Personality Development is very important and if students are motivated, early in life, they would be better able to acquire the required life skills and become a better success. As a University Teacher, as a former Director of an Institute of Management, as a Trainer and Motivator, I am convinced that the best thing the educational institutions, at various levels, can do is to initiate the process of self-development, provide the required minimum initial support, and then leave the rest to the students to work out on their own. Some of my ideas are presented under the caption, Personality Development and Small Group Activity. This is a set of 4 presentations. I request the interested friends, whether representing Managements, Faculty or the Students, to kindly go through all the four parts in order to obtain a total view and then make up their mind to begin the exercise.

3. WhyWhy
areare
wewe
here ?here ?
Prof. V.Viswanadham

4. TOTO
BEBE
BORN ?BORN ?

5. TOTO
BE BORNBE BORN
AA
MAN /MAN /
WOMAN ?WOMAN ?

7. Anticipate the FutureAnticipate the Future
Create the World You WantCreate the World You Want
Educational Institutions
– particularly teaching Professional Courses –
are logical laboratories for learning together . . .
how to face challenges at a scale and complexity
we have never seen before….
The learning curve for humanity is always
an upward spiral.
Anticipatory learning provides a solid footing
for the climb to a preferred future.

8. Learning
goes
beyond knowing
to being
able to
do
what one knows

9. Learn for
effective performanceeffective performance
Useful Hints for Better Learning
Learn for
knowledgeknowledge andand skillsskills
Learn for
long-term retention andlong-term retention and
transfertransfer

10. Individual
work X
Small Group
Activity
Significant impact
on behaviour and
learning

12. Individual self-interest;Individual self-interest;
relationships remain undeveloped;relationships remain undeveloped;
shy and hesitating to give and receiveshy and hesitating to give and receive
feedback;feedback;
learning pace is relatively slower;learning pace is relatively slower;
interaction is not extended tointeraction is not extended to
important areas such as PD & Soft Skills;important areas such as PD & Soft Skills;
pride / jealousy get encouraged,pride / jealousy get encouraged,
distancing the students.distancing the students.

13. Individual orientation gets backseat;
relationships begin to develop;
giving and receiving feedback
becomes easy and natural;
learning pace becomes faster;
besides curricular, many other important aspects,
particularly PD & Soft skills
get properly focused;
a sense of cooperation, trust, mutual interest &
learning orientation get encouraged;
adjustment processes are better appreciated;
Team skills, Leadership qualities
begin to get recognized;
better appreciation of mutual dependency;
overall development, in a substantial manner and to a
sustainable extent
becomes a distinct possibility.

14. Students begin to identifyStudents begin to identify
their strengths and gifts,their strengths and gifts,
along with weaknesses, if any,along with weaknesses, if any,
start recognizing the available opportunitiesstart recognizing the available opportunities
much better,much better,
compare the same with what others have,compare the same with what others have,
and more particularlyand more particularly
with what is expected of them,with what is expected of them,
learn from others and be willinglearn from others and be willing
to allow others to learn from them ~to allow others to learn from them ~
relationship building occurs asrelationship building occurs as
improved connections are made.improved connections are made.

15. What ARE the core skills thatWhat ARE the core skills that
Professional education should foster?Professional education should foster?
Intellectual Skills, such as critical and
constructive thinking
analysis, synthesis, problem solving, judgment,
decision making, examine values in decisions
Interaction Skills
influence others, participate in groups and teams,
and lead in diverse settings and cultures through
better
Communication skills,Communication skills, in all its facets ~
written, oral, presentation, reading, listening,
appropriate body language

16. Intellectual Skills
Communication
Skills
Interaction Skills

17. What and how much
gets learned
in any situation depends
heavily on
prior knowledge and experience
and on
youryour
Attitude towards Learning

18. • Amplification of Input Principle
~ For a little input, learners get
a lot of output.
• Probing Principle
~ Learning is a cycle of probing the world
(doing something);
reflecting in and on this action and, on
this basis,
forming an hypothesis;
re-probing the world to test this
hypothesis; and then
accepting or rethinking the hypothesis.

20. “Never doubt that a small
group of committed people
can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing
that ever has.”
Margaret Mead