positive thinking attitudes_and_beliefs_final_ppt_29.09.2011

POSITIVE THINKING : ATTITUDES POSITIVE THINKING : ATTITUDES AND BELIEFSAND BELIEFS

GROUP MEMBERS:-1. SUNIL WARRIER2. RAHUL KADWAIKAR3. BIRENDRAKUMAR CHAUHAN4. VIRAJ SHAH

LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP::Ability to influence, inspire & Motivate

Identification of goals

Right path to follow

Utilization of Manpower

LEADERSHIP

INTRODUCTION TO INTRODUCTION TO POSITIVE THINKINGPOSITIVE THINKING

Positive thinking is a mental attitude that sees the bright side of the life

Expects positive result Anticipates happiness & successful outcome Project attitude to bring good things Believing in yourself and in your abilities. Looking at failure and problems as blessings in

disguise.

POSITIVE THINKING

IMPORTANCE OF POSITIVE THINKING IMPORTANCE OF POSITIVE THINKING FOR A LEADERFOR A LEADER

Helps in Stress & Anger Management.

Makes an effort to come out of the crisis.

Helps in building better relations.

Motivating people to do the best they can.

Helps people in thinking creatively and out of the box.

WHAT IS ATTITUDE?WHAT IS ATTITUDE?

Hypothetical Construct Judgments Develop on the ABC model Direct experience or observational

learning Attitudes that we accept as children

are usually the attitudes we embrace as adults

An attitude is a learned tendency to respond to people or objects in a positive or negative way.

ATTITUDE FOR A LEADERATTITUDE FOR A LEADER

Have a winner’s attitude.  Improve the attitude of other employees or those who

report to you. Change the perception in stressful situations. Find the best out of the resources available. Passion for the business.

TYPES OF JOB RELATED ATTITUDESTYPES OF JOB RELATED ATTITUDES

1.Job Satisfaction

Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his or her job. One of the tasks of a manager is to provide job satisfaction to employee’s. Job satisfaction refers to an individual’s general attitude towards his or her job. A person with a high level of job satisfaction holds positive attitude towards the

job.

Organizational Commitment

2. Job Involvement

It refers to the degree to which a person indentifies with his job.

The term “job involvement” is relatively a recent concept in the management literature.

A job-involved person sees her or his job “as an important part of his self-concept.

3. Organizational Commitment

It is the employee's psychological attachment to the organization.

A committed employee strongly identifies with the goals of the organization and desires to remain a part of it.

It reflects an individual’s orientation towards the organization.

ATTITUDE AND PRODUCTIVITYATTITUDE AND PRODUCTIVITY

In 1955 Brayfield & Crockett made an extensive study of this relationship and concluded that there was minimal relation between the two.

In 1957 Herzberg and his associates concluded from the review of studies that there was a positive relation between the two.

A review in 1964 revealed that there was low but positive relationship between two.

The attitude at the beginning of a task will affect its outcome more than anything else.

An efficient person is productive when he is able to do his best in a right attitude.

ATTITUDE FORMATIONATTITUDE FORMATION

Self Perception Theory

Balance Theory

Dissonance Theory

SELF PERCEPTION THEORY:-

Self Perception Theory was developed by psychologist Daryl Bem.

Self Perception Theory is a behavioral theory.• It was developed to explain how people arrive at decisions

about the causes of their own behavior.• In SPT people examine two things while making decisions

Behavior Environment

BALANCE THEORY:-

• Balance Theory is a motivational Theory of attitude

change

proposed by Fritz Heider.

• It is an interpersonal theory of consistency.

• Unit formation and denial of unit formation (+1, -1).

• Liking and Disliking (+1, -1).

DISSONANCE THEORY:-

• This theory was proposed by Leon Festinger.• It means any incompatibility between two or more

attitudes or between behavior and attitudes.

• People’s attitudes or beliefs can be consonant (in line), dissonant (at odds), or not related to each other.

• Consistency is achieved by changing the attitudes, modifying the behaviors, or through rationalization.

Dissonance Theory:-

ATTITUDE CHANGE:- Attitudes can be changed through persuasion and we

should understand attitude change as a response to communication.

1. Change in Focus of recruitment:- There has been an absolute change in the focus & purpose

of recruitment done by companies today. Today the major recruitment requirement is proper attitude

with skill & expertise. Skills can be developed among employee’s but attitude is

one which cannot be hired from the shop.

22. . Develop Your Positive AttitudeDevelop Your Positive Attitude:-:-

• Listen to internal dialogue.

• Learn to Communication.

• Get back to Basics.

• Help someone out.

• Find your spirituality.

• Allow yourself to be Loved.

• Allow yourself to laugh & find humor.

• Participate in new physical & mental activities.

• Follow principles of holistic health.

BeliefBelief

Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.

It is confidence in truth or existence of something immediately inclined to exact proof.

It is simplest form of mental representation and therefore one of the building blocks of conscious thought

The concept of belief presumes a subject (the believer) and an object of belief (the proposition).

Belief and KnowledgeBelief and Knowledge

False Beliefs are not knowledge

Knowledge can be described as “justified true belief" a belief held by an individual that is both true and for which he has some justification.

Unjustified true beliefs are true guesses