ADMAP Concept Note: Answers to the Queries raised by PGDM - 2011 Gr 1.

enactment action orientation short run dynamics of interaction. Gr 2.1 .

2-2. what one does is a function of what one is that include knowledge, skills and attitudes which is the result of also conventional learning. 2-3. If a task requires a high order trait that one does not have e.g. lack of attention to detail for a person responsible for making ready missile for journey to moon..or absence of German knowledge for getting a job in Germany. Gr.3 -1 R&D Manager and Field Sales manager do not require identical traits. A popular HBR article, Manager s Job: Folklore &Facts by Mintzberg talks about 3 generic skills of an administrator: Interpersonal, decisional and Informational skills and shows how different roles require different mix of skills .that s what competency mapping and right man for the right job is all about in HRM. Gr.4 Entrepreneurship is about personality (risk taking, self confidence etc) affecting career choice and progression. Transactional leadership is an interactive emotionless exchange of give and take (salary for work) between hierarchically related persons. Gr.5 Sometimes yes and sometimes no depending on the task, group members and leader or coordinator, whose task is to ensure minimum conflict. That s why managing group working is a leadership task. Gr. 6 At the end of it all, few decisions in management are perfect most have lesser or greater degree of judgments. In real management scenario 70% right decisions in selection/promotion is considered great. So answer to your question is it depends amongst other things the mind set, even the mood of the decision maker at the time Gr. 7 -1 Both are different and appropriate for different situations. Where is the question of drawing the line? 7-2 Administration is a generic skill required in every situation and interactions. 7-3 Yes realization is the first step and a prerequisite. But change or developmental efforts require differing efforts depending on the depth of earlier habits. (We are products of our history, our the past) which one may or may not be willing to spend Gr 8 -1 Choices made in resolving dilemmas is what influences development of character (upward or downward) 8-2 Sell the idea and convince the decision makers. Its not the matter of organization helping the implementation, it is an individual influencing concerned group adequately to take action.
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Gr. 9-1 Attribute and trait dichotomy to some extent is arbitrary and provided with an assumption that trait can be more easily developed through practice but not attributes. Hence in ADMAP, a suggested strategy at personal development has been to select the strategy that uses already available attribute and developing selected traits . 9-2. Both but opportunity for practicing transformational leadership may not be as readily available. 9-3 You can add if you think for certain situations they are important Gr.10. See my response to Gr 8 question 1. 10.1 See answer 9-1. 10.2What you say could happen if values of a leader are dysfunctional like for example Hitler or Stalin. 10.3The future planning of life cannot be as simple as what you would like it to be as it appears to be your desire from the question you raised. Gr.11 1 Many Japanese firms had prayer as a community ritual every morning. 11.2 Everybody has strong or weak administrative skills that is put to use in all interactions with the external world. Gr.12-1 Efficiency in government departments, at least in India is not a common phenomenon. 12.2 Every individual in organizations practice administration, be it a clerk or a CEO. Please carefully look at the definition of administration. 12.3 Entrepreneur has to be a leader of at least self and the ideas that he may be hoping to implement and in creating organization also he has to be a leader. 12.4 It is difficult to measure the success of an individual initiative when many of them are taken together as a whole and when each influences individual differentially. 12.5 The purpose of looking at different forms of organizations is to develop familiarity with alternative context of organizations set up with different set of purposes. Gr.13 Answered earlier by suggesting difference between attribute and trait. Gr14-1 It is not proper and necessary at this stage of your life to recommend work without expecting personal gains, the essence of Karmayoga which we will discuss in a different course Gita Shibir. 14.2 Answered earlier 14.3 Because, e.g. for a peon s work little discretion or judgment is required. Gr.15-1 Because the work involved in the subject is an ongoing continuous form
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15.2 Innate, inborn trait, competencies. 15.3 All cooperative efforts in organized community work implicitly involves personal and organizational goals. 15.4 Shravan , manan and dhyan is a three stage theory of acquiring knowledge and skills. One should develop the habit of second and third stage; what you are expecting will accrue.

Gr.16-1 The fallacy of or phenomenon. 16.2 Conflict resolution as a theoretical proposition will be covered elsewhere.

Gr.17-1 Inputs of efforts and rewards are never equally acceptable to all. The real life has apparent injustices and inequities as they say you win some and lose some generally at the final analysis and in the long run justice is done. Gr.18 -1 Each context may require different training, e.g. German language for working in Germany. Administration can be learnt largely by practice. Gr.24 -1 Effectiveness is more important and measurable than efficiency in an NGO. 24.2 There are aspects like (i) centralization vs. decentralization, (ii) transparency vs. opaqueness vs. secrecy (iii) control vs. freedom (iv) effectiveness of formal vs. informal organization (v) emphasis on tasks, values or power as an operating paradigm. These and similar generic characteristics enable one to comprehend the administrative strengths that generally emerges from day to day management . Gr.25-1 Keep a tab on the appropriateness of the decisions taken based on judgment. 25-2 Some have intrinsic goals for work. They are indifferent to the external gains. 25-3 You can t have fixed decision rules for the kind of situation you are describing.

Gr.27-1 Another example of inappropriate use of the word or . Both may be required. 27.2 Self calibration 27.3 All transformation leaders have to be transactional leaders also. The former is the function of innate qualities and aspiration of an individual. Gr.28-1 Your assumption is right. Gr.29-1 Honest analysis of the causes of successes and failures in life. 29.2 Attributes may take much longer time and much larger effort.

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