Training & Development (T-Group, Sensitivity Training), Performance Appraisal, Compensation & Industrial Relations

• Security (Safety) Needs in Motivation:
• According to Maslow's hierarchy and contemporary organizational psychology, needs encompassing economic stability, physical protection, job tenure security, health insurance, provident fund protection, and workplace safety fall under Security / Safety Needs (Level 2 of the need hierarchy).
• Distractors:
• Social Needs: Belongingness, affection, friendship, and positive peer affiliation.
• Esteem Needs: Self-respect, status, reputation, professional prestige, and recognition from colleagues.
• Self-Actualization: The highest need level, involving realizing one's fullest personal potential and self-fulfillment.

Correct option: (1) Security needs

• Sensitivity Training (T-Group Training):
• Developed by social psychologist Kurt Lewin and the National Training Laboratories (NTL), Sensitivity Training is also known as T-Group (Training Group) Training or laboratory training.
• It is an unstructured group interaction technique designed to make individuals more sensitive to their own interpersonal behavior, emotional reactions, and group dynamics through open, unscripted peer feedback and self-awareness exercises.
• Distractors:
• In-Basket Training: Simulation technique where trainees are given an 'in-basket' filled with memos, emails, and reports to practice executive prioritization.
• Role Enactment: Acting out designated organizational roles in simulated scenarios.

Correct option: (2) Sensitivity training

• Six Phases of the Perceptual Process:
• In organizational behavior and psychology, the cognitive process through which individuals make sense of sensory stimuli follows a six-stage sequential cycle:

• Receiving: Sensory intake of stimuli through hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, or tasting.
• Selecting: Screening and filtering stimuli through perceptual selectivity (attention).
• Organizing: Structuring chosen stimuli into coherent patterns using principles of figure-ground, proximity, and closure.
• Interpreting: Assigning subjective meaning and emotional significance to the structured information based on past experiences and attitudes.
• Checking: Validating interpretations against external reality or additional data to minimize cognitive biases.
  6. Reacting: Formulating overt behavioral responses or emotional reactions based on the final perception.
  • Conclusion: Option 1 represents the exact correct sequence.