Organizational Values Grady writes the following on organizational values: Organizational values are abstract ideas that guide organizational thinking and actions. Organization values represent the foundation on which the company is formed. Defining an organization’s...
Social Process & Behavioural Issues – 3rd Sem HR (M.Sc HA)
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Understanding Human Behaviour
Understanding Human Behaviour It is very essential to understand human behavior in today's world as the existence of the organization depends on op the employees/individuals. Without understanding human behavior it is very difficult to work in an organization. All...
Learning
Learning Meaning and Nature: Learning is a key process in human behavior. All living is learning. If we compare the simple, crude ways in which a child feels and behaves, with the complex modes of adult behavior, his skills, habits, thoughts, sentiments and the like-...
Perception
Perception Perception is our sensory experience of the world around us and involves both recognizing environmental stimuli and actions in response to these stimuli. Through the perceptual process, we gain information about the properties and elements of the...
Stress and Coping
Stress is a normal reaction the body has when changes occur. It can respond to these changes physically, mentally, or emotionally. What is stress? Stress is the body’s reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response. The body reacts to these changes...
Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Process interpersonal process is not a new theory or technique. Instead, it is a framework that can be integrated with any modality you want to use. You lay your favorite theory or technique upon this framework. This makes the interpersonal process not...
Communication & Feedbacks
Communication Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place, person or group to another. The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing or using some other medium. The successful conveying or sharing of ideas and...
Inter-Personal Styles
Interpersonal Style Interpersonal style can be defined as how we interact with other people. Our style and behavior is impacted by our personalities, our values and the environment we live and work in, and the styles of those we interact with. What we term...
Group Processes
GROUP PROCESS Group process refers to how an organization’s members work together to get things done. Typically, organizations spend a great deal of time and energy setting and striving to reach goals but give little consideration to what is happening between and to...
Group Formation
What is a group? A group refers to two or more individuals who have come together with a common objective. The members of a group interact and are interdependent on each other with the view of achieving a particular objective. Groups are of 2 broad categories: formal...
Organizational Communication
Organizational Communication Organizational communication simply refers to communication that takes place in business environments. Because organizational communication encompasses everything from individual to mass communication, it is an extensive field. “As a...
Team Development and Team Functioning
Team Teams’ focus is a collective performance, where the members have both individual and mutual accountability. Therefore, companies create teams to bring together groups of people with complementary skills and interests to work toward a common goal. The main...
Conflict, Competition and Collaboration
COMPETITION Competition is the most important form of social struggle. According to Anderson and Parker, “Competition is that form of social action in which we strive against each other for the possession of or use of some limited material and non-material goods.”...
Organizational Climate
Organizational Climate Climate of an organization is somewhat like the personality of a person. Just as every individual has a personality that makes him unique and different from other persons. Each organization has an organizational climate that clearly...
Organizational Effectiveness
Organizational Effectiveness Organizational effectiveness can be defined as the efficiency with which an association can meet its objectives. This means an organization that produces the desired effect or an organization that is productive without waste....