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TEAM BUILDING AND TEAM WORK

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TEAMS AND GROUPS What is Team A team is defined as a group of individuals who perform interdependent tasks in order to achieve a common goal or mission. A team is a small number of people with complementary skill who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for with they are mutually accountable. “Peoples working together in a committed way to achieve a common goal or mission. The work is interdependent and team members share responsibility and hold themselves accountable for attaining the results. “A team is a group of people working together towards a common goals.” “A group in which members work together intensively to achieve a common group goal.” “Any work group whose individual efforts result in a performance that is greater than the sum of individual inputs is called a work team”     Source : Lumen (ND)   What is a Group? A Group is Known as a collection of people working together or sharing common beliefs EG: A ...

EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

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INTRODUCTION TO TRAINING Training and development are critical to the effectiveness of organizations as well as employees' work experiences. Workplace productivity, health and safety, and personal growth are all affected by training. All businesses that employ people must invest in their employees' training and development. Most businesses are aware of this need and devote time, money, and other resources to training and development. Such an investment could include hiring specialized training and development personnel and providing salary to employees who are undergoing training and development. Investing in training and development necessitates the acquisition of and maintenance of space and equipment. It also means that operational staff working in the organization's core business functions, such as production, maintenance, sales, marketing, and management support, must devote some time and effort to assisting in the development and delivery of training. This means the...

FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL INCENTIVES

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INCENTIVE A incentive is a positive motivator that aids in the improvement of a person's performance. As a result, all of the steps done by management to increase the performance of its personnel can be classified as incentives. Financial and non-financial incentives are the two types of incentives available. OBJECTIVE OF INCENTIVES Increase Productivity Productivity is the Out-Put that is obtained for a certain level of In-Put Hence, one main objective of incentives would be to increase the out -put obtain as in relation to the in-puts. ABOVE AVERAGE PERFORMANCE Performance of people is not always at their best always. There can be a big gap between their ability to perform and the current level of performance. Incentives could be successfully used to full people towards their best level of performance and there by operating at full capacity Moral Booster Moral refers to the level of confidence and the inner desire of a person to do a particular task. Incentives ...

DEFINITION OF MANAGEMENT

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1.0 DEFINITION OF MANAGEMENT Management is currently described as a leadership job that gives overall direction to help an organization achieve its objectives. Management is the process of establishing and accomplishing objectives via the efficient use of human, financial, and material resources. 1.2 EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT Classical Approach Behavioral Approach Quantitative Approach Modern Approaches Emerging Approaches Source : Management Study HQ (2021) Classical Approach There are three schools of thought in classical management. This approach looked at the organization from the standpoint of production. Scientific Management This approach emphasized on scientific study of work methods to improve the efficiency of the workers. This method mainly concentrated on Improving efficiency through establishing standards, systematic observations and experiments. “One best way to do each job” Administrative theory Main Focus of this approach was to coordinate the international activities...

IDENTIFYING PEOPLE WHO NEED COUNSELING

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  2.1 IDENTIFYING PEOPLE WHO NEED COUNSELING While developing the skills required to be a successful counselor is important, it is also important that you have the necessary skills to identify those who need counseling help and when they need help. ·          They are not solving problems that they can solve on their own. ·          They are unusually troubled, tensed or anxious ·          Their behaviour has changed noticeably ·          They seem unaware of the consequences of their behaviour ·          They are not responding to usual motivators ·          Their behaviour is self-defeating or self-destructive ·          They are not mobilizing their energies ·        ...