This presentation is on Sensitivity training. How came up with this concept and how it works and when and where it is useful for.

1. Sensitivity Training
By : Anjana Nair(38)
Mohit Kumar(57)
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2. Table of Content
• Introduction
• History
• Procedure of Sensitivity Training
• Goals of Sensitivity Training
• T-Group
• Assumptions
• Outcomes of Sensitivity Training
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3. Sensitivity Training
• Sensitivity :
an awareness and understanding of the feeling of others.
• Training :
the action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill
or behavior .
• Sensitivity Training :
Is a form of training with the goal of making people more
aware of their own preconception and more sensitive to
others.
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4. • Invented in 1942 by J.L. Moreno who created
“PSYCHODRAMA”.
• Further expanded by Kurt Lewin, who founded the first T-
Group.
• First workshop was conducted in New Britain.
• National Training Laboratories were setup in Bethel, 1947.
• NTL became a nonprofit organization with its headquarters
in Washington, D.C.
• Spread across the globe.
History
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5. Procedure of Sensitivity Training
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Making trainee
aware about his
inadequate
behavior.
By giving
feedback and
experimenting
new behavior.
Practicing new
behavior
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6. • Initially designed for immediate feedback.
• Focuses on being sensitive and aware of the feelings of
others.
• Emphasizes on personal relationships and remarks.
• Focuses on personal growth and interpersonal effectiveness.
• To improve the functioning within a group.
Goals of Sensitivity Training
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7. • Specifically called as Training Groups
• A group of people undergoing therapy or training.
• Comprises of 8 – 15 People; No formal leader and agenda.
• But it upset those who expect guidance.
T-Groups
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8. • Group members give constructive feedback.
• Feedback is complete and deals with significant aspects of
the individual’s behavior.
• Anxiety facilitates new learning.
• Learning of cultural differences.
Assumptions
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9.  Self :
 Increased awareness of own feeling and own impact others.
 Increased awareness of others feeling and their impact on self.
 Increased interpersonal competence.
 Role :
 Increase awareness of own organizational role.
 Change in attitude towards others role .
 Organization :
 Organizational improvement through group training.
Outcomes
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