1. What are the ways by which you can improve your team work?
Give illustrations from
your personal experience of being a part of a team
1. Set Clearly Defined Goals
An organization must have thought out and clearly defined long-term goals and ensure all
employees are keenly aware of them. This makes it easy for everyone to work harmoniously
towards the same target and creates a higher sense of teamwork.
The goals can be set under variable difficulties, so after completing one project, a team is given a
relatively more difficult task. As the milestones are reached, your group’s commitment and
dedication to one another will increase.
2. Promote Good Communication
Employees should be allowed to openly communicate with both their peers and superiors.
Everyone within the organization must be given an opportunity to voice their ideas and speak out
regarding any challenges they may be facing. Promoting free communication makes everyone
feel important and improves teamwork in the workplace.
You can organize bonding sessions and informal social events where the workforce is allowed to
voice their concerns and suggestions on how to improve the company. This provides an avenue
for management to get feedback on essential policies and opinions on important matters such as
the hiring of new recruits and setting new objectives.
3. Define Roles and Responsibilities
Clearly outlining the duties and roles of various individuals helps reduce conflict of
responsibilities and confirms the company runs smoothly. When everyone understands their
duties, less time is spent delegating work, leading to increased production and success.
Employees must also be aware of the roles and responsibilities for each of their teammates, so
they can help when necessary. A firm understanding of everyone’s roles reduces the chance of
incorrect work delegation. This can result in unfair exploitation and overworking some members,
causing resentment and damaging team spirit and morale.
4. Quick and Efficient Mediation of Conflicts
Resolving conflicts in an efficient and timely manner helps to prevent divisions within the group,
foster harmony, and helps improve teamwork in the workplace. Employees can be left to solve
relatively small issues among themselves without the unnecessary intervention of management.
But you should understand when to involve yourself and prevent the problems from escalating
beyond control. If a conflict is not resolved quickly, it may lead to a breakdown of
communication and badly damage internal relations. This may slow work and negatively impact
the general output of the business.
5. Lead by Example
You should conduct yourself in the way you would like your team members to behave. There is a
famous saying that one should be the change they would like to see in the world, and similarly, a
manager should live up to the change they would like to see in their office. Make a constant
effort to lead by example, so your team knows how you expect them to behave.
improve teamwork in the workplace
6. Game of Trivia Questions
Playing games can also help in improving teamwork in the workplace. You can make plans for a
session where the employees have a chance to answer trivia questions and challenge their
intellectual skills. Sharing these fun moments during the day reduces boredom and work-related
stress, while promoting unity and improving teamwork in the workplace.
7. Conduct a Typing Contest
Fast typing is an essential business skill that every employee should possess. Managers can
organize a contest for the group to test the typing speeds of each individual. There can be prizes
for those with outstanding speeds, as well as for those who improve with each contest.
Apart from helping everyone improve a crucial skill, these friendly competitions enhance unity
and provide a relaxed atmosphere where employees can loosen up and have fun with each other.
8. Conduct Group Exercises
Doing some fitness exercises together in the workplace has the advantage of not only improving
the morale and spirits of the employees, but also helps boost your team’s health. The manager
should consider the various groups of individuals within the workforce and arrange for simple
exercises that would benefit everyone. These sessions can include yoga, stretching, or light
cardio.
9. Have Drinks Together
Teamwork in the workplace can also be enhanced by joining each other after work for some
happy hour drinks. The manager can arrange for the team to go to a nearby restaurant or bar after
business hours and have drinks together. This is a great opportunity for everyone to get to know
each other better, improve team rapport, and build working relationships.
10. Baby Picture Game
You can ask your employees to bring some of their childhood photos and invite other members
to match the pictures with the respective adults. It is a simple game that can enhance the office
mood, give people a chance to relax, and helps individuals learn more about one another.
2. Make a paragraph note discussing on topic education and medical care have become
highly commercialized
Only 22 per cent of the health expenditure is public funded in India as compared to 44 per
cent in the US, or 95 per cent in countries like Sweden or 75 per cent in all the market
economies of the world taken together.
In Favor :-
our topic of discussion is Commercialization of Healthcare is good or bad. First of all, we get to
know about the meaning of commercialization. Commercialization of health care means Better
infrastructure of hospitals, better nursing facilities, Highly educated doctor available.
Why commercialization is needed?
According to WHO in the condition of a government hospital in India is not so good.
Government hospitals are not well hygiene. The ratio of bed to population is very less.
As we know every coin has two faces:
Advantages of commercialization of healthcare:
1. Better health care facility.
2. Better infrastructure.
3. Well hygiene environment
4 Treatment takes place in a short time
5 Better availability of medicines
Disadvantages of Communication:
1. Poverty: In India very large number Of the population is poor they can't afford the
commercialized hospital.
2. High Fees of hospitals.
3. Corruption. And Partiality.
Conclusion: Healthcare is basic need because everyone loves to stay fit...but everyone can't
afford high fees hospital so govt should provide some subsidiary to poor people's and govt
should do health insurance of poor peoples. By keeping all the above things in mind
Commercialization of healthcare is good.
Private hospitals spend vast amounts of money to buy necessary equipment.
Private hospitals keep their hospitals clean, and take more care of their patients.
Government itself can’t invest more money for hospitals. So, it’s better to give responsibility to
private people.
Because of commercialization of health care number of doctors is increasing.
In Against :-
Private hospitals recommends tests and medicines unnecessarily, just for their profit.
Not everyone can afford treatment in private hospitals.
There are many cases of unnecessary surgeries in private hospitals.
Conclusion :-
Commercialization of healthcare results in bringing better facilities and infrastructure to
the healthcare system. But this should not lead to high costs that are not affordable to many. To
provide universal access to healthcare, government should improve the quality of treatment in
government hospitals.
Positive impact on school education:
School years are changed from 10+2 format to 5+3+3+4 format (Foundational (3 years of pre-
school + Grade 1-2)+ Preparatory (Grades 3-5) + Middle (Grade 6-8)+ High School (Grade 9-
12)). For the first time, Early childhood Care & Education (ECCE) is also included in education
policy. Anganwadis and private pre-schools will take care ECCE of children. Anganwadi centres
will be strengthened by 2030 to provide equitable access to ECCE for all children. This policy
aimed to achieve 100% Gross Enrolment Ratio in pre-school to secondary school by 2035.
To eliminate rote-learning and to promote the holistic development of children, the present
curriculum and pedagogy will be revamped to make it suitable for the 21st century.
Nutritious breakfast will be provided in addition to the mid-day meal program so that children
can peacefully concentrate on studies.
At present, Intermediate education is in terms of groups such as MPC, BPC, CEC etc. After
studying these courses, students had to go into that career path. This method is eliminated in
NEP 2020. The 4-year undergraduate course will have a wide choice of subjects for the students
to choose from. Arts, vocational crafts & physical education can also be chosen. There will be no
hard separation among ‘curricular’, ‘extra-curricular’, or ‘co-curricular’ areas, among ‘arts’,
‘humanities’, and ‘sciences’, or between ‘vocational’ or ‘academic’.
In general, vocational education is considered as inferior to mainstream education. But
vocational education improves the employability of students. In developed countries, many
students go for vocational subjects. In South Korea, 95% of students go for these subjects, in the
US it is 52% and in Germany, it is 75%. Now, vocational subjects are integrated into mainstream
education. So, that will be beneficial for the Indian economy.
At present, only intellectual skills are developed in schools. But that is not sufficient for the
overall development of children. So, National Education Policy, 2020 proposed imparting
emotional skills such as empathy, communication, perseverance, teamwork, leadership quality
etc in students.
For holistic development, children should be taught many things apart from education. NEP
2020 stresses on encouraging creativity and innovativeness in students. They will be given
knowledge on necessary things such as new technologies, digital literacy, gender sensitisation,
fundamental duties, social issues etc by revamping the curriculum.
‘Right to Education’ (RTE) is extended from 14 years to 18 years.
To increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio and also to increase access to education, Online Distance
Learning (ODL), MOOC (Massive Open online courses) will be given adequate importance.
This can reduce the number of dropouts too.
Textbooks containing core concepts will be the same for all at the national level, and at the same
time supplement materials can be added as per local contexts and needs. In this way, local
subjects will not be ignored.
At present, our exams award memorization skills, which encourages rote-learning. This is the
most criticised part of the Indian education system. NEP 2020 proposed the overhaul of
assessment methods to promote critical thinking skills. The ‘National Assessment Centre for
School Education’ (NACSE) will set standards and norms of assessments. To reduce exam stress
on students, board exams can be taken on two occasions during any given school year – one
main examination and one for improvement.
To reduce the burden on students in writing multiple entrance tests for universities, ‘National
Testing Agency ‘(NTA) will conduct high-quality common aptitude test for university entrances.
A regulatory system will work towards stopping the commercialization of education by stopping
the arbitrary increase of fees.
Teacher-student relation is very important in the education system. But at present, teachers are
transferred regularly, which places stress on students. So, this practice will be stopped.
Teachers will be given constant opportunities, which is called as ‘Continuous Professional
Development‘ (CPD) for self-improvement, to learn the latest innovations, pedagogy, story-
telling based approach and advances in their profession. 50 hours of CPD per annum will be
provided for teachers.
Committed teachers will be recognised and will be encouraged with incentives such as an
increase in salary, promotions etc. All these things can make the teaching profession lucrative
and attractive. More people may come to this profession.
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– Positive impact on Higher education:
Till now, many Higher education institutes (HEIs) are providing limited courses. With NEP
2020, Colleges would either fully be integrated into a university or converted into an
autonomous degree-giving institution. This allows faculty and institutional autonomy. Colleges
will become multidisciplinary institutions by providing a wide choice of subjects.
It made degrees flexible by providing entry and exit options to degree courses. Appropriate
certification will be provided depending on the years they studied. If one chooses to quit after a
year, they will obtain a diploma, if they quit after 2 years, the advanced diploma will be provided
etc.
This policy aims to increase Gross Enrolment Ratio in Higher education (GER) from 26% to
50% by 2035.
India will be transformed as a global study destination by allowing top 100 universities of the
world to open colleges in India.
No student should be deprived of higher education due to financial inability. To make education
inclusive financial support will be provided to socially and economically disadvantaged groups.
Steps will be taken to achieve gender balance in HEIs.
Professional education including technical, healthcare, legal and agriculture fields will be
revamped to suit the needs of the 21st century.
‘National Higher Education Regulatory Authority‘ (NHERA) will regulate all the HEIs. This
will eliminate duplication of regulatory efforts.
‘Rashtriya Shiksha Aayog‘ (RSA), an apex advisory body for elementary to university education
in India will replace the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE). It will develop and revise
the vision of the education system on a continuous basis in collaboration with the corresponding
apex bodies of States.
To promote high-quality research in educational institutes, ‘National Research Foundation’
(NRF) will be established to support and to fund research. Research & development in
universities will be according to the research & development in the relevant industries.
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Challenges:
In general, some companies do not prefer recruiting the students that are graduated through
distance learning courses. So, employability value of open learning courses should be addressed.
States may feel like Rashtriya Shiksha Ayog (RSA) & National Higher Education Regulatory
Council (NHERC) may overpower their institutes. Achieving a common ground with states will
be a challenge.
Criticism:
It was mentioned that funding for education will be increased to 6% of GDP to implement the
new National Education Policy 2020. At present, 4.6% of the GDP is allocated for education.
The economy has slowed down and on top of it pandemic has impacted the economy badly. So,
increasing the education’s share may not be possible in the near future.
Mother tongue/local language as the medium of instruction was made compulsory till class 5.
This is criticized by many. English connects the whole of India because there are so many
languages in our country. Reducing the importance of English is being criticized. And with this
move, kids of inter-state migrants will be at a disadvantage.
This policy mentioned online education, but still many people do not have access to digital
devices and internet connectivity.
Poor infrastructure in educational institutions and shortage of teachers are not addressed.
Conclusion:
At present, the Indian education system is criticized by many due to many reasons such as its
rote learning methods, outdated curriculum etc. India is ranking 35th in global education
rankings of 2020. National Education Policy 2020 can completely change our education system
for good because it crafted well according to the requirements of the 21st century. By 2030, India
will have the largest population of youth. NEP 2020 helps in utilizing this demographic dividend.
And It can also make India a knowledge hub of the world by attracting foreign students.
3.Make an outline of 5 slide presentation on media is responsible for the violence in the society?
Media Violence
What is Media Violence?
•Media violence – the depiction or disseminationof violent or other explicit material or images in
amanner that is considered harmful to viewersthrough media sources such as television,
radio,music, film, literature, comic books, and videogames.
Interesting Statistics•In 1950, only 10% of Americanhomes had a television and by 1960the
percentage had grown to 90%.Today 99% of homes have atelevision. In fact, more families own
a television than a phone.•54% of U.S. children have atelevision set in their bedrooms.•Children
spend more time learningabout life through media than in any other manner. Theaverage child
spends approximately 28 hours a weekwatching television, which is twice as much time as
theyspend in school.•The average American child will witness over 200,000 actsof violence on
television including 16,000 murders beforeage 18.
More Facts•Polls show further that three-quarters of the public find’s televisionentertainment too
violent. When asked to select measures whichwould reduce violent crime "a lot," Americans
chose restrictions ontelevision violence more often than gun control. •Television alone is
responsible for 10% of youth violence. •Modern music lyrics have become increasingly explicit
concerning sex, drugs, and violence against women. •Americas youth are also exposed to violent
words, music, and images on the Internet, where there are more than 1,000 websites espousing
radical hate and bigotry and violence.
Critical Response to Media Violence Violent video games have an effect on children similar to
that of violent television and film. Some experts suggest an even greater pernicious effect,
concluding that the violent actions performed in playing video games are more conducive to
children’s aggression. As one expert concludes, "Were not just teaching kids to kill. Were
teaching them to like it." More than 1,000 studies on the effects of television and film violence
have been done over the past 40 years. The majority of these studies reach the same conclusion:
television and film violence leads to real-world violence. The existing research shows beyond
a doubt that media violence is linked to youth violence. As one expert concludes, "To argue
against it is like arguing against gravity." Studies have shown that there is a likely correlation
between aggressive behavior and time spent watching television.
Forms of Media Violence Film Television Comic Books Music Radio Video
Games
Examples of Media Violence •Video games that encourage violent acts such as murder,
assassination, rape, womanizing, and arson (Counter-Strike, Doom, Grand Theft Auto,
Wolfenstein 3D) •Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold as well as Virginia Tech
massacre killer Seung-Hui Cho were both known to be avid fans of video games. •Several
unsuccessful lawsuits by parents of Columbine victims against video game manufacturers were
filed as a result by parents of some of the victims
More Examples •Former rap artist Eminem was accused of homophobia, violence against
women, and misogyny with violent lyrics in songs such as "Kill You", and "Kim. •Rap artist 50
Cent released albums entitled Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre under the label Murder
Inc. Records. •John Wagner’s graphic novel A History of Violence depicts many scenes of
violent and gruesomely horrific images.
Violence in Film and Television More gore, blood, realistic injuries, and torture (Saw, Hostel,
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Fight Club, Kill Bill, The Matrix, Seven, Rambo) Critics say that
the MPPA (Motion Picture Association of America) and the FCC (Federal Communications
Commission) enforce a lax film and TV rating system that allows for much sex, violence, and
perversion to still be viewable on screen.
. Movie Example Kill Bill
Solutions to Media Violence Censorship Stricter ratings guidelines Harsher fines for
television stations and other individuals who broadcast violence in a lascivious manner Add
new or existing filtering technologies to computers and Internet websites so that youth can not
access such sensitive and harmful material
Discussion Questions What types of restriction should the government impose to protect
viewers from the harmful effects of media violence? When does censorship cross the line as
an infringement of our right of freedom of expression? Do you think violence portrayed by the
media directly influence individuals to commit crimes and other violent acts?
