MANAGEMENT PSYCHOLOGY SPIRITUALITY LEADERSHIP

In the corporate universe there is growing interest in how skills like mindfulness can be mastered and used - Bhuwan R Chataut Photo:  bigbackground.com Article Published on The Himalayan Times ~ Perspectives Nov 2 nd , 2014 Mindfulness can be mastered and used in one’s life Leadership begins with self and is the function of right perception and intelligence. Though researchers have identified a plethora of attributes of great leaders, the two abilities that greatly matter are ability to see the things as they are and ability to deal with new occurrences in the environment. Moreover, excellence on both is the result of a sound and fully aware mind. And, one of the processes to attain such state of mind is practicing mindfulness. We can consider our brain as the hardware and our mind as the software where mind remains in motion always producing

Conflict Management Photo:  smbitsolutions.wordpress.com Conflict may be a disagreement or misunderstanding with others or events. It may be over expectations, roles, goals, viewpoints etc. They also may be struggle between or among incompatible interests, needs, goals, people, ideas etc. It may also arise due to competition between individuals or groups for the same resources, positions, markets etc. K W Thomas defines the term conflict as “a process that begins when one party perceives that another party has negatively affected, or is about to negatively affects, something that the first party cares about. Conflicts are of different types within the organization, they are –  ü   Intra-personal ü   Inter –personal/intra-group ü   Inter-group/intra-organizational ü   Inter-organizational Traditional Views on Conflict 1.         Conflict leads to loss of energy and effort, destroy assets and waste the resources. 2.         They are the resul

How performance appraisal can contribute to firm’s  com petitive advantage? Photo: www.managementguru.net ü     Improving Performance ü    Making Correct Decisions (pay, promotion etc) ü    Ensuring Legal Compliance ü    Minimising Job Dissatisfaction and Turnover ü    Consistency between Organizational Strategy and Behaviour ü    Organizational Strategy and Performance Appraisal      (feedback mechanism, consistency between organizational strategy and job behaviour, and consistency between organizational values and job behaviour) Design Appraisal Program ü    Designing an appraisal program poses several questions which need answers. They are – ü    Formal  vs  informal appraisal ü    Whose performance should be rated? ü    Who are the raters? (Immediate supervisors, Subordinates, Peers, Clients – if by all – the appraisal system is called 360-degree appraisal system, Rating committees, Self-appraisal – the combination of above can be used) ü    W