment.
- In condominiums and housing co-operatives, it refers to apartment buildings or housing complexes that are run directly by the owners themselves, either through a committee structure, or through a Board of Directors that has management as well as executive functions.
Self-management may also refer to:
- Workers' self-management - a form of workplace decision-making in which the employees themselves agree on choices (for issues like customer care, general production methods, scheduling, division of labor etc. Worker self-management (or autogestion) is a form of workplace decision-making in which the workers themselves agree on choices (for issues like customer care general production ) instead of the traditional authoritative supervisor telling workers what to do, how to do it and where to do it.
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