The Difference of Perception

The world is not same for different people. Individuals may look at the same thing differently. A manager may evaluate an assistant who takes time to decide things, as thorough and thoughtful. Another may interpret such behavior as slow, disorganized and afraid of taking prompt decisions. Thus, most often, we do not see reality. We interpret what we see and call it reality.  This is literally means perception. It is relevant for managers and organizations because it affects important outcomes such as whether employee supports change in the organization, the extent to which they support it etc. perception interacts with our worldview, molds our attributions and it is process through which we interpret our reality. Perception is thus defined as a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment. Three elements shape perception: the perceiver, the target or the perceived and the context or the situation within which perception occurs. The accuracy of our perception is limited due to errors of judgment that also include our biases. There are attributes of each of these elements that shape the perception by interacting among themselves.

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Learning: A Complex Phenomenon

Learning is a very complex process. New stimuli and ideas are integrated with the existing database of knowledge present in the brain. After processing of old and new information together, restructuring of the whole database is done. This is the reason that learning require a lot of effort. The process of learning thus follow certain steps: At first the person Notices the new information available. Then he Understands the information. Then he Collects more information related to that. Then he tries to Accommodate the new information with the old beliefs.  And finally he works to Retain and Use the new information acquired. Then only it becomes a Learning.

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Motivation: A success factor

Motivation is the core concept in organization behavior. By motivating people we can achieve what we want to . Highly motivated employees perform better in comparison to others. Motivated employees readily accept change in the organization and also support and help in bringing the change as well. Employee absenteeism and employee turnover also reduces, as motivated people are more satisfied in comparison to others. Also, motivation brings positivity in the environment. So, the organization should focus on the factors that can motivate employees intrinsically and extrinsically.

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