Happiness: Just an Emotion! Jessica Pryce-Jones is author of the book Happiness

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Happiness: Just an Emotion! Jessica Pryce-Jones is author of the book Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success. Adrian Furnham is an organizational and applied psychologist. of happiness in the workplace, considering that the best employee is that person who is resilient, accepts a challenge, and is willing to learn and do more to succeed. In fact, optimism is difficult They both believe in the effects motivated e either positive or negative; you either see the glass half empty or half full. It is true that moods bosses are best avoided when they are in a bad mood, particularly for annual appraisals. Good result in encouraging, forgiving, and more tolerant individuals. On the other h related to blaming and attacking others. That is, negative people make bad colleagues and team members. and, negative moods are Pryce-Jones determines that several questions can allow employers to identify how employees can manage the 5Cs of happiness at work-Contribution, Conviction, Culture, Commitment and Confidence. Samples of those questions are: 1. What do they do to check that their personal and team or organizational goals are aligned? 2. What are their personal values which are particularly aligned with your organization? 3. What do they do when they don't know what to do? 4. What do they find really worthwhile at work? 5. When do they take a risk and why? 6. When they hesitate to do things, why or what lies behind that hesitation? 7. What kind of feedback and recognition do they like best? 8. Ask them on a scale of total pessimist to total optimist where they falil? What do they think that means in terms of their work? Pryce-Jones sees a gradual shift in the situation. "We're still waiting for a change in the recruitment process. But once people understand the effects that a happier employee has in terms of productivity and performance, I'm sure that will happen. Tha's because happier employees are literally twice as productive as their least happy colleagues. The happiest employees focus 80 percent of their time at work on what they are there to do; the least happy only 40 percent of their time. In all, that amounts to a staggering two days a week in terms of output, so you definitely don't want unhappy workers in your team. Questions (Refer to the main points in chapter 6) Elaborate upon Pryce-Jones' 5Cs of happiness. Which C(s) best describes people from the Arab world? (10-15) words 1 lines 1. Are you an optimist or pessimist? How does this affect your everyday life and your interaction with others? (10-15) words 1 lines. 2. What do you think a company can do to change its emotional climate and increase productivity? (20-25) words 2 lines 3.

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Happiness---Just and emotion.

1) Jessica Pryce Jones is a motivator, novel writter and counselor for working professionals. She believes that the person who are happy tend to be more confident and dedicated towards working hard. The person who are dejected and sad do not contribute in jobs and tend to be less hardworking and dedicated towards their jobs. Among the 5C, the most important factor for success at work is culture.

2)Accoding to the author of the happiness book, if you have a positive bent of mind you tend to be more happy and friendly with your colleagues at work.You are patient, motivating and dedicated with a positive optimistic bent of mind.If you have a negative attitude towards life, then there is a tendency to blame others.A negative attitude person will be selfish,greedy and always blaming others.There will be lack of motivation,desire and confidence to help colleagues at work. The person will always think of humiliating and harrassing colleagues and other friends at work.

3)The company managing director should build confidence of his employees,motivate them and provide them work incentives in the form of money.He should arrange workshops for them to test their skills and take valuable inputs regarding the working of the organization.He should listn carefully to the problems of the employees. He should develop leadership qualities to manage the employees in the company. He should motivate them to work honestly,sincerely, and with dedication.

Yusra Radwan

1)The girl is positive. She is friendly and interacts with her neighbors. She is mature and she has gained material wealth after the death of her uncle.She want to invest the money and she is wise enough to consider the decision of her family before investing the money in the mutual fund.

2)The situation is based on the personification and individuality of the girl herself. I think she should consider the first option of AAA bond investment. This option is free of share money investments and there is a negligible chance of loosing money.

3) I think most people will choose the second option.The investment in mutual funds and shares,which will benefit the person in the form of return interests on beneficial investments in good shares of big companies.

4)Initially she took advise from her neighbor,who is a investment expert.Later there was a group shift where she denied the expert advice from her neighbor and started interacting and taking advise from her family relatives after the death of her uncle.I think her family will also recommend her the second option as it free of market risks and she will loose money.She can even enjoy with that money. She can eat at good restaurants, watch movies,buy clothes and enjoy with friends.

Team-effectiveness in Egypt

1)Advantages of autonomy-- It helps in building work culture.The environment is stable, more friendly. The people are hardworking,sincere,honest and work with dedication.The employer has many collaborations, partnerships and investments so that he can provide incentives and awards to his employees and the workers in the company.

Disadvantages of autonomy--The firm has the right to take the decision.This can lead to arguments in between colleagues.There can be discord,lack of harmony and helpful attitude. The employees will face seclusion,isolation and lack of communication.This will hamper the work progress. Every employee will have the freedom and right to take decisions regarding the progress of the firm. These decisions can be positive or negative for the working environment of the firm.

2)Adequate sources--The company should have funds and proper infrastructure for the effective working of the organization.

Leadership and structure--The company should develop organization behavior skills, management of the skills, and leadership qualities.There are beneficial for the working of the employees in the firm.

climate of trust--The employees should develop understanding,helpful nature, committment and dedication towards work in the organization.

performance evaluation--there should be regular personality and quality control tests for the employees. The head should be willing to interact with the employees and analyze their progress reports.

reward system--the employees who are sincere,hardworking and dedicated should be provided rewards and incentives in the form of hardwork and motivation. They should build confidence and should have good communication skills.

3)The team building activities should engage in arranging workshops,building confidence, good attitude, friendly behavior,good coordination,volunteering capacity for work and dedicated nature.The colleague should be willing to help others.They should provide support, and properly explain the rules and regulations for working in the organization. They should leadership qualities,management skills, organizations behavior, levels of management hierarchy with feedback should be developed.

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