| A social system : |
A pattern of social acts through which one gets to know the dos and don’ts. |
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| Ability : |
Stable characteristic responsible for a person's maximum physical or mental performance. |
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| Apathy : |
Apathy refers to an unconcerned state in which a person is un-interested in what is happening and feels that nothing will happen even if he puts an effort. The person is not interested in the affairs of an organization and is just doing his job. |
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| Attitude : |
Attitude is a disposition to approach an idea, event, person or an object. |
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| Behaviour : |
The manner in which one behaves. The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli. |
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| Budget : |
A budget is a plan for spending money to improve your chances of using your money wisely and not spending more than net income. |
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| Career : |
A career is a series of related job experiences that fit into a meaningful pattern. A general strategy for making a sound career choice is to understand first the inner you, including what you have to offer and then match that information with information in the outside world. |
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| Coaching : |
Coaching involves questioning, listening and the ability to provide feedback to enhance skills and build self-esteem. |
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| Communication : |
Communication is the process of conveying the information and understanding of issues from one person to another. |
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| Conflict : |
Conflict is a condition that exists when two sets of demands, goals or motives are incompatible or unmatchable. |
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| Creativity : |
The ability to use ‘imagination’ or power of mind to develop new and original ideas or things. |
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| Cultural sensitivity : |
Cultural sensitivity is an awareness of and a willingness to investigate the reasons why people of another culture act as they do. |
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| Culture : |
Culture is that complex hold which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, norms, customs and any other habit acquired by a man as a member of a society. |
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| Depression : |
Depression is a widespread emotional disorder. The condition can drain energy and reduce productivity and quality. As effectiveness decreases, the person’s thinking, acting and feeling become more damaged. |
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| Electronic Brainstorming : |
In electronic brainstorming, group members simultaneously enter their suggestions into a computer and members can still build on each other’s ideas. |
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| Emergent Groups : |
Some groups form spontaneously, such as a group of friends. |
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| Ethics : |
Ethics may also be defined as a set of standards that help to determine the difference between right or wrong. |
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| Ethnocentrism : |
The assumption that the ways of one’s culture are the best ways of doing things can be called ethnocentrism. |
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| Globalization : |
Globalization refers to the spread of new forms of non–territorial social activities. |
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| Grapevine communication (informal) : |
It is "the informal transmission of information, gossip or rumor from person to person" The grapevine is the informal and unsanctioned information network within every organization. |
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| Group : |
Two or more individuals who interact with one another, share goals and norms and have a subjective awareness as me, myself, we and ourselves. |
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| Group Synergy : |
Group synergy refers to the idea that two heads (or more) are better than one. You may have also heard the phrase; the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, which also refers to group synergy. |
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| Happiness : |
Happiness is a state of joy, pleasure, goodness, or satisfaction. |
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| Hierarchy of need theory : |
Five basic needs--physiological, safety, love, esteem and self-actualization--influence behavior. |
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| In-group : |
In-group is a social group towards which an individual feels loyalty and respect, usually due to membership in the group. |
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| Intelligence : |
Capacity for constructive thinking, reasoning problem solving. |
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| Job satisfaction : |
An affective or emotional response to one's job. |
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| Leadership : |
Leadership is the process of bringing about positive changes and influencing others to achieve organizational goals. Change and influence are the key words |
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| Liquid assets : |
Liquid assets those that can be converted to cash relatively quickly. |
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| Management : |
Process of working with and through others to achieve organizational objectives efficiently and ethically. |
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| Mentoring : |
Mentors are peopling who have been where you want to go in your career and who are willing to act as your guide and friend. |
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| Motivation : |
The force of the need or desire to act. Psychological processes that arouse and direct goal-directed behavior. |
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| Need : |
Physiological or psychological deficiencies that arouse behavior. |
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| Negative stress : |
A person can’t adjust to the demands of the situation then the stress is prolonged then this negative stress affects on your performance, your health and your over all personality. This aspect of personality is linked with stress. |
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| Organization : |
System of consciously coordinated activities of two or more people. |
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| Out- group : |
An out-group is a social group towards which an individual feels contempt, opposition, or a desire to compete. |
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| Perceived Self : |
The way people see us. |
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| Perception : |
Perception is a process through which people select, organize, interpret, retrieve and respond to information. |
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| Perfectionism : |
Perfectionism is a belief that perfection can and should be attained. It is a belief that anything less than perfect is unacceptable. |
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| Personality : |
Personality is a sum total of habits, traits, characteristics of an individual. |
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| Portfolio career : |
In which a person use a variety of skills and earn money in several different ways. |
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| Positive stress : |
It is called u-stress; a person performs well due to this stress.e.g. Stress in exams makes you achieve better marks in the examination. |
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| Primary groups : |
Groups consisting of intimate, face-to-face interaction and relatively long-lasting relationships. Expressive needs intimacy, companionship and emotional support, provided by primary groups. |
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| Private Self : |
The personal life of a person. |
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| Proactive personality : |
Proactive personality is a person relatively unconstrained by forces in the situation and who brings about environmental change. |
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| Procrastination : |
Procrastination is delaying a task for an invalid or weak reason. Even productive people have problems with procrastination at times. |
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| Projected Self : |
What the person would like to project in public. |
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| Reference groups : |
Serve as a standard evaluating values, attitudes and behaviors. |
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| Resume : |
Resume is the first meeting between an employee and a prospective employer. Resumes introduce the applicant with the prospective employer. It is the document which encloses the educational qualification, relevant work experience and personal detail of a person submitted to an employer or some other authority for securing a job. |
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| Seasonal Affective Disorder : |
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression that develops during the hot and humid season and disappears as the weather becomes pleasant. |
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| Secondary groups : |
Groups with large membership, less intimate and less long lasting. |
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| Self awareness : |
Knowing your self is self awareness. Self-awareness, the ability to understand your own emotions. |
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| Self confidence : |
Self confidence is the totality of your personality. |
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| Self esteem : |
Self-esteem reflects a person's overall self-appraisal of his/her own worth. It is indispensable to normal and healthy self-development, and has a value for survival. |
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| Self love : |
You should appreciate your self and your personality. If you don’t love your self you have negative feelings about yourself which creates negative stress. |
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| Self perception : |
Self perception is the picture you hold about your self. |
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| Self respect : |
Your own feelings about your self are self respect. |
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| Self worth : |
You should know your own worth and value of your work. Basically it is marketing of your self as well as your capabilities. |
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| Self-Defeating Attitude : |
Self-defeating attitude is a tendency to act in such a way that one’s behavior works against his/her own interests, either intentionally or unintentionally. |
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| Sub culture : |
Set of people with different set of behaviors and beliefs which differentiates them from a larger culture of which they are a part. |
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| Telesearch : |
The telesearch involves making unsolicited phone calls to prospective employers. The job seeker prepares a list of names, and calls them with a prepared one-minute presentation in an attempt to arrange an interview. Because of voice mail systems, the telesearch has become more difficult to implement. |
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| Work Groups : |
Work groups function to complete a particular task. In a work group, the task dimension is emphasized. |
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