14MBAHR412 Personal Growth & Interpersonal Effectiveness syllabus for MBA


Unit-1 10 hours

Personal: Self awareness, Role, Role efficacy, Role stress, NLP Test, Emotional Intelligence,Locus of control

Unit-2 6 hours

Positive Cognitive States and Processes: Resilience- Developmental and clinical perspectives;Sources of resilience in children; Sources of resilience in adulthood and later life; Optimism-How optimism works; variation of optimism and pessimism; Spirituality and well-being;

Unit-3 8 hours

Personal growth: Ego states, types of transactions and time structuring. Life position, scriptsand games, Strokes and Stamps

Unit-4 8 hours

Personal effectiveness-I: Understanding our Thinking Process , Managing our InternalDialogue , Perceptual Positions for Assertiveness , Managing Conflicts , Creating Rapport ,Powerful Persuasion Strategies

Unit-5 10 hours

Personal effectiveness-II: Personality theories, Personality Typing using Enneagram , CarlJung\\\'s theory of personality types and Myers Briggs Type Indicator test (MBTI), Trait theories-Guilford Peogut, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People , Effective Life and TimeManagement , Spiritual Foundations of Personal Effectiveness

Unit-6 8 hours

Interpersonal relations and personal growth: Interpersonal needs, motivation and behaviour-FIRO-B and Johari Window, Defense Mechanism in groups, T-Group, human process labs

Unit-7 6 hours

Nurturing Relationships: Meaning of relationship, Changing concepts and roles inrelationships, Relationship with self – Self concept, Self acceptance, self esteem, self confidence,Power of self talk. Relationship with others – Cultivating open communication, Adjustments,compromises, give and take, empathy& Prioritization.Teaching Methods:Lectures, Management Games, Exercises, Assignments, Discussions, Case study, Seminars, RolePlay & Process lab.Practical Componenets• NLP Workshop for students.• MBTI Workshop for students and can test their inner personality.• Loco Inventory scale assessment on students and can test their personality traits withtheir performance in exams.• Presentation by students on Resilience and can also test their resilience level.• FIRO-B(interpersonal relationship orientation) assessment on students.• Activity on JOHARI window and assessment of students individually and then in groups.• A short trip to spiritual foundations for a talk about personal effectiveness.

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2023