VALUE

The word meaning of Value is:-

 Worth,
 Merit ,
 Usefulness ,
Importance of thing.
 Definition

A value is something that has worth or important to a

person. It consist a judgmental elements. It carries an
individual’s ideas as to what is right.

Values are global beliefs that guide actions and judgments

across a variety of situations.- Milton Rokeach
 NATURE OF VALUE

Part of Culture

Learned Responses

Inculcated

Social Phenomenon

Gratifying Responses

Adaptive Process
 Sources of Value formation
Value Forming institutions:- Family , School , Religion , State.

Organisational Values:- Different organisation have their own value

system.

Peer and Colleagues:-

Work and Career :- individual’s career includes the task or

responsibilities associated with a particular job in an organization. It create

special values and reflects in ideas and behaviors of the individual. .

 Types of Values

G.W.Allport , P.E.Vermon and G.Lindzey categorized value

into six type:-

-Theoretical:- Interest in the discovery of truth through

reasoning and systematic thinking.

-Economic :- Interest in accumulation of wealth.

-Aesthetic , Social , Political ,Religious .

Types of Values continue…..

Graves’s has classified various personal values into

5 categories.
Existentialism:- Orientation of behavior agreeing with existing realities.
Conformistic :- Orientation towards achievement of material beliefs
through control over physical resources.

Sociocentric :- Orientaton with getting along with people.

Tribalistic :- Orientation towards safety by submitting to power.
Egocentric :- Orientation to survival and power.
Rokeach’s Classification:-
Terminal values:- What a person is ultimately striving to achieve.
Like; equality among all people, Happiness and satisfaction in life,
Knowledge and wisdom, pride in accomplishment etc……

Instrumental Values:- It deals with means for achieving desired

ends like; hard work and achievement, self sufficiency and
independence, truthfulness and honesty, open-mindedness,
receptivity to new ideas etc…………
 Changing Value System in India.

Nuclear Family.
Lack of Punctuality and hard work.
Cut Throat competition.
Self Interest.
Lack of respect for others.
Lack of sincerity towards work.
Career oriented Education system.
Double income no kids(DINK) Family composition.
Lack of simplicity.
Wear cloth to attract others and believe in exposure.