A Success Story as a Teacher

Human resources is the set of individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy. "Human capital" is sometimes used synonymously with human resources, although human capital typically refers to a more narrow view (i.e., the knowledge the individuals embody and can contribute to an organization). Likewise, other terms sometimes used include "manpower", "talent", "labour", or simply "people".

The professional discipline and business function that oversees an organization's human resources is called human resource management (HRM, or simply HR).

OverviewThe term in practice

From the corporate objective, employees have been traditionally viewed as assets to the enterprise, whose value is enhanced by further learning and development, referred to as human resource development. [1]Organizations will engage in a broad range of human resource management practices to capitalize on those assets.

In governing human resources, three major trends are typically considered:

1. Demographics : the characteristics of a population/workforce, for example, age, gender or social class. This type of trend may have an effect in relation to pension offerings, insurance packages etc.

2. Diversity : the variation within the population/workplace. Changes in society now mean that a larger proportion of organizations are made up of "baby-boomers" or older employees in comparison to thirty years ago. Advocates of "workplace diversity" advocate an employee base that is a mirror reflection of the make-up of society insofar as race, gender, sexual orientation etc.

3. Skills and qualifications: as industries move from manual to more managerial professions so does the need for more highly skilled graduates. If the market is "tight" (i.e. not enough staff for the jobs), employers must compete for employees by offering financial rewards, community investment, etc.

In regard to how individuals respond to the changes in a labour market, the following must be understood:

Geographical spread: how far is the job from the individual? The distance to travel to work should be in line with remuneration, and the transportation and infrastructure of the area also influence who applies for a position.

Occupational structure: the norms and values of the different careers within an organization. Mahoney 1989 developed 3 different types of occupational structure, namely, craft (loyalty to the profession), organization career path (promotion through the firm) and unstructured (lower/unskilled workers who work when needed).

Generational difference: different age categories of employees have certain characteristics, for example, their behavior and their expectations of the organization.

Concerns about the terminology

One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of

A SUCCESS STORY AS A TEACHER:

: As I pen down to write my ‘success story as a teacher’ I want to dwell on two aspects –‘success’ and ‘teacher’.

For me success is a journey and not a destination as Ben Sweetlands had perceived. In my life too, I havesimilarly perceived success as a journey and not a destination. This journey has been going on for manyyears and is still going without wanting to know its destination. Once I look for the destination my success story will end and that is the reason I want it to go on.

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One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of Prior to charting out my career path others had discovered the ‘teacher’ in me. These ‘others’ were none other than my own teachers and my classmates .The former gave me the opportunity to take the stage in my stride and voice my opinion fearlessly to the world in front of me. The latter were ‘taught’ by me to make them understand better the subjects they lacked in understanding.

But my interest lay elsewhere. My passion was to give vent to my creative side by joining theatre. But destiny had some other story written for me and it landed me with a job as a teacher.

Prior to taking up my first task as teacher I apprised myself on two questions which I put to myself. I asked myself what I ought to look for in the job – whether to what I get from it or to what I become? I chose to look for answers to the latter.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of As I focused on the query of what I was becoming as a teacher the path of success unfolded itself. But since I was not looking for a destination my success story still continues to traverse with me.

I found that the more I gave, the more I got. This was not in terms of material gains which my job as a teacher could offer to me but spiritual happiness. This I got when I interacted with my students. Their thirst for knowledge, their enthusiastic responses, and their unconditional love left me in a state of Nirvana. What the great seers attained after many years of hard penance I achieved it in a say 45 or 35 minute interaction with my students. This experience itself is the daily dose of my success story.

I had mentioned earlier that my passion was dramatics. At times this thought would make me feel saddened but I did not wish this thought ever to take a toll on me as a teacher. Fortunately



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of for me I attended a workshop conducted by Barry John, a well known theatre director in Delhi. In this workshop I discovered how a teacher could use skills in dramatics to teach History, which coincidentally happened to be my subject. This workshop transformed my life. I took my passion which I had thought

I had left behind and transplanted into my students lives. I directed a series of plays based on historical topics and made the students sensitive to the past. Through dramatics I attached imaginative wings to my students wherein they breathed like yesteryears historical characters. I achieved what I always wanted to when I was taught History in the most dreary and unimaginative manner in my school days. It was then that I had vowed to myself that if ever I would take teaching as a profession.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of I would take teaching of History to a new level. I said to myself that I would make students treat the past not as a dead but a vibrant past by making them find close resemblance to their lives. This promise I could keep intact by teaching History through play way method.

The above experience was a journey in itself. I got to relive my passion and the students got to discover their talents. Some discovered great oratory skills, some found themselves as good narrators and others got a chance to act out the historical characters be it Akbar or Ashoka. There were others who found themselves engaged in writing scripts and some others who may not have liked History lessons but enjoyed giving background scores for the plays on their keyboards. At the end of the day our practice sessions made us bond with one another. The students started imagining every event taught in the the class by placing themselves in the protagonists shoes. What else I could have asked for if not for the smile of the students with my history lessons.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of My goal as a teacher is to translate response into results. Some teachers teach for others to learn. That is not me. Some teachers teach for others to accomplish. That is me. I would like to end by sharing my secret recipe for my success story as teacher :

Project OutlineThe concept that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts has been known from the time of Aristotle and become a common phrase in English. The same concept might be stated in several different ways and different authors might have something slightly different in mind when they use the phrase.

The objective is to collect examples of the usage of this concept over the last 2000 years including




































-- person who used it -- precisely form of expression -- context or object of usage (what specific phenomenon was the author referring to) -- explanation of why the concept applies in this context of in general

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THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS

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used it Expression (author referring to)

1. Team Dynamics,

Learning skills

Synergy Activity: Synergy = The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Another way to look at this is: 1+1=3.

The definition of Synergy is “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” Activity: Behind this screen I have 50 items that I want you to view for 35 seconds. Try to memorize as

The synergy portion of the lesson develops the concept of “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” and power of teamwork.

The key is that people tend to remember different items, so the number is bound to increase, proving the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. At each step




































many items as you can. I will bring you up to view the items in groups of threes;

the range of items will increase, showing that as we work together we increase our potential (1+1=3).

2. Dr. Alterwein Engaged In Mind/Body Techniques Of The 'Whole' Body To Change

If the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

One would think the total to somehow be more than the sum of its parts, or more than ten. This would be like adding ten

Let’s take the auto. Each part,has a function. Let’s give each part's function a value of 'one.' Thus, when all parts are combined, all functions be combined together to create a new function. Ten functions, each with a value of




































Various 'Parts' Of The Body!

'ones' together, and instead of getting ten, you would get eleven or twelve or more, well beyond the logical addition of mathematics.

one, would therefore give a total value of ten.

3. Gestalt psychologists

‘”The whole is greater than the sum of its parts,”

Supply chains are all around us. They’re present in product manufacturing;

If an end product is made up of a 1,000 parts and only 999 are available, that product is incomplete - regardless of how big or small the missing item may




































they’re visible in the service industry; and they’re a dominating element of the transportation industry. When one part of the supply chain is missing or disrupted, it can affect the entire process.

be. When the Gestalt psychologists first coined the phrase, ‘”The whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” they may have overlooked its application to an assembly or production line.




































4. Meyer Elkin L.C.S.W.

THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS.

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5. Susanne Goldstein

The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts

Individual commitment to a group effort that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization

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6. Kevin Hinton The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

The truth of the matter is that all traditional systems in operation to-day treat symptoms, ie divide the body into parts and then try to put it back together again.

The body is a unit – all parts work for the benefit of the whole

7. The Influence of Gestalt Psychologists

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Perception - The process of organizing and

Gestalt Laws of Grouping

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The law of Pragnanz - Of several possible configurations, the one that will occur is the simplest and most stable shape. Gestalt laws of grouping.

interpreting the sensory information to give it meaning.

Objects near each other tend to be processed as a unit.

Similarity - Objects similar to each other tend to be processed as a unit.

Good continuation - Objects arranged in a straight line of




































curve tend to be seen as a unit.

Closure -

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts...or is it? by Trent Bester

When a piece of plastic the size of a quarter can cause a multimillion-dollar operation to screech to a halt, the importance of an effective, well-oiled supply chain becomes obvious.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of If an end product is made up of a 1,000 parts and only 999 are available, that product is incomplete - regardless of how big or small the missing item may be. When the Gestalt psychologists first coined the phrase, ‘”The whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” they may have overlooked its application to an assembly or production line.

Supply Chain Management: How it Really Works

Trent Bester and Pradeep Narayanaswamy encounter this kind of challenge in their work every day. Trent is vice president of MNP’s management consulting team, while Pradeep is a senior MNP manager specializing in supply chain management.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of “When you come right down to it, supply chain management is about getting the right things, in the right place at the right time,” says Trent. “Running out of materials is a common problem, and can end up costing companies days or even weeks of production time.”

Trent and Pradeep specialize in helping companies understand how the integrated parts of their companies interact to create a finished product or service. They work to create equilibrium among cost, quality, and delivery to keep business operations flowing smoothly and efficiently.

Trent believes many of us have a misconception that supply chain management is all about saving money. “In reality, it’s about balancing all aspects of the supply chain and ensuring all affected parties are in consensus.”



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of That fact was particularly evident when Trent and Pradeep were advising a major construction company in B.C. on supply chain issues. The pair discovered the client’s primary challenge was not keeping costs down; a scarcity of labour and materials were a much greater challenge.

“Construction couldn’t even begin if materials and workers weren’t available in the first place, regardless of what they might cost,” explains Pradeep. He and Trent worked with the company, its suppliers and employees to devise a long-term plan to secure access to the limited resources.

Competing priorities are another common challenge in effective supply chain management. Workers on a production line want parts to be readily available at all times; marketing wants the highest quality products with the most attractive finish; and finance wants it all at the lowest price. Trent and Pradeep work with clients to assess these needs and develop a plan that manages competing interests while ensuring the company attains maximum profitability.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of “Usually with even a simple assessment and analysis, we can guarantee a 10 per cent cost savings or increase in process improvement,” says Pradeep.

The Case of Excess Inventory

One of Trent’s favourite cases involves a client that manufactured movable office walls adorned with expensive handles. The company culture was very customer-centric; the CEO demanded his customers got exactly what they wanted as quickly as possible.

If his customers weren’t happy, the CEO wasn’t happy, which trickled down to the production line. To avoid running out of inventory, production floor staff ordered large quantities of door fixtures. This led to significant capital being tied-up in inventory – and the company losing money.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of When Trent suggested the company contact their supplier to see any of the unused door fixtures could be returned, they learned a valuable lesson. The supplier asked the company to let them know how much inventory they had; the supplier would then let them know how much they could take back. When the company provided its final number, the supplier exclaimed, “You have more inventory in storage than we do!”

Tailoring Your Technology

When asked whether new technologies or software can increase supply chain efficiencies, Trent and Pradeep are matter-of-fact. “Technology is certainly a part of supply chain management, but it’s secondary in importance; it’s an enabler,” affirms Pradeep.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of Despite being advocates of logistics management software like ORACLE, Trent and Pradeep both stress the importance of having a strategy to tailor technology to your particular needs before investing in potentially expensive software that may not solve the problem.

To illustrate the point, Pradeep explains that if he gave someone Microsoft Word and told them to write a novel, few would be able to complete the task.

“The person would need to have the skills and intelligence to write in the first place. The software is simply something that lets them do what they already know how to do.”

The same is true with logistics software; software will enable you to do what your business already does well. Although it can render your processes more efficient, a strategic plan has to be in place before implementation.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of It’s All About the Sum of our Parts

Supply chains are all around us. They’re present in product manufacturing; they’re visible in the service industry; and they’re a dominating element of the transportation industry. When one part of the supply chain is missing or disrupted, it can affect the entire process.

So, the next time you ponder the saying that a whole is greater than the sum of its parts, think about what it would be like to try driving your car without the steering wheel. It reminds us all that the whole really is as great as the sum of its parts.

By Trent Bester, Vice President of Management Consulting. For more information on supply chain management, please contact your local MNP advisor, or Trent at 1.877.688.8408.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of What does the phrase The whole is greater than the sum of its parts mean?In: Science, Math and Arithmetic, Human Resources [Edit categories]

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A crushed car is still "the sum of its parts", and it doesn't consume much gas, but it neither rolls nor provide any utility except as scrap. "The whole" implies an order or arrangement, whcih cannot be applied to single atoms.

Water and a handful of dirt cannot paint a work of art, compose a song, or generate another "summation" of water and handful of dirt to do the same.






















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One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of An iron atom is not a bridge, but lots of iron atoms can be.

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One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of ORGANIZATION AND COMPONENTS OF ORGANIZATION

After studying this chapter, students should be able to understand the concepts about:

Organization Components of an Organization

LESSON OVERVIEW This lecture discusses the organization, its types, and the components of organization. An organization is a managed system designed and operated to achieve a specific



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of set of objectives. We will also discuss the components of an organization. Remember Managers operate in organizations.

A. Organization

An organization is not a random group of people who come together by chance. They consciously and formally establish it to accomplish certain goals that its members would be unable to reach individually. A What i Or zati

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One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of manager’s job is to achieve high performance relative to the organization’s objectives. For example, a business organization has objectives to (1) make a profit (2) furnish its customers with goods and services; (3) provide an income for its employees; and

(4) increase the level of satisfaction for everyone involved. An organization is a social entity, which is goal orients and deliberately structured. Organizations are not functioning in isolated but are linked to external

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One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of (2) Capital and

(3) labor & knowledge to produce Goods and Services.

Types of organization

a) Formal: The part of the organization that has legitimacy and official recognition.

b) Informal: The unofficial part of the organization.

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One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of 2. People

3. Structure

4. Technology

1. Task: This component can be defined as a mission or purpose of the existence of Organization’s basic

systems view organization. Every organization is having a purpose of existence that is accomplished by producing certain goods and services as an output, which is termed as task.

2. People: The workforce or human part of organization that performs different operations in the organization.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of Feedback loops

1. Structure: Structure is the basic arrangement of people in the organization.

2. Technology: The intellectual and mechanical processes used by an organization to transform inputs into products or services.




































Systematic Approach to Management

A system is an entity with a purpose that has interdependent parts. The systems approach suggests viewing the organization as a system. All systems have four basic characteristics: 1) they operate within an environment; 2) they are composed of building blocks called elements,



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of components, or subsystems; 3) they have a central purpose against which the organization’s efforts and subsystems can be evaluated; and 4) essential systems thinking places focus on the interrelatedness among the subsystems and its environment. Systematic management emphasized internal operations because managers were concerned primarily with meeting the explosive growth in demand brought about by the Industrial Revolution. In addition, managers were free to focus on internal issues of efficiency, in part because the government did not constrain business practices significantly. Finally, labor was poorly organized. As a result, many managers were oriented more toward things than toward people. The influence of the systematic management approach is clear in the following description of one organization’s attempt to control its workers.

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One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of A closed system does not interact with the outside environment. Although few systems actually take this form, some of the classical approaches treated organizations as closed systems. The assumption was that if managers improve internal processes, the organization would succeed. Clearly, however, all organizations are open systems, dependent on inputs from the outside world, such as raw materials, human resources, and capital, and output to the outside world that meet the market’s needs for goods and services. Above figure illustrates the open-system perspective. The organizational system requires inputs, which the organization transforms into outputs, which are received by the external environment. The environment reacts to these outputs through a feedback loop, which then becomes an input for the next cycle of the system. The process continues to repeat itself for the life of the system. As above Figure shows, a system is a set of interdependent parts that processes inputs (such as raw materials) into outputs (products). Business inputs typically known as resources include human, physical, financial etc resources. Most businesses use a variety of human, financial, physical, and informational resources.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of Manager’s function is to transform these resources into the outputs of the business. Goods and services are the outputs of the business. Some of the major components of the external environment include customers, competitors, suppliers, and investors.

Efficiency and Effectiveness

The closed-system focus of the classical theorists emphasized the internal efficiency of the organization; that is, these perspectives addressed only improvements to the transformation process. Efficiency is the ratio of outputs to inputs. Systems theory highlights another important dimension for managers: effectiveness. Effectiveness is the degree to which the organization’s outputs correspond to the needs and wants of the external environment. The external environment includes groups such as customers, suppliers, competitors, and regulatory agencies.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of Even a firm that has mastered Taylor’s scientific management techniques and become extremely efficient is vulnerable if, it does not consider the effectiveness of its output

Subsystem

Systems theory also emphasizes that an organization is one level in a series of subsystems. For instance, Pakistan Air force is a subsystem of our defense industry and the flight crews are a subsystem of Pakistan Air force. Again, systems theory points out that each subsystem is a component of the whole and is interdependent with other subsystems.

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One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of Systems theory also popularized the concept of synergy, which states that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. For example, 3M have applied its core technology of adhesives to many products, from industrial sealers to Post-it notes. 3M has not had to start from scratch with each product; its adhesives expertise provides synergies across products.

Human Relation Approach

Another approach to management, human relations, developed during the early 1930s. This approach aimed at understanding how psychological and social processes interact with work situation to influence performance. Human relations were the first major approach to emphasize informal work relationships and worker satisfaction. This approach owes much to other major schools of thought.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of The Hawthorne Studies

Western Electric Company, a manufacturer of communications equipment, hired a team of Harvard researchers led by Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger. They were to investigate the influence of physical working conditions on workers’ productivity and efficiency in one of the company’s factories outside Chicago. This research project, known as the Hawthorne Studies provided some of the most interesting and controversial results in the history of management. The Hawthorne Studies were a series of experiments conducted from 1924 to 1932. During the first stage of the project (the Illumination Experiments), various working conditions, particularly the lighting in the factory, were altered to determine the effects of these changes on productivity. The researchers found no systematic relationship between the factory lighting and production levels. In some cases, productivity continued to increase even when the illumination was reduced to the level of moonlight. The researchers concluded that the workers performed and reacted



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of differently because the researchers were observing them. This reaction is known as the Hawthorne Effect. This conclusion led the researchers to believe productivity may be affected more by psychological and social factors than by physical or objective influences. With this thought in mind, they initiated the other four stages of the project. During these stages, the researchers performed various work group experiments and had extensive interviews with employees. Mayo and his team eventually concluded that the informal work group influenced productivity and employee behavior.

The Human Relations Viewpoint

Human relations proponents argued that managers should stress primarily employee welfare, motivation, and communication. They believed social needs had precedence over economic needs. Therefore, management must gain the cooperation of the group and promote job



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of satisfaction and group norms consistent with the goals of the organization. Another noted contributor to the field of human relations was Abraham Maslow. In 1943, Maslow suggested that humans have five levels of needs. The most basic needs are the physical needs for food, water, and shelter; the most advanced need is for self-actualization, or personal fulfillment. Maslow argued that people try to satisfy their lower level needs and then progress upward to the higher-level needs. Managers can facilitate this process and achieve organizational goals by removing obstacles and encouraging behaviors that satisfy people’s needs and organizational goals simultaneously. Although the human relations approach generated research into leadership, job attitudes, and group dynamics, it drew heavy criticism. Critics believed the philosophy, while scientific management overemphasized the economic and formal aspects of the workplace; human relations ignored the more rational side of the worker and the important characteristics of the formal organization. However, human relations were a significant step in the development of



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of management thought, because it prompted managers and researchers to consider the psychological and social factors that influence performance.

The Challenges of today’s organization

Organizations are facing different challenges in today’s environment like:

Technology Only 20 years ago, few workers used fax machines or e-mail, and computers occupied entire rooms, not desktops. Advances in information and communication technology have permanently altered the workplace by changing the way



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of Diverse Workforce

A diverse workforce refers to two or more groups, each of whose members are identifiable and distinguishable based on demographic or other characteristics like gender, age group, education etc. Several barriers in dealing with diversity include stereotyping, prejudice, ethnocentrism, discrimination, tokenism, and gender-role stereotypes.

Multiple Stakeholders

Stakeholders are those who have interests in the organization. Multiple stakeholders for an organization include the customers, suppliers, consumers, investors, lenders, etc.

Responsiveness



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of An organization has to be responsive to the challenges and threats that it faces from within the internal or external environment. It requires quick responsiveness to meet the challenges and opportunities arising out of these changes.

Rapid Changes

Due to changing internal and external environment, rapid changes in the organization occur. Organization has to be flexible to adjust to those changes.

Globalization



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of Managers are faced with a myriad of challenges due to an array of environmental factors when doing business abroad. These managers must effectively plan, organize, lead, control, and manage cultural differences to be successful globally.

Key Terms Diverse Workforce: A diverse workforce refers to two or more groups, each of whose members are identifiable and distinguishable. Effectiveness: A measure of the appropriateness of the goals chosen (are these the right goals?), and

the degree to which they are achieved.

Efficiency: Efficiency is the ratio of outputs to inputs.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of Organization: Organization is a managed system designed and operated to achieve a specific set of

objectives.

Stakeholders: Stakeholders are those who have interests in the organization

Structure: Structure is the basic arrangement of people in the organization.

Synergy: This concept states that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

System: A system is an entity with a purpose that has interdependent parts.



































One major concern about considering people as assets or resources is that they will be commoditized and abused. Some analysis suggests that human beings are not "commodities" or "resources", but are creative and social beings in a productive enterprise. The 2000 revision of Task: This component can be defined as a mission or purpose of the existence of

organization.






















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