Perception 1
Assignment:
Perception and Decision Making
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Supervision and Leadership MGT 340
Professor ????????????????
Day 7, Sunday, November ??, 2006
Perception 2
Perception and Decision Making
What is Perception? The Heritage Dictionary describes perception as the process of using the senses to acquire information about the surrounding environment or situation. When applied to an organizational business structure, perception is used to gain knowledge about individuals, groups, and the effect of structure on behavior in order to make organizations work more effectively. According to our text, "perception is based on people's perception of what reality is to them, not reality itself." Moreover, whatever someone perceives can be very different from what is reality. "The world that is perceived is the world that is behaviorally important." (Robbins, 2005)
I think that a person's ability to perceive correctly the structure of his or her place within an organization is an important source of power. When it comes down to how well a persons perception skills are I think it has to do with the person's position in the social makeup of the organization, and his or her personality traits.
I believe people with keen perceptive abilities can precisely structure their relationships within their work environment to get what they want, since they know which social associations allow them to access the resources they need; those who skills are not as keen may not be as successful, because of their lack of perception.
Technical skills will help a person do their job with expertise; conceptual skills will help them formulate ideas; human skills will ...