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Role/Advantages of Interview : An interview is an oral examination. It is a two-way communication where the interviewers can obtain as much as required information from the candidate and the candidate can ask for information about the company and the job. Interview is beneficial not only to the company but also to the candidate. The [...]

Group Discussion : Now-a-days, group discussion plays an important role in the selection of candidates, especially at managerial level. It has become an important tool in the selection process. In group discussion, the participants may be divided into two groups. A topic is presented to them. For example: ‘Leaders are born and not made’. One [...]

A Note on Exit Interview :           What is Exit Interview? It is an interview conducted by an organisation with those employees who have put in their resignation papers.           Who Conducts it? It is normally conducted by the HRD manager. It may be conducted by the immediate superior of the candidate who have resigned [...]

Types of Interviews : Interviews may be classified into following categories : 1.      Patterned or Structured Interview :         Similar questions are asked to all candidates the questions are asked in a particular order. The time allowed for each candidate is pre-determined. Structured interviews help to minimize personal bias of the interviewers. it allows for [...]

TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT TESTS Use of employment tests is fairly widespread in personnel selection. Such tests provides a systematic basis for comparing performances, personality traits, intelligence, The various tests are : 1.      Performance Test : This test tries to measure the performance of candidates in respect of a certain job. Such test is specially [...]

Which leadership style to follow? Normally, in business organisations, leaders follow three main styles: —       Autocratic Leadership Style —       Consultative Leadership Style, and —       Participative Leadership Style The situational leadership style is a combination of the above three styles. In other words, a leader may follow autocratic leadership style at times, consultative style at times, [...]

Situational Approach to Leadership Situational approach is also referred as ‘situational leadership style’. According to the situational approach, certain techniques including leadership style may work well in a certain situation and not in all situations. The situational leadership approach recognizes that there exists an interaction between the group and the leader. Leadership is the product [...]

Leadership Styles / Types of Leaders : Every manager develops a style in managing the activities. Such styles vary from leader to leader, from situation to situation, and from organisation to organisation In the words of Edwin Flippo, “Leadership style is a pattern of behaviour designed to integrate organisational and personal interest in pursuit of [...]

Motivation Factors : Clarence Francis, the former Chairman of General Foods (USA) once remarked “You can buy a man’s time; you can buy a man’s physical presence at a given place …. But you cannot buy his initiative, you cannot buy loyalty, …. You have to earn these things.” There are several factors that motivate [...]

Motivation : The term ‘motivation’ has been derived from the word ‘motive’. Motive refers to the inner drive that makes a person to do something or to behave in a certain way. In the words of Micheal Jucious “Motivation is the act of stimulating someone or oneself to get a desired course of action, to [...]