First Guest Lecture, Latha C. Poonamallee

25th July,

First Guest Lecture by one of our alumnus, Latha C. Poonamallee (1995 passout)

8.30 am whole class was ready for our first guest lecture. Our other batch mates already went through this lecture and the feedback was a long lecture good time to sleep.

So everyone just ace with the same perception. But it turned out to be totally different. Although a long one of 4 hours but turned out to be the most interesting one.

It begin with the talk about the our department how it was and how it is now..then a small details about our Alumni..And it was really great to know about them.

Then we begin with our TOPIC of Discussion PERSONALITY AND MOTIVATION....first half for personality and second half for motivation..

Personality part came out with different types of personality categorized by different authors. The solid categorization was

MELANCHOLIC
CHOLERIC
SANGUINE
PHLEGMATIC

We can classify any personality in these four categories. Then importance of knowing about the personality. Its always helpful in any workplace, as we can work our way by knowing the type of personality is the other person, and working according to that.

And we can start with this practice in our very learning environment. And this is the best place to practice them. And by the time we are out in the corporate culture we will be expert in working with different personalities. hmmmm thats great thing to practice.

OB has always been boring but getting a new view to practice it in our present environment really makes it very interesting.

Next comes Motivation... Earlier in 1950s and 1960s MONEY was the only motivating factor for ost of the organization... But now its much more than that... Maslow's hierarchy of needs describes it best ...

PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
SAFETY AND SECURITY
LOVE AND BELONGING
SELF ESTEEM
SELF ACTUALISATION

Each of these needs have different threshold for different persons.. Accordingly, the way of Motivation is different for different persons...

It got over by 1pm and most of us enjoyed it to our best. Its always so great to have interaction with our alumnus they always give new way to look at things we are into...