PERSONALITY AND ATTITUDE OF BIG B in Organisation Behaviour for MBA Students.

1. PERSONALITY
AND
ATTITUDE OF
BIG B
PRESENTED BY
Shilpa Srivastava
Sanchit Trivedi
Sana Pasha
Anjali Saluja
Amit Jha
Radhika Bajaj
Megha Bagga

2. INTRODUCTION
• Amitabh Bachchan is one of the greatest and
most influential actors in the history of Indian
cinema.
• Mr. Bachchan was born on Sunday 11th
October 1942, in Allahabad, India.
• The ‘Shahenshah’ of Bollywood was born in
well-known poet's family Harivansh Rai ji
Bachchan and Teji Bachchan in Allahabad.

3. • Amitabh went to Sherwood College, a boarding
school in Nainital, and then to Kirori Mal College in
Delhi University where he earned a double MA
degree.
• He had to struggle a lot in Bollywood because of his
unconventional looks and his height. At 6’3”, he was
considered far too tall by the filmmakers.
• Surprisingly, despite having a rich baritone voice,
Bachchan failed in an audition at the All India Radio!

4. • Ultimately, it was K A Abbas who gave Amitabh his
first break in ‘Saat Hindustani’. But the film failed
miserably, with Bachchan going almost unnoticed.
• Amitabh played the lead role, for the first time in his
career, in ‘Pyar Ki Kahani’.
• It was on the sets of ‘Ek Nazar’ that Amitabh and
Jaya Bhaduri realized that they were in love with
each other. They married soon after.

5. • Amitabh got an award for the best supporting
actor for ‘Anand’ which was with Rajesh
Khanna.
• Amitabh got his first Best Actor Award for
Manmohan Desai’s ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, next
year for ‘Don’ and then for ‘Hum’.
• He also gain the National Award for Best Actor
for ‘Agneepath’.

6. INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR
Foundations Of Individual Behaviour
Personal factors
Psychological factors
Organisational systems & resources
Environmental factors

7. Personal Factors
Age: It affects performance, turnover,
absenteeism, productivity & satisfaction.
1975
33 Years
2011
69 years

8. Sex: Research has proved that skills like
problem solving ability, motivation, leadership
etc are not gender dependent.

9. Breaking Stereotypes

10. Amitabh Bachchan’s Letter to Aradhya & Navya Naveli

11. Education: It affects individual behaviour,
largely through the level & type of education
received.
Graduation – Sherwood College, Nainital
Double major in Science and Arts – Kirori Mal
College, Delhi.

12. Polio Campaign

13. Abilities: Refers to an individual’s capacity to
perform various tasks.
Intellectual Abilities – Refers to mental
activities.
ex- GRE, GMAT, CAT ETC
Physical abilities – Refers to one’s stamina
and strength

15. Marital Status: it has an influence on
absenteeism, turnover and satisfaction.
Number of dependents: There is a
correlation between the number of
dependents an employee has and his or her
absences and satisfaction.

16. Creativity: It refers to the cognitive activity
that results in a new or novel way of
viewing or solving a problem
Highly desirable
1.Background experience
2.Personal traits
3.Cognitive ability

17. Emotional intelligence : Concerned with an
individual’s emotional and social skills
1.Emotional attainment or Self-awareness &
people skills
2.Emotional management

18. PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
Personality: Personality is the combination of characteristics or
qualities that forms a person’s unique identity. It signifies the role
which a person plays in public.
1.Inherited Characteristics:
Colour of a person’s eye
Religion/Race of a person
Shape of the nose
Shape of earlobes
2.Learned Characteristics:
Perception − Result of different senses like feeling, hearing etc.
Values − Influences perception of a situation, decision making
process.
Personality − Patterns of thinking, feeling, understanding and
behaving.
Attitude − Positive or negative attitude like expressing one’s thought.

19. Perception: Perception is the result of
processing of information received by
individuals regarding various events around
them.
Attitude: Attitudes can positively or negatively
affect a person's behaviour. A person may
not always be aware of his or her attitude or
the effect it is having on behaviour.

20. Values: Values are an important element that
affects individuals and how they behave
towards others.
Learning: Learning can be defined as the
activity or process of acquiring knowledge or
skill by studying, practicing, being taught, or
experiencing something

21. ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS & RESOURCES
Physical Facilities
Amitabh owns two houses – Jalsa and Pratiksha.
Also has an office building ‘Janak’ which reportedly
has a gym that is regularly used by him.
His three buildings are at a convenient walking
distance from each other in Juhu, Mumbai.
Recently he has got 2 more houses in Mumbai
named vatsa and 1 unnamed.

22. Leadership:
Lets look at his three key Leadership Qualities:
Humble: Whenever one gets to see him, whether on screen or off screen,
he always has this humble demeanour. Always maintaining a dignified
humility, whether he is dealing with senior dignitaries, lesser known
journalists, spot boys or a commoner.
Adaptable: I can’t remember of another bollywood star who has managed
to re-invent and adapt himself so well to changing demands of the world
and industry. From an angry man as Inspector Vijay Khanna in Zanjeer to
being the host of Kaun Banega Crorepati and recently Paa. His life has
been a roller coaster ride alternating between struggles and his triumph
over his misfortunes.
Persistent:
No one can deny his persistence in managing and reinventing himself as o
for Anand.

23. REWARD SYSTEMS
• National awards
• Doctrate
• Film fare
• Others

24. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
Political
In 1984, Bachchan took a break from acting and briefly
entered politics in support of long-time family friend, Rajiv
Gandhi. He contested Allahabad's seat of 8th Lok
Sabha against H. N. Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of
Uttar Pradesh and won by one of the highest victory
margins in general election history (68.2% of the vote).
His political career, however, was short-lived, he
resigned after three years.
Thereafter Bachchan started supporting the Samajwadi
Party, the political party to which Amar Singh belonged.

25. What is Personality
Personality is set of unique
characteristics that makes an
individual different from others
NATURE AND PERSONALITY

26. Personality traits of BIG B
• Humble
• Calm
• Hardworking
• Discipline and Punctual
• Mentor To Youngster
• Social Activist
• Respect for Parents and other

27. Nature of Personality
Personality has both internal and external
elements.
External traits are observational behaviors that we
notice in individual personality
For eg:
Sociability
Respect
Discipline etc.

28. Internal factors are
Humbleness
Calm
Hardworking etc.
An individual’s personality is both inherited
as well as shape by environment.
For eg.
Respect for other
Discipline
Dedication for work.

29. TYPE THEORY

30. Comparison
BASIS FOR COMPARISON TYPE A PERSONALITY TYPE B PERSONALITY
Meaning Type A personality is one
which is stress prone, in a
hurry, impatient and fast in
whatever they do.
Type B personality is one
which is less stress prone
patient, relaxed and easy
going.
Nature Sensitive and proactive Reflective and innovative
Patience level Low High
Temperament Short-termpered Even-tempered
Competition Highly-competitive Less-competitive
Multitasking Does several things at a
time.
Does one thing at a time.
Stress level High Low
Time constraints Encounters pressure
because of time constraints
Is not affected by time
constraints.

31. Extrovert And Introvert

32. BASIS FOR COMPARISON INTROVERT EXTROVERT
Meaning An introvert is a person who
remains isolated, or enjoys the
company of few closed ones.
An extrovert is an outgoing and
outspoken person who enjoys
being around and talking to
people.
Nature Self-contained Gregarious
Think Think before speak Think as they speak
Time Spends more time with
themselves
Spends more time with family and
friends
Focus Inward focused Outward focused
Friends Few Many
Change Do not accept change easily. Accept change easily.
Communication Openly communicate about
themselves with people they know
and trust.
Openly communicate about
themselves with anyone.
Concentration Deeply concentrate for long
period.
Get distracted easily.
Comparison Chart Of Introvert And Extrovert

33. TRAIT THEORIES

35. PSYCHOANALYTIC FACTORS
•Amitabh can write equally well with both his
hands.
•Amitabh began his career in films in 1969 as a
voice narrator in mrinal sen’s bhuvan shome.
Director satyajit ray also used bachchan’s voice in
his 1977 film shatranj ke khiladi.
•He wanted to become an engineer and was keen
to join the indian air force.
•Amitabh, famous for his baritone, ironically, was
rejected by all india radio.

36. •His first salary was Rs 300.
•Amitabh debuted as an actor in saat hindustani.
•Amitabh’s actual surname was shrivastava, his
father had adopted the pen name bachchan. So
the family adopted this surname.
•He was one of the judges for the 1995 miss
world beauty pageant.

37. Psychoanalytic Factors of Big B
• Persistence
• Dedication
• Kindness
• Hope
• Golden heart
• Improvisation
• The show must go on

38. Social Learning Theory
Two types of learning : learning through
experience or through reinforcement and learning
through observing others
Regard situation as an important determinant of
behaviour.
Individual determinants of behaviour :
competencies, cognitive strategies, outcome
expectations, subjective value outcomes, self
regulatory systems and plans.

39. Social Learning from Big B
1. Don’t give up. Hard work goes a long way.
2. Family always matters.
3. Money finds those who deserve it.
4. Age is just a number.
5. Don’t stop at nothing.
6. The best way is not the ‘high’ way.
7. Learn to say NO when it matters.
8. Success has no (geographical) limits.
9. Be the voice that brings change.
10. Strive to win.

40. DETERMINANTS OF PERSONALITY
1.Heredity:
Physical stature, facial attractiveness, temperament,
muscle composition and reflexes, energy level, and
biological rhythms are characteristics that are considered
to be inherent from one’s parents.
The following characteristics is inherited by all humans
1.Physical structure(tall, deep baritone voice)
2.Reflexes
3.Intelligence

41. •Among the factors that exert pressures on our personality
formation are the culture in which we are raised, our early
conditioning, the norms among our family, friends and
social groups and other influences we experience.
•The culture in which one lives in, that may involve
traditional practices, norms, customs, procedures, rules
and regulations, precedents and values, all are important
determinants of personality.
•Big B is so great and yet so humble. He maintains a
dignified humility before everyone without discrimination.
2.Environment:

42. 3.Family
•The family has considerable influence on personality
development ,particularly in the early stages.
•Usually, the parent’s of the same gender as the child
will serve as the model for the child’s identification.
•Big B who holds the reputation for his strong will
power and temperance often credits this to his father
from whom he learned this.

43. “Paisa badi Muskil se Milta hai”
•His father used to return back home late after
working for long hours and Big B used to open the
house door for him ,his father used to say “Paisa
badi Muskil se Milta hai”.
•A couple of years later Big B joined film industry
with a busy schedule doing three to four shifts and
return back home late .His father used to open the
door and Big B used to say the same lines.
•His father was a hard worker, sincere, disciplined,
punctual and so he(Big B) is.

44. 4.Situational
•When a person behaves contrastingly and exhibits
different traits.
•For example,a person behavior will be totally
different when he is in office, in front of his boss when
compared to his hangout with friends.
•Big B never loses control in any situation. None of us
have seen Big B speaking rubbish about anyone. He
speaks little and speaks with calculation.

45. 5.Social
•The society that we live in, the cultural
environment that we face daily, the community
we get interacted to, all are included in this factor.
•Relationships, co-ordination, co-operation,
interaction, environment in the family,
organizations, workplaces, communities, societies
all contribute in way or another as personality
determinants.

46. His humbleness was evident in KBC ,a television
show hosted by him , where he used to get down
from his seat to receive each and every contestant to
their Hot seat and supported their chair while they got
seated.

47. ABC MODEL

48. Thank You!!!