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Q.2 “Skills are the tool for performance”-Explain various management skills.
Management in all business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting
people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives. Management comprises
planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organization (a
group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a
goal. Resourcing encompasses the deployment and manipulation of human resources,
financial resources, technological resources, and natural resources.
Basic Skills of management
the main functions of the management are: planing, organising, controlling, leading.
Planning:
specifying oals to be achieved and perparing how to meet them
analysing current situation,gathering and analysing informations
Organizing:
devising and allocating roles for respective position within the managers scope of work
obtaining and allocating resources
delegation~assigning duties and resposibility to subordinates for results
defining the roles and authority of personel
Leading:
motivating people to high performance,directing and communicating with people
assisting and insipire then toward achieving team and organisational goals
Controlling:
set and monitor performance the standard of porgress toward goals
indentifying performance problems by comparing data against standards
control tools such as scheduling, charting techniques, standard operating
procedures(SOP), budgeting, disciplinary actions etc.
then besides thoose functions are important ther have three management skills are
important also which are technical, human, and conceptual skills.
Technical skills:
ability to understand and use the techniques, knowledge and tools to equipment of a
specific discipline or deparment
Human skills:
interpersonal~enable a manager to work effectively through people
Conceptual skills:
important for top-level managers who must develop long range plans for future
gave a direction to a managers to determine the organisation as unified whole and
understand each part of the overall organisation interacts withe other derparment or
parts.
The time interval increases from left to right. During forward conditioning the onset of
the CS precedes the onset of the US. Two common forms of forward conditioning are
delay and trace conditioning.
Delay Conditioning
In delay conditioning the CS is presented and is overlapped by the presentation of the
US
Trace conditioning
During trace conditioning the CS and US do not overlap. Instead, the CS is presented, a
period of time is allowed to elapse during which no stimuli are presented, and then the
US is presented. The stimulus free period is called the trace interval. It may also be
called the "conditioning interval"
Simultaneous conditioning
During simultaneous conditioning, the CS and US are presented and terminate at the
same time.
Backward conditioning
Backward conditioning occurs when a conditioned stimulus immediately follows an
unconditioned stimulus. Unlike traditional conditioning models, in which the conditioned
stimulus precedes the unconditioned stimulus, the conditioned response tends to be
inhibitory. This is because the conditioned stimulus serves as a signal that the
unconditioned stimulus has ended, rather than a reliable method of predicting the future
occurrence of the unconditioned stimulus.
The onset of the US precedes the onset of the CS. Rather than being a reliable
predictor of an impending US (such as in Forward Conditioning), the CS actually serves
as a signal that the US has ended. As a result, the CR is said to be inhibitory.
Temporal conditioning
The US is presented at regularly timed intervals, and CR acquisition is dependent upon
correct timing of the interval between US presentations. The background, or context,
can serve as the CS in this example.
Unpaired conditioning
The CS and US are not presented together. Usually they are presented as independent
trials that are separated by a variable, or pseudo-random, interval. This procedure is
used to study non-associative behavioral responses, such as sensitization.
CS-alone extinction
Main article: Extinction (psychology)
The CS is presented in the absence of the US. This procedure is usually done after the
CR has been acquired through Forward conditioning training. Eventually, the CR
frequency is reduced to pre-training levels.
Q.5 How are culture and society responsible to built value system?
A value system is a set of consistent ethic values (more specifically the personal and
cultural values) and measures used for the purpose of ethical or ideological integrity. A
well defined value system is a moral code. The values identify those objects, conditions
or characteristics that members of the society consider important; that is, valuable. One
or more people can hold a value system. Likewise, a value system can apply to either
one person or many. Groups, societies, or cultures have values that are largely shared
by their members. The values identify those objects, conditions or characteristics that
members of the society consider important; that is, valuable.
A personal value system is held by and applied to one individual only.
A communal or cultural value system is held by and applied to a
community/group/society. Some communal value systems are reflected in the form of
legal codes or law.
The values of a society can often be identified by noting which people receive honor or
respect. Values are related to the norms of a culture, but they are more general and
abstract than norms. Norms are rules for behavior in specific situations, while values
identify what should be judged as good or evil. Flying the national flag on a holiday is a
norm, but it reflects the value of patriotism. Wearing dark clothing and appearing solemn
are normative behaviors at a funeral. They reflect the values of respect and support of
friends and family. Different cultures reflect different values. "Over the last three
decades, traditional-age college students have shown an increased interest in personal
well-being and a decreased interest in the welfare of others. Values seemed to have
changed, affecting the beliefs, and attitudes of college students. Members take part in a
culture even if each member's personal values do not entirely agree with some of the
normative values sanctioned in the culture. This reflects an individual's ability to
synthesize and extract aspects valuable to them from the multiple subcultures they
belong to. If a group member expresses a value that is in serious conflict with the
group's norms, the group's authority may carry out various ways of encouraging
conformity or stigmatizing the non-conforming behavior of its members. For example,
imprisonment can result from conflict with social norms that have been established as
law.
Q.1 “Halo effect and selective perception are the shortcuts in judging others”
Explain.
The halo effect refers to a cognitive bias whereby the perception of a particular trait is
influenced by the perception of the former traits in a sequence of interpretations.
Edward L. Thorndike was the first to support the halo effect with empirical research. In a
psychology study published in 1920, Thorndike asked commanding officers to rate their
soldiers; Thorndike found high cross-correlation between all positive and all negative
traits. People seem not to think of other individuals in mixed terms; instead we seem to
see each person as roughly good or roughly bad across all categories of measurement.
A study by Solomon Asch suggests that attractiveness is a central trait, so we presume
all the other traits of an attractive person are just as attractive and sought after. The
halo effect is involved in Harold Kelley's implicit personality theory, where the first traits
we recognize in other people influence our interpretation and perception of later ones
because of our expectations. Attractive people are often judged as having a more
desirable personality and more skills than someone of average appearance. Thus, we
see that celebrities are used to endorse products that they have no actual expertise in
evaluating, and with which they may not even have any prior affiliation. The term is
commonly used in human resources recruitment. It refers to the risk of an interviewer
noticing a positive trait in an interviewee and as a result, paying less attention to their
negative traits (or vice versa).
The halo effect has to do with judging or evaluating a person, place, or event by a single
trait or experience. This overall impression can be good or bad but will prejudice our
further involvement with the stimulus. Each of us can remember making a snap
judgment about someone based on a first impression. Often we try to perceive further
interaction with the individual based on this first impression, regardless of whether it
was positive or negative. If this impression is incorrect, it often takes considerable
pressure to concede this fact and break the halo effect. Examples are plentiful in
business. A plush office convinces us someone is an important person in the
organization and must be taken seriously. A sloppily typed letter by our new secretary
proves to us the individual is going to be an unsatisfactory employee. The halo effect
often shows up most conspicuously on performance appraisals where our overall good
or bad opinion of the workers interferes with our ability to evaluate weaknesses or
strengths accurately on individual job functions.
Selective Perception: Selective perception may refer to any number of cognitive
biases in psychology related to the way expectations affect perception. For instance,
several studies have shown that students who were told they were consuming alcoholic
beverages (which in fact were non-alcoholic) perceived themselves as being "drunk",
exhibited fewer physiological symptoms of social stress, and drove a simulated car
similarly to other subjects who had actually consumed alcohol. The result is somewhat
similar to the placebo effect. In one classic study on this subject related to the hostile
media effect (which is itself an excellent example of selective perception), viewers
watched a filmstrip of a particularly violent Princeton-Dartmouth American football
game. Princeton viewers reported seeing nearly twice as many rule infractions
committed by the Dartmouth team than did Dartmouth viewers. One Dartmouth alumnus
did not see any infractions committed by the Dartmouth side and erroneously assumed
he had been sent only part of the film, sending word requesting the rest. Selective
perception is also an issue for advertisers, as consumers may engage with some ads
and not others based on their pre-existing beliefs about the brand. Seymour Smith, a
prominent advertising researcher, found evidence for selective perception in advertising
research in the early 1960s, and he defined it to be “a procedure by which people let in,
or screen out, advertising material they have an opportunity to see or hear. They do so
because of their attitudes, beliefs, usage preferences and habits, conditioning, etc.”
People who like, buy, or are considering buying a brand are more likely to notice
advertising than are those who are neutral toward the brand. This fact has
repercussions within the field of advertising research because any post-advertising
analysis that examines the differences in attitudes or buying behavior among those
aware versus those unaware of advertising is flawed unless pre-existing differences are
controlled for. Advertising research methods that utilize a longitudinal design are
arguably better equipped to control for selective perception.
Selective perception is the personal filtering of what we see and hear so as to suit our
own needs. Much of this process is psychological and often unconscious. Have you
ever been accused of only hearing what you want to hear. In fact, that is quite true. We
simply are bombarded with too much stimuli every day to pay equal attention to
everything so we pick and choose according to our own needs.
For instance
Selective Perception in Public Assessment of the Press and the Presidential Scandal
Excellent/Good 46 61 46 35
Only fair/Poor 51 35 52 61
Don't 3 4 2 4
Know/Refused
Q.3 “A group formation passes through various stages”: Explain the various
stages of group formation.
The formation of some groups can be represented as a spiral; other groups form with
sudden movements forward and then have periods with no change. Whatever variant of
formation each group exhibits, they suggest that all groups pass through six sequential
stages of development. These stages may be longer or shorter for each group, or for
individual members of the group, but all groups will need to experience them. They are
forming, storming, norming, performing, mourning and retiring.
The terms are pretty self explanatory. When a group is forming, participants can feel
anxious not knowing how the group will work or what exactly will be required of them.
Storming, as the word suggests, is when things may get stormy. Conflict can emerge,
individual differences are expressed and the leader's role may be challenged. The value
and the feasibility of the task may also be challenged. After the storm comes the calm of
norming, where the group starts to function harmoniously and where participants co-
operate and mutual support develops. This enables the performing stage to occur
where the work really takes off and the group accepts a structure and method for
achieving the common task. When the group retires or adjourns, much learning
happens through informal chat and feedback about the group performance. Tuckman
and Jenson recognise that when groups dismantle themselves and the loose ends are
all tied up, participants often go through a stage of mourning or grieving.
This model is useful to know, so that when your group appears to be going nowhere or
perhaps members are arguing so much that no work can be started, you understand
that this is normal! Most groups go through these phases. Understanding this pattern
empowers you to work towards moving the group onto the next phase
Activity for individual reflection or as a group discussion following any group activity.
May be used following W1 DGB (Developing Effective Group Behaviour Exercise)
Think of a group that you have recently been involved with. Considering each stage of
its development, can you recall any evidence of these stages?
A Forming
· What was the task?
· Did you all share the same expectations of the task?
· Did you all have the same attitude to working in a group?
· Did you feel any anxiety at the outset of the activity?
B Storming
· Was there any conflict in the group?
· Did you all agree on the means of carrying out the task?
· Did you have a leader and was his/her authority challenged?
· Did any group members withdraw from the group?
C Norming
· Did you move on to agree methods of working?
· Did you have a common goal?
· Did you cooperate with each other?
· Did you work out how to proceed at all? (If not, you were probably still storming.)
D Performing
· Did everyone take on a functional role to achieve the task?
· Did you work constructively and efficiently?
· Did the group's activity focus on fulfilling the task?
· Did you experience a sense of achievement?
E Retiring/Adjourning
· Did you stop abruptly and all go your separate ways or did you finish the task and then
go off together and socialize?
· Did you talk about the group and your experience of it?
· What sort of issues did you discuss or think about after the group activity?
· Was it more or less acceptable to give and receive feedback in a relaxed atmosphere
when adjourning?
F Mourning/Grieving
· Have you experienced the mourning stage following the completion of a show or
project?
· Have you ever felt empty or sad when a group activity has finished
· Why might some people feel the mourning stage more acutely than others?
· How do you deal with your own feelings after the project or show?
Q.4 “Power is the ability to make things happen in the way an individual wants,
either by self or by the subordinates. The essence of power is to control over the
behavior of others”: Explain what are the various bases of Power?
Power is the ability to make things happen in the way an individual wants, either by self
or by the subordinates. The essence of power is control over the behavior of others.
Managers derive power from both organizational and individual sources. These sources
are called position power and personal power, respectively. Personal power resides in
the individual and is independent of that individual's position.
Three bases of personal power are:
1. Expertise,
2. Rational persuasion,
3. Reference.
Expert power is the ability to control another person's behavior by virtue of possessing
knowledge, experience, or judgment that the other person lacks, but needs. A
subordinate obeys a supervisor possessing expert power because the boss ordinarily
knows more about what is to be done or how it is to be done than does the subordinate.
Expert power is relative, not absolute.
However the table may turn in case the subordinate has superior knowledge or skills
than his/ her boss. In this age of technology driven environments, the second
proposition holds true in many occasions where the boss is dependent heavily on the
juniors for technologically oriented support.
Rational persuasion is the ability to control another's behavior, since, through the
individual's efforts; the person accepts the desirability of an offered goal and a viable
way of achieving it. Rational persuasion involves both explaining the desirability of
expected outcomes and showing how specific actions will achieve these outcomes.
Referent power is the ability to control another's behavior because the person wants to
identify with the power source. In this case, a subordinate obeys the boss because he
or she wants to behave, perceive, or believe as the boss does. This obedience may
occur, for example, because the subordinate likes the boss personally and therefore
tries to do things the way the boss wants them done. In a sense, the subordinate
attempts to avoid doing anything that would interfere with the pleasing boss-subordinate
relationship. Followership is not based on what the subordinate will get for specific
actions or specific levels of performance, but on what the individual represents-a path
toward lucrative future prospects.
Charismatic Power is an extension of referent power stemming from an individual's
personality and interpersonal style. Others follow because they can articulate attractive
visions, take personal risks, demonstrate follower sensitivity, etc.