OB HR Course EXAMINATION PAPER

Please note..  This post is made after the examination !

HR 01: OB & HRM :  PGDIM 21  Sec  B

I Module Ending Examination.    Max. Marks: 70,  Time: 3 Hours

 Instructions:

1. Attempt any  SIX   out of Eight Questions given below. All questions carry equal marks. Try to  attempt questions in the serial order only.
2. There is NO Provision made to clarify any kind of ‘DOUBTS’ regarding this question paper. In case you have any doubt regarding the Qn. Paper, kindly make necessary assumptions  and proceed.
3. Relevant and focused answers will score higher marks. Write legibly..                                                   

.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

Q. No. 1. Explain any FIVE  the following  ? 

1.1   Social Loafing

1.2   Intrinsic rewards - Extrinsic rewards

1.3   Effectiveness and Efficiency 

1.4   Group Norms

1.5   Job and Role

1.6  Matrix Structure

1.7  Type A and Type B Personality

 Q. No. 2.  Identify  the specific training needs related to participants  in Maha Mandi  for achieving  hi performance ? Discuss  various training methods that are  available to  train the mandi participants ?

Q. No. 3.1 .  Discuss the importance of  S M A R  T goals concept  in achieving  Hi Performance in organizations ?

3.2  Explain how you applied  S M A R T goals  concept  on yourself  in achieving  record performance  in MahaMandi 2014 ? 

Q. No. 4.  Employees try to escape work in company. They dislike work.  Discuss the implications of similar assumptions using the framework of  Theory X and Y motivation. What are specific action points you feel  need to adopt  as a manager to deal such a situations ?

Q. No. 5 .   ( This question is based on the experiential case – Three monks and No water .)

 5.1  A summary of THREE different work methods used in the case are give below table.  You may use the data to answer  the questions 5.1 and 5.2  ..)  Attempt the blanks  -  No.  1 to 11  shown in bold  lettering given in below table. Write  answers in the answer sheet you are given.    ( Avoid  writing  the answers on the Qn. paper.)

	Work Method - I	Work Method - II	Work Method – III
Members	One Monk	Two Monks	Three Monks
Work tools and method of getting water	Two baskets Long stick hanging two buckets  two ends of the long stick..	One basket Long stick hanging  one bucket in the middle	Rope, Kuppe, Three baskets and pulling water on pulli
Input  - Effort by monks  ( Units in Jouls)  ( Esti..)	Ex:.. 100 Jouls ( J )    by One person	1. . .  .  .  .	2. . .  .  .  .
Output - Water	2 baskets of water	3. . .  .  .  .	4. . .  .  .  .
Productivity Measure:            ( Input / Output)	100 J / 2 = 50 J per basket of water	5. . .  .  .  .	6. . .  .  .  .
Nature of Member Roles	Independent	7. . .  .  .  .	8. . .  .  .  .
Work  Life Philosophy in  monastry	9. . .  .  .  .	10. . .  .  .	11. . .  .  .

5.2  Discuss  how Job design and redesign has transformed across THRRE methods referred in the  above example.

Q. No. 6.  As a management student, identify the reasons for interpersonal conflict as shown in the Three monks and No water  case .  Explain the method followed to resolve  the interpersonal conflict among the monks?

Q. No. 7 . 1 Discuss the differences   between Motivation Vs. Leadership

7.2  Explain the management principles embedded in  Mynah’s leadership behavior as revealed in the  words ..

1.      Flap your ears as hard as  you can

2.      I just gave you something to believe in.

Q. No. 8   Elephant is said to be demonstrated specific subordinate behaviors in the following responses..

1.      Do you think I can fly

2.      Elephant did as he was told

3.      Mynah, You have changed my whole life

4.      I really canot thank you enough for this feather.

Infer  and  Explain each of the behaviors corroborated with  appropriate industry examples.

-          /   /    -

Reforming Education : REVERSING educational system leads to DESIRABLE learning outcomes

 Dr Mandi says.....  

REVERSE the EDUCATION SYSTEM ! Why and How ?
 ----------------------
NATION  needs JOB CREATORS not JOB SEEKERS !  Our PM says.. this !
 ------------------------------
This is TRUTH !  YE SACH  HAI  !  
 We all agree on this  !
 --------------------------
But our current education system is producing JOB SEEKERS very well !  Education system  is 100 % efficient ! It is well calibrated for this task !

This is TRUTH / YE SACH  HAI ! We are proud of it ! .. 
---------------------------------

PM says, NATION  need JOB CREATORS not JOB SEEKERs !  Our PM says.. this ! 
 --------------------------
Issue is, at present educational system is producing things which we dont NEED / we dont WANT ! 

This is also TRUTH / YE BHI  SACH  HAI !..

-----------------

We are not proud of this ! We are ashamed for it ! 
 Not only we, many others are also ashamed of this.
------------------------------
Can same present educational system which  is producing JOB SEEKERS can also produce JOB CREATORS ? 
 ----------------------
Is it ? Is it possible ! Should we create an alternate system ?
 ------------------------
Is it possible to produce JOB SEEKERS out of the same educational system ? 
--------------
YES >> YES  >>>> MAY BE  >>>>
---------------------------
To produce JOB SEEKERS with the same system,  What needs to be done ?
 ---------------------
What needs to be done with this system..   We gave a thought on this question. 

-----------------
We have done it ! EUREKA !
 ---------------------------------
We just  R E V E R S E D the education process.. 

La Behold ! ..Getting the desired results ! 
-------------------------------------------

Students are studying a particular way.. Students are getting UNDESIRABLE results due to studies.

Students again studying particular way with lots of improvements and more efforts. ALAS.. Students are getting much more UNDESIRABLE results..

This is happening for millions of students, across the India,  for number of years consistently.. Every time academics try to improve the same system of  study  and  are expecting desirable results.  All these times students are loosers and they are getting same UNDESIRABLE results.

What are the UNDESIRABLE results ?

- No self confidence, Unemployable, Not able to  and  willing to start on their own, Abscence of dignity of labour, Incapable of understanding reality around .

What is the system of study ?

- Compete, compete, and compete, Pay fees, Attend classes, Follow  the teachers, and believe  textbooks, libraries,  Take notes, Mug up for exams, write exams, omit what is taught in class, and clear exams , Happy with academic scores..

E U R E K A ! !..    E U R E K A   !  !

so,  undesirable results due to  on going system of education throws out the following things..

1.  If one REVERSE the system of education,  there is high chance of getting  DESIRED results. 

It is logical... It is obvious..... Is it not ! .. Just reverse it.

What matters is 'What you D E S I  R  E.. 

What does not matter is ,,,,,,, whether to stick to the system of education !..

Where is the rule that we should stick to the existing system of education when it is giving consistent undesirable  results ! 

Any body can imagine this.. Simple common sense...

BUT WE NITIANS CAN ONLY IMAGINE..and IMPLEMENT.. 

So, in nutshell,, agenda for education is like this..

                                               

Mechale said..                                               Dr Mandi says......

- ' Compete with your classmates  ' ..                            -  Collaborate with your classmates

- ' Attend Class regularly  ' ..                                         -  Attend Mandi

- ' Pay Fees for education   ' ..                                      -  Make earning out of education 

-  Follow teacher, text book, and experts..                    -  Follow the Naive people in mandi.. 

                                                                                      - Go by your experience... 

                                                                                      -  See and observe the reality..

- Spend and spend  for studies                                     - Earn that much  you spent for studies

- You will be made a  'SLAVE '..                                    -  You will be made a  MASTER..

- Socho.. and Seekho..                                                 - Socho.. Becho.. Seekho ..

- Think, Think, and Learn ..                                          - Think, Apply, and Learn ..

Maha Mandi is CASE of REVERSED system of present education .. and getting the DESIRED  results .
Jai ho Mandi.. Soacho.. Becho.. Seekho...

Aaj ka college fee, aaj ka padhai isthmal karke, aaj hee kamana !

Maha Mandi @ NITIE : The Concept

Maha Mandi @ NITIE: The Concept 

Purpose:

• Sar jukahke, Nahi seekanaaa..  ! ... Sar uthake... Seekhna.. !  
• Aaj ka college fee, aaj ka padhai laghoo karke,aaj he kamana !
• 
  

Model: 

• Prideful learning
• Self reliant model of learning
• Enterpreneurial Learning model
• Gandhian model of learning - Nai Talim based
• Excellent learning without waste - But value generation

Process:

• Soacho ! Becho ! Seekho !
• Curricular embedded pedagogy
• Knowing - Doing - Learning - Earning - Becoming and Being !
• Innovative in idea and implementation - Not disturbing the existing but at the same time transforming the learning completely ( 200 %  change  ! )

Innovation is.. :

• Making learning highly purposeful, relevant purpose, challenging purpose, beneficial purpose etc.
• Selection of intelligent toys 
• Making it part of regular curriculum

Tactics :

• Flag off function
• Logo , Slogan, Song, dance
• Expanding to cover other subjects,  other colleges, other cities
• Posters, videos, Blogs

Media - On Line, Print, TV, 

• Sharing Best Pedagogy to outside world
• Reaching to many youth across the world 

Social Cause:

• Helping  NGOs by campaigning the products NGO made
• Contributing to NGOs financial muscle
• Helping NGOs to establish their work and brand 

Industry Involvement  :

• Industry captains presence works as concept validation
• Sets NEW DIRECTIONS for learning 

Glamour :

• Celebrities give needed thrust, colour, charm

Pedagogy :

• Fun filled learning
• Personalised learning
• Real world learning
• Student Centric Learning
• Value Focused Learning 

Event Sponsorships :

• Validation of the work
• Self generated value based New learning model 
• Work as Push factor
• Help in expanding and scale up
• Works as greater motivator

Impact :

• Participation of students in Mandi is ' By choice ' 
• Win - Win to  everybody :  Students - Industry - Academia - NGOs - Media - Govt. - Society at large including outsiders !.

Future course of action  :

• How to scale it up .. to many colleges, to corores of students !
• How to make Mandi part of Indian learning processes ! 

Jai Ho Mandi ..

Leadership and Maha Mandi @ NITIE

Leadership ( LP) and Maha Mandi @ NITIE

If there is loads and loads of  Motivation in Maha Mandi.. then there should be and must be LEADERSHIP also in Maha Mandi. Is it not ! 

1. Where there is motivation, there is leadership too. They both go together.. Once presence signals the others existence..  

2. Motivation and Leadership  concepts of OB and HRM  - Both are closely connected.. One is the REASON and the other is RESULT .. 

How do you see what is the leadership in Maha Mandi event ? 

The scope and coverage of the topic - Leadership usually talks about following topics, and concepts. 

- What is LP ?.. 

- Whether LP can be taught and learned ? Whether the leaders are made or born ?

- LP Theories: Trait theory , Leaders are born to some people..

- Behaviorual theories of LP

- Contingency theories of LP

- Recent approaches to leadership - Charismatic LP, Tranformational LP, Visionary LP, Attribution Theory of LP, 

Contemporary issues in LP.. 

Implications for Managers !

Is managers are leaders ! 

Can the managers / leaders make REAL difference ! 

Am I leader ? and What is my leadership ?

Can  the followers also be leaders ?

Assignment for you: 

- Read the topic of leadership 

- Understand it 

- Get ready to apply it to the Maha Mandi program - Explain the leadership through the case of Maha Mandi.. 

S. M. A. R. T. Education @ NITIE Mumbai

S. M. A. R. T. Education @ NITIE Mumbai 

S M A R T goals for education can be planned and must be planned. It is the need of hour. NITIE does this through various programs .. Maha Mandi, Student Enterprises, Shanti Eva Jayate etc. 

2. Education and learning goals that we @ NITIE set are:

A graduate student must be economically self supportive and self reliant due to education and as part of curricular learning.  Such learning enhances and supports effective learning. On the contrary, education which does not make a student self reliant and makes him / her economically dependent on others for education surely RUINS the student. Such education turns the youth to be NAUKARS, GULAMEES.. Job Seekers, Dependents.  Such education cannot turn out MASTERS, and EMPLOYERS and JOB GIVERS, WEALTH CREATORS. 

3. Towards this, we set our S M A R T goals of MBA education at NITIE are: 

" MBA student will EARN ones daily expenses 

by applying ones daily business learning ".

4. SMART Goal of education -  on daily basis every student earning ones own daily expenses - is Attainable, Possible, Achievable, Relevant, Useful, Inspiring, Progressive, Challenging, Measurable, Specific, Time bound, Futuristic, Humane, Superlative, etc. etc. 

Is it NOT a student earning ones own expenses every day .. 

- help him to study better ! 

- think better ! 

- Useful to a student and his family !
- Do you think he / she will get spoiled just because he / she is earning daily expenses by applying ones education ! 

Please note that conventional education goals of HIGH GRADES  / MARKS are NOT Useful, inspiring, and Challenging. They are ruining the students. Students loose despite achieving the GOALS in the conventional education.

5. Our vision @ NITIE is that 3 crore graduate students in India will earn their daily expenses out of their education. It simply means that everyday hundreds of crores of VALUE is added to our economy due to the academic studies. 

so,

Aaj ka karcha, Aaj ka padhai sae, Aaj hee kamana ! 

Socho ! , Becho ! ! , Seekho ! ! !

Motivation and Maha Mandi @ NITIE

Motivation and Maha Mandi

It is surprising to see how come Maha Mandi prog. motivates so many students so much ? Why they put in so much effort ? Why students enjoy when they participate in Mandi ? There are reasons for this The story behind students getting so much motivated is a relevant topic of  learning in OB.. called  MOTIVATION. Students can understand the concept of motivation through analysing the Maha Mandi program on  Motivation lines...

MOTIVATION is to make employees to MOVED  for their organization work, organizational goals, and become ideal employees with better performance. It is to work better and more . 

Organisations try to achieve this motivation by MARSHALLING FOUR things. They are

1. Employees tasks and jobs that they  carry out in the company as part of employee duties

2. Rewards / Recognition / Punishments  that are given for the work that is demonstrate by the employees

3. Power to do and decide is shared with the employees . Power distribution in working can be good alternate to motivate employees.

4. Goal setting and Goal sharing  can be one more thing that can be tried to motivate employees.  

By manipulating these FOUR things organizations can  better motivate any and every employee in an organization. Organisaitons try All FOUR things are few at a time will

Let there brief outline what each one of them constitutes. 

1. Employees tasks and jobs that they  carry out in the company as part of employee duties

•  The kind of work / tasks can be made more interesting, lighter, painless
• Organisaions consistently engaged to see how employees work becomes more and better so that employees will not hate it. but they like it. Job redesign programs are part of this intervention.

2. Rewards / Recognition / Punishments  that are given for the work that is demonstrate by the employees

• A variety of rewards and punishments are the other mechanism that can be planned . Performance related pay, pay linked bonus, higher rewards for better work are normal things that are being introduced to motivate employees.

3. Power that is shared with the employees 

• Freedom to decide and take power in to their own hands is one more powerful tool to motivate employees.  Self managed groups. Employee involvement programs are some of the programs are an example of this.

4. Goals that are set for the employees.

Redefining the goals as interesting is one more thing. Organisaions and great managers has the ability to motivate employees through the goals they set. Example related to this is SMART goals. By designing the SMART goals and implementing them through MBO,  managers motivate their employees. 

Maha Mandi and MOTIVATION

Maha Mandi has the above FOUR dimensions involved in motivating its students. 

1. The task of LEARNING is completely REDEFINED where it becomes so interesting that students love to do and carry out. Even though going to Mandi and campaigning the products is relatively painful experience students motivated to do due many reasons. Unique, they like what is so called difficult task too.

•  The learning is made interesting, lighter, painless, joyful, fun etc.

2. Rewards / Recognition / Punishments  that are given as part of Maha Mandi.

• Students love the rewards they get due to Maha Mandi. Apart form the learning and EXTRINSIC rewards like teacher rewards ( Grade) , they get many other INTRINSIC rewards. Students they themselves feel, understand evaluate and remunerate themselves what learning they have done. Maha Mandi allows such self appraisal, and self rewarding. Class room learning normally do not allow such INTRINSIC learning.

Working in Maha Mandi is SELF INFLICTED,, Hence called MOTIVATION. 

You volunteer . You feel alienated if you dont participate. 

If you want to you can skip. But you dont feel like keeping off yourself. 

It makes so much a issue for you that I do not want to give a MISS. You feel guilty for not being part of it. That is the magic of Maha Mandi ..

This is the inventories that are sold in Maha Mandi. So much ! Yes.. They feel they can sell more.. 

Selling is no more pain. It is pleasure. It is challenge. No issues. No difficulties you foresee. 

Your out look towards work of selling changes completely .. 

BAECHO,, BAECHO,, BAECHO

3. Power that is shared with the employees 

•  Freedom to decide and take power in to their own hands is one more powerful tool to motivate employees.  Self managed groups. Employee involvement programs are some of the programs are an example of this.
• MIG  - A student group is empowered  to take decisions in Maha Mandi. It is this empowerment work powerfully on the youthful students. When to conduct, how to conduct, where to conduct, where to campaign, and how to campaign is again empowered among the Maha Mandi participants.

4. Goals that are set for the employees.

• Maha Mandi magic of motivation comes from GOALS.  The learning goals elivated to highest levels. Learning by Earning; Aaj karoti aaj ka padhai sae kamana; I can stand on my own legs and economically support my self are the best goals that any student will get sold to.
• Learning goals are completely transformed so that the appeal to the students MOST.
• edefining the goals as interesting is one more thing. Organisaions and great managers has the ability to motivate employees through the goals they set. Example related to this is SMART goals. By designing the SMART goals and implementing them through MBO,  managers motivate their employees.

NOTE:

Students are adivised to think how Motivation is being ingrained in the other two of the Activities that are carried out in the class room. - Three monks and No water.. and also Three people crossing the river. 

You are advised to analyze these TWO stories and write your blogs. 

Job of managers is to motivate. You can motivate by using all these FOUR weapons / nobs in your control. It is simple practice. By using it you can.. Try it . You will. Unless you try you can not. ALL THE BEST.

OB HR Blog for IM 21 Sec B students ..

 Dear IM 21 Sec B studetns..

Please the blog.. and give your comments and contributions for improvement of this blog..

Some suggestions on the blog..

1. I just saw OB and  HR blog made by Praful.. It is good.

Few suggestions from my side are..

1.1 Blog column is NARROW.. It can be widened.. so that more matter will appear in each of the blog fame..

1.2.. Colour of the blog is NOT appealing much for me. Readability is the most important thing I look for when i see a blog. If the colours help the reader is the issue.. I wish to have some other colour combinations. It is my personal opinion.

1.3. How to write blogs.. can you post a blog.. !

1.4  .. Can we give some of the links like -  Mandi website.. Face book page of OB $ HR group. , Picase web albums for Mandi.. Earlier blogs lists..

1.5 .. Add the student companies like.. Add the logos picked up from NET..

1. Rohit Tripathy.. Intricap.. http://www.intricap.com/

1. Free ka mall. com.. Ravi kumar.. http://freekaamaal.com/

2. Paresh Masade.. Coherendtz.. http://www.coherendz.com/

3. Level 10 Entertainment PVT Limited.. Shreyas Sriniivas. .. http://www.level10comics.com/

4 Aarti Gupta Aggarwal.. http://www.anaxee.com/

5 Prasad .. Clean Fanatic.. http://www.cleanfanatic.co.in/

6 Anish Pakash .. Focaloid ..http://www.focaloid.com/team.php

4.   Ruchika Sarma..http://www.cosmicbites.com/

5. Ravi Jalan..https://www.facebook.com/Imagimake

6.  Mandeep Manocha....http://www.reglobe.in/

7. Maneet .. http://lal10.com/

8. Sherfur Rahman... Shop @ Places.. com