HRD Guide

SUPER ORDINATE AND SUBORDINATE POSITIONS IN WORK GROUPS

SUPER ORDINATE AND SUBORDINATE POSITIONS IN WORK GROUPS

 For proper working of work groups, we have the arrangement of super-ordinate and subordinate positions.  These positions are arranged, in a chain.  In a large work group, there will be many such chains.

In any one pair of super ordinate and subordinate positions, there will be following elements. They are duty, authority, obligations,…

SINGLE PERSON LIFE SITUATION PART 2

SINGLE PERSON LIFE SITUATION

THINKING ABOUT TASKS

We have to carry out many tasks using out body and mind. For doing a task it is to be divided in various small steps. These steps are required to be arranged in proper sequence.

Before doing a task, we consider its degree of importance. Some task may be more important for us than other tasks. Also, we consider the degree of urgency. Some tasks are…

SINGLE PERSON LIFE SITUATION PART 1

SINGLE PERSON LIFE SITUATION

INTRODUCTION

Our personal life consists of series of events and activities. At some time we are in company of the other persons. But at some other time, we find ourselves to be alone and lonely. In some situations, there may be physical presence of other persons, but we may be all alone at the psychological and mental level. It is necessary to learn to cope up with…

TWO PERSON LIFE SITUATIONS

TWO PERSON LIFE SITUATIONS SOCIAL SITUATION

In our life, we come in contact with other persons in various social situations. Even when the two persons do have to carry out any work together, they may have been together for some time. In such situation they may exchange their thoughts, feelings and experiences of life. They may get some satisfaction on sharing their experiences, thoughts feelings…

IMPROVING OUR LIFE SITUATIONS PART – IV

IMPROVING OUR LIFE SITUATIONS PART – IV ASSERTIVENESS

The quality of assertiveness is a product of a set of learned attitudes and communication skills. Different person have different degrees of assertiveness. It is possible to improve the degree of assertiveness through training.

Assertiveness training is a program of learning designed to increase the competence of a person in dealing with other…

IMPROVING OUR LIFE SITUATIONS PART – III

IMPROVING OUR LIFE SITUATIONS PART – III GUIDANCE FOR HANDLING CRITICISM

Recognizing the type of criticism will help to decide on the most appropriate response.  Different types of criticism may be as follows.

There may be unjustified criticism which is expressed in broad and general terms, for example, “you are always late”, “you never do your work properly etc.”

There may be criticism which has…

IMPROVING OUR LIFE SITUATIONS PART – II

IMPROVING OUR LIFE SITUATIONS PART – II MAKING PEOPLE FEEL GOOD

We seek what feels good to us and we avoid what feels bad to us. We should tell other persons how good we feel about what they did right. The number one motivator of people is “feedback on result”.

Everyone is a potential winner. We should put accent on the positive factors. We should give attention to people, when they are doing…

IMPROVING OUR LIFE SITUATIONS: PART- I

PART- I : IMPROVING OUR LIFE SITUATIONS PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT

Our natural tendencies are continually running counter to the customs and traditions of the society to which we belong. Conflict between our urges and the activities for satisfaction is a daily occurrence in our life situations.

It is the characteristics of our natural urges (or motives) that they must have some form of expression in…

IMPROVING OUR LIFE SITUATIONS PART – II

IMPROVING OUR LIFE SITUATIONS PART – II MAKING PEOPLE FEEL GOOD

We seek what feels good to us and we avoid what feels bad to us. We should tell other persons how good we feel about what they did right. The number one motivator of people is “feedback on result”.

Everyone is a potential winner. We should put accent on the positive factors. We should give attention to people, when they are doing…

RECOGNITION HUNGER

A social psychologists concern is with what happens after an infant is separated from his mother. After the period of close intimacy with mother is over, an individual for the rest of his life is confronted with a dilemma, upon whose, horns; his destiny and survival are continually being tossed.

One horn is the social and psychological forces which stand in way of continued…

Infants deprived of handling over a long period will tend to sink into irreversible decline and are prone to succumb eventually to inter-current diseases. In effect, this means that emotional deprivation may have a fatal outcome. This gives rise to the idea of stimulus hunger and indicates that the most favored forms of stimuli are those provided by physical intimacy.

An allied phenomenon is…

ACCEPTANCE-REJECTION ANALYSIS

We have a need for acceptance of our personality and our actions by other persons. We desire that other person should approve and appreciate our personal qualities.

Acceptance by other persons has a positive effect on our mental health. We become more energetic and more active.  There are two types of acceptance, conditional and unconditional.

Sometimes, another…

ENVIRONMENT

A person lives in an environment.  There are mainly two types of elements in the environment of a person: the living beings and non-living things.  An interaction is taking place between a person and the elements in his surroundings.  Some events are always taking place in the environment.  Because of the events, signals are generated in the form of light waves, sound waves etc.

SENSES

MANAGEMENT OF EMOTIONAL LIFE

Our day-to-day happiness depends on our ability to regulate and manage our emotional life.  Emotions are subject to training and education.  It is a matter of habit and habits can be changed and improved.

Emotional problems are as real as physical illnesses and require time to heel, just as physical illnesses do. Training in the management of our emotional life can and should begin very early in…

Time Management… Part 2

Choice of actions

As the Sun and the Earth are moving, many things in our environment are changing. In the nature, there are many processes and events, which are set by nature to change automatically. In fact, it appears that it has been already decided in advance by the nature as to what the changes are going to be and in what way.

But most surprisingly, there is one very strong exception in the…

make use of our time… Part 1

Introduction

In the modern day world the factor which is causing maximum trouble to almost everybody is “lack of time”. It appears that we are always making a race against time. We may be very rich or having the highest status in an organization but we somehow never happen to be in possession of sufficient time to take care of all points that are on our mind. Every day we have to do so many…

SELF DEVELOPMENT AND PERSONAL GROWTH

SELF DEVELOPMENT AND PERSONAL GROWTH INTRODUCTION

There is always a search for methods of developing individual competence and effectiveness. A new approach towards achieving this objective is to recognize that there is a link between personal growth and professional growth.

The effectiveness of a person can be increased if he develop the potential within him. A self-development approach will…