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The
Impact of Attitudes in Improving Performance: "Attitudes
Determine One's Altitude"
-- N
Vijaya Lakshmi
Attitudes
have a great say in bringing the best of performance and
increasing productivity levels in any organization. It is
widely proven in management theory about the impact of attitude
building in eliciting quality output from the employees
in an organization. Two of the top five ivy league business
schools namely, Harvard and Stanford have stated that 85%
of the reasons a student gets a job and continues in that
job is due to `attitude' and 15% is due to technical or
specific skills(based on well-researched studies). We spend
money on education and hardly spend money in building positive
attitudes, which are supposed to be learnt as we get educated.
This article explains how one's attitude influences the
productivity levels in organizations.
©
2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved.
Building
Human Psycho-Technological Efficiency Through Neuro Linguistic
Programming
--
Kunal
Gaurav
High-quality
interpersonal skills of managers and employees have become
the building block for any organization to grow these days.
The skill to build and maintain long lasting relationships
with others has become the prime purpose of every organization
and to cater for this, organizations always remain in search
of people with good communication skills, interpersonal
skills, team building and problem-solving abilities. It
is a fact that the persona of a person is vastly enriched
after imbibing these qualities. This paper discusses the
role of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) in the development
of personality that ensures success in personal as well
as in professional life.
©
2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved.
A
Perspective on Self-Efficacy Beliefs for Academic Achievement
--
M
Madhavi Latha
This
paper emphasizes on the construct of self-efficacy, which
was introduced by Albert Bandura, 1977. The importance of
self-efficacy beliefs in offering resilience to adversity
and averting vulnerability to stress and depression is well-established.
This fosters a sense of positive well being, which can become
predictors of level of accomplishments. This vital function
of self-efficacy can help to improve personal competence,
which is an essential prerequisite for academic achievement.
For facilitating academic achievement, self-efficacy beliefs
can be fostered through various environmental influences.
An insight into the sources of influence in the environment
and conceptual distinction between self-efficacy and self-concept
provides a substantial base for planning appropriate interventions.
Therefore, the role of self-efficacy beliefs for psychological
well-being and academic achievement is well supported by
research in this area. The scope of using these research
findings for practical applicability finds relevance for
addressing the needs of students by planning appropriate
interventions and for further research initiatives.
©
2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved.
Cocktail
of Domain Know-How with Soft Skills
--
Manishankar
Chakraborty
The
need for soft skills has increased manifold over the last
few years. Professionals need to possess a high soft skills
quotient, apart from the domain knowledge in order to succeed
in this competitive era. Research findings have quite often
shown that professionals with better soft skills were able
to create a marked difference not only in the marketplace,
but also within the company. Success at the workplace calls
for altogether different skill sets and understanding which
might even lead to the academic toppers taking a back seat
vis-à-vis their `below average' peers in terms of
domain knowledge taking a better position. The need of the
hour for professionals is to understand the importance of
learning, unlearning and relearning, which in turn calls
for above average soft skills quotient. This paper is a
compilation of research findings from a business school
of central India, which proved that the students having
diverse aptitude, attitude and command on domain areas were
ultimately segregated on the basis of their blending capability
of soft skills with that of the domain know-how.
©
2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved.
Music:
Therapy for the Soul
--
Jyotika
Saxena
This
paper discusses music therapy and its effect on our mind
and soul. Music has for long been used with therapeutic
intention. There have been several relaxation techniques
in which music has been an important element. There are
several kinds of music, which help us to relax, and at the
same time there is music which makes us restless and tends
to change the mood of the listener. It is generally seen
that a soft and soothing tone helps to relax the body and
mind. Music, as a therapy has been effective for both children
and adults and has shown wonderful results if used in a
suitable form. Music becames a part of our life since the
time we are born, in different forms. India is a very ancient
country with a very old civilization, which has a rich heritage
of music in which different ragas have been used at different
hours of the day. There is a different raga for every season
of the year, which has in fact shown to be very effective
during that particular season.
©
2007 IUP . All Rights Reserved.
BOOK
REVIEWS
Eats,
Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
-- Author: Lynne Truss Reviewed
by
Brenda Coutinho
Any
lover of punctuation who has laid his or her hands on the
book Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach
to Punctuation, will definitely recommend it
to others. It is a book which stirs up the emotion in us,
which we had felt at seeing misplaced apostrophes in a sentence
like -"My mother", said the boy, "is a thief."
Instead of- My mother said, "The boy is a thief."
Our blood boils and we feel like thrashing culprits who
indulge in errors like -`Shes' going' instead of `She's
going' and yet argue that it doesn't make much difference.
©
2003 Lynne Truss. All Rights Reserved. IUP holds the copyright for the review.
Success
Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters
--
Authors: Jerry Porras,
Stewart Emery,
and Mark Thompson
Reviewed by Laurainne Theogaraj
"If
you want success built to last, then create a life that
matters," says Jerry Porras, in his best selling book
Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters.
In his previous book, Built to Last co-authored by
Jim Collins, Porras has written about enduring companies
and what made them exceptional. This time in his latest
book, he teams up with Stewart Emery and Mark Thompson to
write about enduringly successful individuals. They believe
that enduring organizations and sustainable societies can
be built only by people who can create meaningful success,
success that lasts.
©
2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. IUP holds the copyright for the review.
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