OBJECTIVES AND KEY RESULTS (OKRs): A TOOL FOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Team IIBP Anveshan, Issue 14, Volume 2

Performance management is a corporate management technique that assists managers in monitoring and evaluating the performance of their staff. The purpose of performance management is to create an atmosphere in which people can perform to their full potential in order to accomplish the highest-quality work in the most efficient manner possible. A systematic performance-management programme ensures that managers and employees …

“RIGHT TIME TO TALK ABOUT PERIODS (MENSTRUATION)”

Team IIBP Anveshan, Issue 14, Volume 2

Sometimes we hesitate to talk about periods, it may make us, and the child feels a little uncomfortable. But children need reliable information! Helping the child to understand their body and how all body parts works will help them to take care of their health. We first need to know what the child knows about puberty. Clarify any misinformation, ask …

CAUTIOUS CONSUMERS AFTER COVID-19 CRISIS

Team IIBP Anveshan, Issue 14, Volume 2

How and why do consumers’ purchases change because of the breakout of COVID-19? Consumers’ lifestyles and buying patterns are disrupted by pandemics like COVID-19, and the global economy suffers as a result. Consumer purchases of a nation’s own brand and items made in that country contribute significantly to that country’s GDP and aid in the recovery of that country’s disrupted …

CONSCIOUS AGING AND VANAPRASTHA

Team IIBP Anveshan, Issue 14, Volume 2

Vanaprastha is the third of four ashram of concept in Hindu traditions and literally means retiring into a forest. It is considered as a transition phase from a householder’s life with greater emphasis on spiritual liberation of self. It is gradual transition of householder responsibilities to the next generation, increasingly hermit-like lifestyle, and greater emphasis on community services and spiritual …

IDENTIFYING AND ELIMINATING TOXIC WORK CULTURE

Team IIBP Anveshan, Issue 14, Volume 2

Seema is a single mother of two and works at a multi-corporate company. Each day she would return home feeling exhausted, both physically and mentally. She finds no respite at home, as she would continue getting calls from her co-workers and boss. She is unable to set boundaries between work and home. Due to this, she could not spend much …

SELF-HELP TECHNIQUE TO COPE WITH STRESS AND ANXIETY

Team IIBP Anveshan, Issue 13, Volume 2

Considering the Pandemic and the overall hectic lifestyle of the 21st Century, Stress has become a rather frequent guest for almost everyone. Stressors or factors that contribute to stress range from a mild convenience in our day-to-day life to Traumatic experiences. One factor that very often overlaps with stress is anxiety. The uneasiness and the unpleasant feelings of nervousness worry …

SEX EDUCATION: WHEN AND HOW?

Team IIBP Anveshan, Issue 13, Volume 2

Sex education remains a foreign concept in many parts of India. Both parents and teachers do little to educate children about sex and other related subjects. There is also a common misconception that sex education only concerns reproduction and sex organs, despite the fact that it is much more. Before we get into when should we start sex education, let’s …

WE SHALL OVERCOME

Team IIBP Anveshan, Issue 13, Volume 2

“Think Positive, Be Positive, Speak Positive”… Yes we know … and yet, it’s an uphill task, especially when we are in the eye of the storm and all we see and feel is darkness. It’s just an irritating advice. Yet, deeper in our hearts we know that it’s always good-over-evil and that ‘two negatives cannot make a positive’. So what’s …

HOW TO REPROGRAM YOUR MIND

Team IIBP Anveshan, Issue 13, Volume 2

Mind is the product of our brain through which we think and conceive ideas, thoughts, feelings, and intelligence. Many people are unable to keep their mind in a systematic paradigm and mind goes astray because they feel that their mind is chattering which always bothers them. Their thoughts shift back to past and future imaginations. But the question is why …

WOMEN AT WORK: TO BE LIKED OR TO SUCCEED?

Team IIBP Anveshan, Issue 13, Volume 2

The conversation around the experience of women in the workplace is not new. From being confined to the household walls to the rise of female-led companies, we have come a long way (and still have a long way to go ahead!). Despite the much-needed increase in representation, women are still a minority in most workplaces and face many challenges on …