Group Learning....

It almost an end of the first year of my MBA and it has been great learning till date.

In this whole 1 year, I worked with different groups or you can call it team also, consisting of 6 people. Every time, its a totally new experience.

Frankly speaking, its not at all easy to work with people. I am always comfortable working alone, because I am the one who will be sole responsible for my work, either its good or bad. Beside this, I can do experiment with my work, do some creative rather than going in a conventional way.

Sometimes, it seems that you can not rely on a person in a group who takes things very casually. Even, when you try to make that person work there's always a fear is that going to work in a desired way or not.

Many of our presentations are got ready at the last moment and it simply lacks consistency and team efforts.

Well, its good to work with different kind of people and learn to deal with them. It will surely gonna help me in my corporate life.

Well, many more group work is yet to be done and with many new people.

The learning keeps going.....

Human Behavior....

Organization behavior, one of the main subject in any PGDM Course makes us learn about the human aspect- his personality, perception, values, attitudes, group behavior and many more.

Its more inclined towards psychology than management. We learn about different theories and test to learn cause and effect of particular outcome.

But, can it be justified? Like, how can we measure the personality learning attributes separately. Many times, its very confusing for the students and it feels more irritated when student ask silly questions because many times class learning are very different from real life learning.

Every person reacts differently at different situations at a different time and it can not be calculated.

In theories, we were always been told about extremes and differentiate each personality but i think that different kinds of personality do exists simultaneously.

For instance, we were told about 4 personality related to animals. These are Owl, Turtle, Teddy Bear and Sharks.

All these animals signifies different kind of personality and it is said that the person can be one. But, how it can be. When I take my very own example, different people have different perceptions for me. For some, I am like a turtle and some, I am an Owl.

This is very true to the extrovert and Introvert characteristics also. People think that I am extrovert, may be I speak a lot but for me I am introvert. I speak a lot that doesn't mean that I am an extrovert.

What I think, judging people's behavior is more of your logic and intuitions.

Yesterday only in our exam, we got one question that what is the suitable combination trait for management student regarding one theory which clearly separates extrovert from introvert, logic from intuition, sensing from feeling and judging from perceiving.

Now, how can a person be either of them without having the other one. Many times, you have to use your logic or just your gut feeling.

When you are dealing with any problem that involves people, you can not neglect the feeling and perceiving part and taking only judgmental solutions.

Well, what I think is the situation that effect the decision making of the person the most. The study of psychology and organizational behavior do help to understand but in theories they just confuse.

Happiness Quotient.

Learning lot about marketing, finance and other subjects of management these days. But what matter a lot in this time of recession is your Happiness Quotient. In my last post I wrote about Spiritual Quotient, now its time for Happiness Quotient.

People, in this era of recession or before recession also, forgets about happiness.

But, companies are again looking for a person who is more stable and can handle stress and difficult situations.

In one survey, it is concluded that Indians are the most happiest person and by this we can say that happiness don't go along with money or status. Its an insight factor and varies from individual to individual.

Office environment has become so political and messy, that person to work calmly and here his Happiness Quotient work.

P.S: Just thought of writing something, and this comes..More suggestions required as how this happiness quotient link with the working of an employee...

Spiritual Quotient

Day before yesterday, I attended 10th Convention of Leadership organized by P.N.Singh Foundation and ITM Business School.

Many great leaders and managers are there to share their experiences.

There I came to know about new concept in field of managing people, i.e SQ (Spiritual Quotient).

After EQ and IQ, SQ is the new concept revolving around the corporate world. In the era, when everybody is fighting for money,prestige and fame; spirituality of man has taken a back seat.

The moment I listen this SQ, my mind keeps wondering what exactly spirituality means to people. Well, spirituality is not like you have to do meditation or have live like Sanyasi.

Spirituality for me is the peace of mind. Anything which gives pleasure to my soul.

I am always attracted towards to mysteries of mind and think that nature is the healer of soul.

I wrote some of my mysterious thinking out here.

http://mysteriousmona.blogspot.com/2007/04/dancing-on-rainbow.html

http://mysteriousmona.blogspot.com/2007/05/construction-of-thoughts.html

http://mysteriousmona.blogspot.com/2007/02/mystery-unfold.html

http://mysteriousmona.blogspot.com/2007/04/mystry-unfold-continues.html


In this hectic era of work style, the peaceful mind is required to handle most of the situations and it mostly depends on individual how they take their life and makes it beautiful and lively.

If people will start taking it in positive way and divert its thinking then it will definitely bring some major chances in human's life and in the whole world.

An Ungaurded Mind...

There was a man who worked for the railroad. One day he went into the freezer compartment to do his routine work, the door accidently closed & he found himself trapped in the compartment. He shouted for help but no one heard him since it was midnight. He tried to break down the door but he could not. As he lay in the freezer compartment, he began to feel colder & colder. Then he began to feel weaker and weaker & he wrote on the wall of the compartment, “I am feeling colder & colder; and I am getting weaker and weaker. I am dying and this may be my last words.” In the morning when the other workers opened up the compartment they found him dead. The sad twist to the above story is that the freezing apparatus in the compartment has broken down a few days earlier. The poor worker did not know about the damaged freezing apparatus & in his mind the freezing apparatus was working properly. He felt colder cold, got weaker & literally willed himself to die.
Success Principles: Our sub-conscious mind can be cheated. The sub-conscious can easily accept and act on information passed to it by the conscious mind. It has no capacity to reject or decline any instruction or information passed to it by the conscious mind. In the case of the poor worker, he consciously thought that he was getting colder, weaker & dying & sub-conscious mind accepted the above instruments & affected his physical body. That was how he willed himself to die.

Motivational Quote: “Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you came back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony & proportion is more readily seen.”

Five Points SNS

Hi Everybody,
First of all thanks to all for your suggestions and help.
My speech gone well. And as said, I am writing here the brief of that speech.

In my speech, I have highlighted the bright view of Social Networking Sites (SNS), without emphasis more on its negativity like Identity theft, Privacy issues, threat to national security, unethical issues and children's declination from studies.

These are:
1.) Growing need of Communication: The very first point, which explain our communication means and our requirement in our very fast life. Less time for real communication is there, so virtual communication gives them new mean to express, share and make new relations to destress themselves. Fropper, Orkut, Ibibo, Myspace, Facebook are commenly known for this.

2.) Change in Personality: It gives better way of expression. People are more open to share thier views and express themselves better as they are not known to other person. It also brings exchange of culture and values.

3.) Knowledge Transfer: Linkedin, the very famous professional site and a very good mean to share and exchange information. While googling also the trand has changed, we see more of blogs and other personal views rather than articles.

4.) Exposure: Making your creativity and talent reach to hundreds and thousands or people.
Groups and other activities through SNS has encouraged many people to show their hidden talents. Rediff Connexion is one of the site I know which have very active and good groups working towards different goals.

5.) Corporate Social Responsibility & Corporate Communication: SNS proves one of the medium through which companies fulfill their CSR. Zapak.com, fropper.com both have spread the HIV Aids awareness compaign through their portals. Tata Tea site Jago India spread awareness on different social aspects of our life. Many other brands like Sunsilk, Cartoon Network and many more are making their own sites to get in touch with consumers directly. Making their site more user friendly and interactive.

This are the points through which I proof that if we use SNS in a productive and in safe way much more things can be achieved.

Influence of Online Social Network on Youth...

A forwarded email of 2007 says: The reason for not be in touch with another person is the non-availability of his email id.

Orkut has been awarded with the tittle of 'Youth MTV Icon 2007'.

Fropper.com lauches campaign for HIV Aids Awareness among Youth.

And many other news, we heard last year about the social networking site.

Online social networking has gained momentum in India and lot more is being said and done on it.

It has become the new medium for Public Relation. People are coming together to raise their voice, to exchange information, to share knowledge and to investigate murder cases.

Corporates, too have undertstood its importance and making thier own social networking site to interact with their consumers directly. Many advertising compaign and mainly comprising meesages relating to CSR( Corporate Social Responsibility) is being circulatiing among sites to enhance the image of the company. Some of them can be names as Spinz.in, girlsofgirls.com, maggi club, bigadda and many more...

Social networking which was higly popular among youth to be in touch with their friends is now being diversified into many segments.

Accordinly, to recent Guardian Report, there are 6 types of Social networking Users.

Netrepreneurs:
People who accessed the sites for the sole purpose of making money (4%).

Connectors:
People who revel in passing on information and links whenever they come across something they find interesting (10%).

Transumers:
People who follow the lead of others and join groups connected to their hobbies (28%).

Collaborators:
People who use social networking sites to create events (5%).

Essentialists:
People who use social networking sites to stay in touch with friends and family (38%).

Scene Breaking:
People who hunt down new bands and talent online and share that through the site (5%).

But then Youth are in majority in all the segments. Online Social Networking has influenced the youth thinking.

With the advancement of technology and coming age of 2.0 Web, internet has taken a new shape.

But, as said every coin has 2 sides. Online social Networking has also effect our system.

It brings thread to pirvacy, Identity theft, hacking, moral and social effects, thread to national security and many other things.

We all are part of online social networking and thus want to know, How does your personal and professional life has been influenced through it.

P.S: Please share your views on the same as I am gathering information for my Micro-presentation on the topic 'Influence of Social Networking on our Youth'. Your views will be highly appreciated.