The turbulent world of competition, demanding corporate culture, deadlines, targets and technological changes have left employees with excessive pressure and a high level of stress. Organizations have realized the necessity of having stress-free and motivated employees to perform effectively. Employee Counselling is an effective method of understanding the emotional, psychological or personal problems of employees which affect their performance; and helping them to tackle it. It is an effective tool for a manager to fine-tune the performance and behaviour of employees. This book 'Counselling Skills for Managers – A Holistic Perspective' is primarily intended to serve as a textbook for students pursuing various courses in Management and Psychology. The book is focused, comprehensive and lucid. Moreover, this book will introduce students to the concept of counselling from an employee's perspective and gives a to-the-point description so that students can grasp the concepts easily. The book has also incorporated contemporary concepts in the field of employee counselling. The pedagogy of the book includes learning objectives, summary, review questions from previous year's question papers and case studies based on real situations where the theoretical knowledge can be applied to give a more practical orientation. Contents - 1: Overview of Employee Counselling 2: Functions of Counselling 3: Approaches to Counselling 4: Counsellors' Skills 5: Counselling Process 6: Counselling Procedure 7: Client Relationship and Client Problems 8: Changing Behaviour Through Counselling Interventions 9: Record-keeping in Counselling 10: Application of Counselling in Organisational Settings Case Studies

We are happy to record here that the importance of this subject is increasingly realized and appreciated in our universities and higher academic circles and in industry. We are sure that a day is not too far off when these new ideas will start percolating with greater force and effectiveness to our industries, where they really belong and need to be practised. The students and the general readers of this book will find many new ideas in this book. They are mainly concerned with the activities of the people who work in business and industry whether they are employers or employees; and the various techniques and practices developed to aid them in gaining insights into their many specific and general problems commonly encountered in business and industry. Contents : Part I 1. The Indian Industrial Scene - Back-drop of Industrial Psychology in India 2. Introduction to Industrial Psychology and its Basic Concepts 3. Personnel Selection I : Occupational Information 4. Personnel Selection II : Individual Differences 5. Personnel Selection III : Techniques, Application Blanks and Interview 6. Personnel Selection IV : Psychological Testing 7. Personnel Selection V : Psychological Testing 8. Training in Industry 9. Human Performance : Engineering Psychology 10. Industrial Accidents and their Prevention Part II 11. Motivation 12. Attitudes and Job Satisfaction 13. Morale and Monotony 14. Personnel Counselling 15. Psychological Aspects of Labour Relations 16. Supervision and Leadership Questions 17. Performance Appraisal

The unique feature of this book is its collective authorship. A number of professionl psychiatrists and research psychologists, who have made a close study of the subject and who have been intimately associated with child psychology and child guidance in various institutions, have got together to present a comprehensive volume which offers not only theroretical knowledge but makes a practical approach to the problems that may be uncovered by a study of the subject. Contents : 1. Nature of Child Psychology 2. Principles of Development 3. Role of Language 4. Intelligence and Imagination 5. Needs and Motives 6. Self and Personality 7. Psycho Sexual Development and Character-Development 8. Adjustment 9. Handicapped Children 10. Child Guidance 11. Behaviour Problem 12. Habit Disorders 13. Methods of Examination 14. Treatment 15. Summary and Future Trends

The main aim of the book is to widen the understanding of concepts of intelligence, creativity and giftedness through Indian perspective, as well as presenting an overview of various efforts for identifying and nurturing talents. This book tries to present unique, complete picture of a true integrated nature of these concepts as well as their development. The book covers a large canvas right from ancient Indian Vedic literature and sciences, literature by saints to modern western theories related to these concepts. Overview of history of changing concepts of intelligence, creativity and giftedness in the West and the way these are coming closer to ancient Indian view is presented. A unique original theory of giftedness is also proposed in this line. This theory has its origins in evolutionary biology and marks confluence of eastern and western approaches. It conceptualized giftedness as potential for advance development. Behavioural indicators of this development are also mentioned to make the understanding easier and clearer. The overall approach of this book is wide, holistic and developmental. According to ancient Indian approach, intelligence, giftedness and creativity encompass broader meaning to include cognitive, social, emotional, moral, ethical and spiritual dimensions. And also, constructive contribution to the society is assumed in these concepts. The concepts put forth in this book are universally applicable, beyond boundaries of any country or culture as these are considered axiomatic principles of life. An elaborate case study of an Institute is presented to make application of this approach more clear. The kind of backup that is needed to systematically nurture giftedness is evident from the expanse of activities, knowledge and research that Institute has raised. The output of this educational system with holistic approach is presented in the form of collective contributions to the society from the alumni of this Institute. With this background, an overview of present status related to assessment, identification and nurturance of abilities in our country is presented. Some initiatives by government and non-governmental agencies, critical reviews of some renowned institutes claiming the nurturance of giftedness are also given to make our stand clearer. This indicates increasing awareness regarding talents in society as well as at governmental level. Many challenges in identifying and nurturing talents are discussed. The book emphasizes that these three concepts, viz., intelligence, creativity and giftedness have to be understood beyond quantitative measurement and thus psychometric methods making justice to validity of assessing multiple abilities, wisdom, creativity and giftedness involving intuitive thinking and subjective experience are to be evolved. The need for making social, political and cultural environments congenial for this is emphasized. And for that, interdisciplinary research is recommended. At the same time, need to increase parental sensitivity, awareness, acceptance of abilities of their children and their readiness to take efforts for their enhancement has to be attended. In short, this book tries to present broad, holistic, comprehensive concepts of intelligence, giftedness and creativity from Indian perspective along with their application. Contents - Section I 1. Introduction 2. Ancient Indian View of 'Buddhi' 3. Buddhi and Giftedness as Conceptualised by Saint Samarth Ramdas 4. Creativity and Evolutionary View of Giftedness 5. Giftedness as a Potential for Advance Development Section II 6. Cleaning the Mess: Current Scenario 7. Where Do We Stand? 8. Special Educational Institutes 9. Jnana Prabodhini as a Step in Gifted Education 10. Beyond Schooling and Formal Education Epilogue References Glossary

Answer to any question may be broadly categorized into two ways such as objective and long answer type. Answering questions in a long or narrative manner may be time consuming and may create physical and psychological burden. Further, it may not satisfy the answer what the question proposed to be. In such cases, answer in short form or objective manner may be preferable. Psychology is a very broad subject to understand the concept and its meaning. In this regard, reader prefer the exact meaning and concept to understand psychology better through some multiple choice questions and can prepare the answer easily by going through the important points and statement which is required for certain purpose. In the Union Public Services (UPSC) (India), candidates prepare a huge number of papers and questions starting from general knowledge to their main stream of the optional paper for main the examination. In this context, it is very difficult for them to go through many branches of psychology, which is a very broad topic in nature. In this context, the present book will definitely help them to prepare better for their prelims and main exams interested in the field of psychology without spending much time, effort and also the cost factor. Similarly, the present book will serve students to prepare for University Grant Commission (UGC), National Educational Test (NET) / Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) programme and other competitive examinations in psychology. Last but not leasts it can be said that the book contains total of twenty chapters including 2000 to 3000 multiple choice question answers in different way, like Fill in The Blanks, True/False, Assertion/Reasoning, etc., which are more relevant to most of the competitive examinations. These chapters of the book cover most of the important branches of psychology and will definitely help students interested for different types of examination to score better having a healthy and sound knowledge. The wordings and terminology of the book is simple and reader-friendly which will definitely help the interested beginners to attend any competitive examination in psychology. Contents : 1. Introduction to Psychology 2. Physiology of Behaviour 3. Sensation, Attention and Perception 4. Learning and Conditioning 5. Memory Process 6. Thinking Process 7. Motivation

Criminology is a subject which addresses students of undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the universities, institutes of sociology, criminology, law and social work and the law enforcement officers trained at police, judicial and correctional academies. This book Criminology, Penology and Victimology is meant to cater to the requirements of both students of criminology and the practitioners in law enforcement and correctional services. With the above objective in view, this book has well knit twenty-six chapters. The Chapter-1 goes on to discuss the history, nature, subject matter, importance and the inter-disciplinary concerns of criminology. Chapters 2 to 6 are devoted to the exclusive discussion of the concept and theories : sociological, psychological, economic and biophysical. The etiology of crime has been succinctly analyzed in Chapter-7. The themes relating to individual deviance and collective deviance have been dealt under Chapter 8 and 9 respectively. Organized crime, white collar crime and recidivism have been discussed in separate Chapters from 10-12. Crime trends pertaining to some old and some new crime problems like gambling, prostitution, drug addiction, alcoholism and cyber crime have been well dealt under Chapters 13 to 18. Concepts of penology, prison system, prison conditions and prison reforms have been covered under Chapters 19-20, Chapters 21 to 23 are devoted towards the discussion of theories of penology pertaining to deterrence, retribution, restoration, reformation, rehabilitation, probation and parole. Chapter-24 discusses the much needed concept of social defense and the approaches to the promotion of social defense. The last two Chapters are devoted to the discussion of often neglected area in the textbooks such as victimology (Chapter-25) and victims of terrorism (Chapter-26). Contents - Chapter 1 : Introducing Criminology Chapter 2 : Modern Concepts Chapter 3 : Economic Theories Chapter 4 : Psychological Theories Chapter 5 : Bio-Physical Theories Chapter 6 : Sociological Theories Chapter 7 : Etiology of Crime Chapter 8 : Individual Deviance: Juvenile Justice Chapter 9 : Collective Deviance Chapter 10 : Organized Crime Chapter 11 : White Collar Crime Chapter 12 : Recidivism Chapter 13 : Crime Trends Chapter 14 : Gambling Chapter 15 : Drug Addiction Chapter 16 : Alcoholism Chapter 17 : Cyber Crime Chapter 18 : Prostitution Chapter 19 : Penology: Concepts & Dimensions Chapter 20 : Prison Condition in India Chapter 21 : Theories of Penology: Deterrence Theory Chapter 22 : Theories of Penology: Theories of Retributive & Restorative Justice Chapter 23 : Theories of Penology: Reformatory & Rehabilitative Theory of Punishment Chapter 24 : Cocial defence Chapter 25 : Victimology Chapter 26 : Victims of Terrorism

This book tends to explain the concepts that are related to counselling as well the overall idea of counselling. It also is an attempt to describe the various ways in which the process of counselling can be worked upon by the teacher who is assumed to be a counsellor for the students especially in the Secondary and Higher Secondary level of Education. Adolescents go through various physical, behavioural and emotional changes in their life and this leads to lot of mental stress. The author has tried to focus on the mental health of this section of the society who are the future citizens of this nation. Technology may have brought in lot of advances in terms of studies and resources available today, but a teacher never becomes redundant and is still considered to be one strong pillar of support for a student in school. This book gives a glimpse on how teachers could deal with children in school and counsel the parents if there is a need. To make the writing possible, there are a number of people who have been responsible for and have also been a source of my inspiration. First of all, my daughter whose growing years helped me to play the role of a parent, a teacher and many times a counsellor, and my students over the years with whom I could interact to understand how counselling could work for a teacher. Contents - 1. Introduction to Counselling 2. Approaches in Counselling 3. Interventions 4. Mental and Emotional Health Bibliography

The main aim of this book is to generate an awareness of core aspects of behavioural science and social psychology. The entire matter aims at disseminating knowledge among younger generation and to serve as notes on specified topics. Contents - Part - I : ASPECTS OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE Chapter 1: Knowing the Concept of 'Self' Chapter 2: Cognitive Dissonance Chapter 3: Personality Chapter 4: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Chapter 5: Problem Solving Chapter 6: Self-esteem Chapter 7: Impression Management Chapter 8: Enhancing Managerial Effectiveness Part - II : ASPECTS OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Chapter 9: Group Dynamics Chapter 10: Aggression Chapter 11: Moving towards Emotional Balance Chapter 12: Social Acceptance Chapter 13: Social Rejection Chapter 14: Social Cognitive and Learning Perspectives Chapter 15: Social Influence Chapter 16: The Causes, Effects, and Cures of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination Chapter 17: Social Stress Chapter 18: Applications of Social Psychology

“Action always prompts reaction”. An action if cautiously applied with discreet manner, reaction will be moderate without causing any harm. An action may be negative or positive. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. A man walking in the street should not be absorbed in his own thoughts and should not be day dreaming lest there is likelihood of meeting with an accident. In other words, one should be cautious and conscious in doing any act. It is natural phenomena why people are not cautiously and consciously doing the activities which are warranted. This book is an overall evaluation of human life. A man is a social animal. It is, therefore, a birthright of every individual to lead a normal life. “Live and let live” should be the motto of every individual and/or a society and/or a nation. There may be discriminations. In terms of caste, class, creed, colour and community, these also exist in other living beings, viz., animals, birds and insects. This book has made an attempt to cover all methods of psychology but mainly to improve the psychology of an individual. Study of psychology is restricted to behaviour and genes of an individual. It is no doubt essential to know the psychology to understand an individual. Psychology of an individual points out the positive and negative facets of his body and mind. A man has dual personality – good and evil. These personalities operate at different times based on different circumstances. Improvement of psychology depends on the various factors, viz., hereditary, education, religion, surrounding, occupation, economy and even to a certain extent political government policies of the nation also influence the psychology. A new born baby only feels hungry and thirsty. It, therefore, begin with crying and crying. Only a mother understands him. He is totally influenced and guarded by his mother’s action and dictates. So says, psychology takes birth in the womb of a mother. The author highlights the agony and pathetic conditions of the people of India and attempted to spread peace and happiness all over the country. Basic essentials of an individual should be met for a reasonable survival. It is a foregone conclusion that all fingers are not equal – so says, all people are not equal, and equality cannot be maintained. Some are born rich and some are born poor. In order to bring about principle of equity and natural justice, different forms of government were introduced by different countries to promote natural justice. But most of the forms of the government fail to achieve the desired objective. The ideology of communism – a political system whereby all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs, has not achieved its objective in satisfying the people and it failed miserably in country like Russia and Mexico. The author has made a fruitful comparison of different living beings and attempted to bring happiness and peace in the minds of every individual, which certainly make the nation happy, peaceful and prosperous. He also observed terrorist attacks, foreign interference, riot and strike, war in the country, only spread violence, civil disobedience, unrest and unhappiness all over the country. This is not a happy sign. So feel good, feel happy should be the message to all the people which only can improve the psychology of the people. The objective of the author in writing this book is to appeal to the people to learn the art of living. This can happen only if the psychology is reformed and improved to lead a better life and contribute something to the nation to make it worth living. Contents : 1. Study of Psychology 2. Influence of Heredity on Psychology 3. Influence of Surrounding on Psychology 4. Influence of Religion and Astrology on Psychology 5. Experimental and Occupational Psychology 6. Developmental Psychology 7. Effect of Psychology on the Nation 8. Drawbacks of Indian Psychology 9. Methods to Improve Indian Psychology 10. Conclusion

Employees form the core of any organization. The roadmap to organization success is paved by the painstaking efforts of its employees and employers. Thus organization behavior is the bedrock for organizations to succeed and prosper in today's tough business environment. Sound knowledge in organizational psychology will help management and employees alike, in bringing harmony in the work place. Several books on organizational psychology have been written in the past and each and every one of them has their themes and merit. This book on organizational psychology was written keeping in mind the fundamental aspects of organizational psychology interwoven with the contemporary concepts, practices and issues related to this field. The flow in this book helps in distilling the basic concepts and incentivizes students to get actively involved in the subject thus enabling them to develop competencies for becoming successful managers and entrepreneurs. The book is a lucid presentation of logical sequences of concepts relevant in the field of organizational psychology. The first chapter introduces the reader to the concept of organizational psychology, followed by perception in the next chapter that deals with different concepts in perception and its application in business management. Subsequent chapters cover personality, learning, work related attitudes, motivation, group dynamics, power and politics in organizations.Case studies, subject related activities, self assessment questions and model questions are provided in each chapter to enhance the learning experience. Contents : Unit 1 Introduction to Organizational Psychology Unit 2 Perception Unit 3 Personality Unit 4 Learning Unit 5 Work Related Attitude & Motivation Unit 6 Group Behaviour, Power & Politics Question Papers