Welcome to Human Relations ABUS 154

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Welcome to Human Relations ABUS 154
Melissa Brown Assistant Professor Applied Business
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Overview

• Human Behavior
• Motivation
• Leadership
• Communication
• Stress
• Attitude

• Perspectives
• Changing Behavior
• Judging Others
• Contribution
• Diversity

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Understanding Human Behavior

• Why do people behave the way they do?
• Why do WE act the way we?

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Motivation

• What motivates you?
• What motivates others?

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Leadership

• Are your employees there to serve you?
• Are you there to serve your employees?
• How big is that boss ego.
• Should a boss empower employees to do things
  themselves?
• Do you share your vision
• of the future?
• Do you have one?

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Communication

• Components of effective communication
• Body language
• Tone/pitch/volume of your voice
• Actual words
• Making sure the message you wanted to send is the
  one thats received.
• Listening

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Stress

• Positive or negative depending on how you look
  at it
• How to successfully cope

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Attitude

• What kinds of people do you like to be around?

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Perspective

• Is the cup half full or half empty?

• Is the cup completely full or completely empty?

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Perspective

• Why would we all see the same situation
  differently?

• Were selective about information how we
  process it.

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Perspective

• After years of conditioning, our brain tells us
  whats important to notice and process.

• A frog does not see its mothers face or see a
  sunset.

• We all like to think we can see
  everything clearly.

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Picassos Perspective
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Changing Behavior

• Is it easy?
• Why or why not?

Comfort Zone
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Judging Others

• Do you judge people by how they stack up to your
  standards?

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Contribution
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Diversity

• Are we a melting pot or a stew in the USA?
• Acceptance of differences in gender, ethnicity,
  abilities, ideas, and religion.

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