A District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) observes severe emotional strain and resistance among field-level child welfare officers following the mandatory rollout of a real-time digital monitoring portal. The officers report feeling overwhelmed by repetitive data entry requirements, which significantly reduces their time for critical field visits and counseling sessions. Which of the following administrative responses by the DSWO demonstrate high emotional intelligence (EI) and empathy? (Select all that apply)
- Conduct structured focus group meetings with field officers to validate their emotional stress, actively listen to their workload concerns, and identify redundant data fields in the portal.Cevap
- BIssue immediate formal disciplinary warnings and threaten salary withholding for any officer who fails to meet daily digital portal upload targets.
- Acknowledge the team's emotional distress, temporarily reallocate clerical assistants to support routine data entry, and communicate user-experience feedback to the IT development team.Cevap
- DAggressively order the field officers to manage their stress independently during off-hours, insisting that digital portal compliance strictly takes precedence over staff well-being.
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The actions that demonstrate high emotional intelligence and administrative empathy are conducting structured focus group meetings to validate workload concerns and acknowledging team distress while providing temporary clerical support and technical feedback.
Both selected actions reflect key dimensions of Emotional Intelligence (EI) as conceptualized in public administration frameworks. Conducting structured focus groups demonstrates active listening and empathy by recognizing the team's genuine distress. Providing temporary clerical support and giving feedback to software developers shows social management and adaptive problem-solving, resolving administrative friction constructively without compromising staff well-being.
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