Interpersonal Personal Effectiveness & Group Dynamics

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METHODOLOGY

A survey was conducted taking responses of 14 industry experienced people with 12 fresher.
From the institute the responses of 17 students were taken out of which 5 are from the
institute. A google document was prepared asking questions about their perceptions. The
questions asked were:
1. What does MBA programme mean to you?
2. What according to you will make a person placement- worthy?
3. What does happiness mean to you in personal & professional life?
4. How do you define success in corporate world?
We also took the help of WhatsApp, email and also we called up 6 work-ex people to get the
detailed explanations regarding the views presented against a specific question. A detailed
analysis as per the responses given by them has been presented according to the questions
asked.








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The above table & chart shows difference in perceptions between the fresher and people with
work experience. People with work experience were found to be more complacent when it
33%
17% 17%
33%
What does the MBA programme mean to
Freshers?
Skills Enhancement Career goals Employability Better Salary
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Skills Enhancement
Career goals
Employability
Better Salary
Number of Responses from Work Ex.
What does the MBA programme
mean to Work ex people?
What does the MBA programme mean to you?
Fresher Work Ex
Skills Enhancement 4 Skills Enhancement 5
Career goals 2 Career goals 4
Employability 2 Employability 1
Better Salary 4 Better Salary 4
Total 12 14

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was about employability as they already had the exposure so skill enhancement and salary
hike was a major concern for them whereas fresher were attracted to MBA largely due to
better salary and employability.

What according to you will make a person worthy of a placement?
Fresher Work Ex
Communication Skills 4 Communication Skills 4
Analytical Skills 1 Analytical Skills 3
Domain Knowledge 3 Domain Knowledge 5
Personality 4 Personality 2
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Placement is generally perceived as important for both the category but the perception about
the parameters affecting the same are different in both the cases. Both the categories felt that
communication skill was of utmost importance for their final placement. Experienced people
give more importance to analytical skills and the domain knowledge against the fresher who
takes this to be relatively less important. Responses by fresher indicate that they have more
inclination in their perception that it is personality that gives the desired job.

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Communication
Skills
Analytical Skills Domain
Knowledge
Personality
Number of
responses
What according to Freshers will make a person
worthy of a placement ?
29%
21%
36%
14%
What according to Work Ex guys will make a person worthy of a placement ?
Communication Skills Analytical Skills Domain Knowledge Personality

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How do you define success in corporate job context?
Fresher Work Ex
Networking. 3 Networking. 4
Time Management 2 Time Management 2
Job Satisfaction 2 Job Satisfaction 4
High Salary 4 High Salary 2
Recognition 1 Recognition 2
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When we consider success in corporate world, most of the people with work
experience are of the view that job satisfaction is of utmost importance to be successful in
corporate world and salary holding relatively lesser importance whereas for the fresher high
salary was an indicator of success. People with work experience give more importance to
networking, recognition and rewards for the innovation that they do whereas fresher do not
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14%
29%
14%
14%
How do Work Ex guys define success in
corporate job context?
Networking.
Time Management
Job Satisfaction
High Salary
Recognition

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show such tendency.

How do you define happiness in personal and Professional life?
Fresher Work Ex
Social Needs fulfilment 2 Social Needs fulfilment 4
Work Life Balance 2 Work Life Balance 3
Stability - tackling Up's and
Down's 3
Stability - tackling Up's and
Down's 3
Material Needs Fulfilment 5 Material Needs Fulfilment 4
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Perception on happiness is also found to be different for both the category of people.
Those who already had work experience in the past gave more importance to work life
17%
17%
25%
41%
How do Freshers define happiness in
Personal and Professional life?
Social Needs fulfilment
Work Life Balance
Stability - tackling Up's
and Down's
Material Needs Fulfilment
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1
2
3
4
Social Needs
fulfilment
Work Life
Balance
Stability -
tackling Up's
and Down's
Material
Needs
Fulfilment
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Parameters
How do Work Ex guys define happiness in
personal and Professional life?

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balance and a need for social life satisfaction hold more importance to them compared to
fresher. Fresher are found to be more oriented towards fulfilling their material need which
gives them happiness whereas work experienced people are found to be more oriented
towards social satisfaction which makes them happy.