B model based on various levels and its application in an actual scenario. Class 3 Date - 04/07/12 * Analysis of video shown in last lecture was submitted as homework. Diversity in organizations.
Case - "Data Will Set You Free" Through the case and its analysis I learnt hard and soft metrics. I also learnt Gee's nine box performance matrix developed by McKinney for the purpose of evaluating employees in terms of their potential and actual performance. Class 4 Date - 09/07/12 * AMBIT test * Personality and different types - ideal, actual and projected. * Trait theory on * Intervention & Extroversion; Intuition & Sensing; Judging & Perceiving; Logic & Feeling I came to know about my personality type and compared my personality traits o those provided as a general set of traits for particular groups.I also read about Fraud's theories which although widely quoted are never completely interpreted or analyses.
Class 5 Date - 11/07/12 * Major personality attributes - Locus of Control - Core Self Evaluation - Machiavellian - Narcissism - Self Monitoring - Risk Taking - Type A personality * Big Five I learned the major personality attributes and understood the various interpretations of each due to the long and varied discussions in class. Class 6 Date - 16/07/12 * Type A v/s Type B * Types of values - terminal and instrumental.Reach Value Survey * Personality Job Fit * Personality Organization Fit * Hypotheses Framework for Assessing Cultures * Attitude + Value + Personality = Behavior I learnt about the various types of values and deciphered how to apply it for efficiently identifying a person's match with the organization's culture and ethical standards. I also studied Hypotheses framework and found it either lacking or grossly incorrect in many places. Yet it provided a great insight into the various values existing within different cultures and ethnicities.Class 7 Date - 18/07/12 Types of values - Cognitive, Behavioral and Affective * Types of attitudes - Satisfaction, Involvement and Commitment * Power Distance * Individualism v/s Collectivism * Masculinity v/s Femininity * Uncertainty avoidance * Long term v/s Short term orientation * Indulgence v/s Restraint * Cognitive Dissonance I learnt the importance of correct perception.
I also learnt about the various factors involved in perception biz. Object, situation and perceiver.Also, I was exposed to dissonance as a term and its various conditions under which it is used like cognitive assonance. Thus, I learnt an all encompassing term which describes inconsistencies very well.
Class 8 Date - 23/07/12 * Pygmalion Theory * Perception * Halo effect * Stereotype * Projection * Contrast Effect * Decision making and different models * Rational model, Bounded Rationality model and Intuitive model biases in decision making * Garbage Can Model * Eye of the Beholder * Different I learnt about how expectations influence actual performance in the context of the Pygmalion theory.I also learnt how biases affect our perception even without us realizing it. This became very obvious by the analysis of the short movie "Eye of the Beholder" wherein the whole class suggested adjectives for the lead character but all of those were ultimately proved wrong when we saw the actual picture instead of the individual perceptions.Class 9 Date - 25/07/12 * Affect, emotions and moods * Structure of mood model * Emotional Labor * Emotional Intelligence and it's components * Emotional Dissonance * Felt emotions, Displayed emotions, surface acting and deep acting Events Theory * Royally - Blind Tower Building * Expectancy theory of motivation * John Lemon's Case Study Be a Lamp Unto Yourself * Motivation * Affective This was an extremely interesting class as I participated in a role play which involved communicating with my team mates so that one of them could build a tower out of dice blindfolded.I learnt the importance of effective communication and how hierarchy and unrealistic expectations hamper actual productivity.
Class 10 * Mascots theory of needs * Alder's needs * Miscellany's Theory of Needs * Herrings Motivator Hygiene Theory * Differentiation between Internal and Process Theories * Employee Motivation Programs - individual rewards, team rewards and organizational rewards * Become a Facial Decoder I alongside my group were given an opportunity to present our analysis of a case we had prepared.We had made it extremely interesting with the help of a video and pictures of different leaders mentioned in the case. Also, I learnt about Mascots theory in comparison to other similar theories and its limitations which I have never had an opportunity to discuss before. One key learning from HOBO class has been to not take anything at face value and necessarily analyses the topic and form your own opinion about it.
