Guest lecture on Self Analysis and Workplace Etiquette

The Department of Psychology organised a guest lecture on ‘SELF ANALYSIS AND
WORKPLACE ETIQUETTES’ for PG&UG(Honours)students of the Department.
The speaker for the day was Ms. Khushboo Bhardwaj working as a corporate trainer. The workshop was aimed at imparting the students with understanding of the basic job related mannerisms as well help them understand their own self by the means of S.W.O.T Analysis. The guest lecture began with a discussion on the concept of sustainability in the organisational setup progressing towards the idea of lower rates of unemployability amongst Indian youth. This low rate can be attributed to lack of ground level workplace mannerism related to formal
conversations (via texting or telephonic) e-mail etiquettes, formal dress codes as indicate by researches in the domain. The basic idea was to allow students to understand the fundamental idiosyncrasy of the organisational system. Some of them can be listed as follows: avoiding use of emoticons, colloquial speech, understanding the importance of salutations, adherence to formal dressing protocols etc.
In the later phase of the session, the students were made to do a self-assessment through an introspective activity of S.W.O.T Analysis. The purpose was to help students identify their own strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats. The analysis not only focused on students’ views of themselves, but also included perspectives of the significant others such as peers, family and guides or faculties towards the students. This was presumed to enable
students to develop an overall and finer understanding of one’s personality dimensions.
The event ended up being a success as students felt quite educated not only about the workplace decorum and decency which can contribute to their higher sustainability in various work areas but also provided them insights about their own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that the environment can provide them with.
The session was concluded with queries being taken up the speaker and feedbacks provided by the students.