Managing change and people in organizations

Change management challenge the status quo Is there a way to decipher how our brain helps to see and comprehend the world? Cognitive science and Human-Computer Interface (HCI) have been trying to find the answer to mindsets, based on research to establish the commonalities among the ways human beings and computers understand the world. When we see and interpret the prompts from outside, does our brain apply any logic? This hypothesis is not supported by research studies so far. There are limitations associated with segregating, studying and validation of the mental models. Individual’s behaviour when confronted with new thoughts have been inadequately studied with a comparable knowledge base. An approach was made to isolate complex knowledge and behaviours apart and study mental models, cues, and their interrelationship. Study techniques and results in this area have been challenged as the mental models seem to be not very robust and stable. The studies have been highly subject

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Here is what the employee engagement effort is all about.  According to me, in the current Millennial workforce  scenario engaging assume a totally different view 1-Money is not the only piece of the puzzle but an important piece. Being paid  properly is important as far as an employee is concerned, so it runs against management and  HR perception of  proper adequate pay 2-EE is about culture in the organization. If the senior managers are not aligned learn and implement EE,  it does not work. 3- Stress-free workplace is a myth, and cannot be guaranteed these days as customers are very demanding. 4-Satisfaction has no correlation to employee happiness or EE. Creating a mere nice workplace syndrome does not work for EE. 5-Satisfaction can at most reduce turnover but cannot induce motivation. 6-Not every employee will align unless they identify the personal hidden vales to org values.HR has to work overtime to match this. 7-Recognition will work more