Book Review Individual Dynamics & Leadership

 To understand and analyze the varied pattern of human behavior  To develop the ability to draw inferences with respect to work behavior  To relate the inferences to the concepts being studied in the course ‘Individual Dynamics and Leadership’

 Every member of the team has thoroughly read all chapters of the book  We have analysed the book with respect to various theories related to:  Personality  Perception  Emotion  Learning  Motivation  Leadership  We have also watched The Last Lecture video uploaded on the book’s website to:  gain better understanding of the writer and,  Imbibe his perspective towards different aspects of life

 A professor of Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction and Design at Carnegie Mellon University  Worked with Adobe, Google, Electronic Arts (EA), and Walt Disney Imagineering, and pioneered the non-profit Alice project  Co-founded The Entertainment Technology Centre at Carnegie Mellon with Don Marinelli  Loving husband to Jai and adoring father to three kids named Dylan, Logan and Chloe  Randy lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008

 An Injured Lion Still Wants To Roar  My Life In A Laptop  The Elephant In The Room

 The Parent Lottery  The Elevator In The Ranch House  Getting To Zero G  I Never Made It To The NFL  You’ll Find Me Under “V”  A Skill Set Called Leadership  Winning Big  The Happiest Place On Earth

 The Park Is Open Until 8 p.m.  The Man In The Convertible  The Dutch Uncle  Pouring Soda In The Backseat  Romancing The Brick Wall  Not All Fairy Tales End Smoothly  Lucy, I’m Home  A New Year’s Story

 “In Fifty Years, It Never Came Up”  Jai  The Truth Can Set You Free

 I’m On My Honeymoon, But If You Need Me …  A Recovering Jerk  Training A Jedi  They Just Blew Me Away  The Promised Land

 Dream Big  Earnest Is Better Than Hip  Raising The White Flag  Let’s Make A Deal  Don’t Complain, Just Work Harder  Treat The Disease, Not The Symptom  Don’t Obsess Over What People Think  Start By Sitting Together  Look For The Best In Everybody  Watch What They Do, Not What They Say

 If At First You Don’t Succeed…  Be The First Penguin  Get People’s Attention  The Lost Art Of Thank-You Notes  Loyalty Is A Two-Way Street  The Friday Night Solution  Show Gratitude  Send Out Thin Mints  All You Have Is What You Bring With You  A Bad Apology Is Worse Than No Apology

 Tell The Truth  Get In Touch With Your Crayon Box  The $100,000 Salt and Pepper Shaker  No Job Is Beneath You  Know Where You Are  Never Give Up  Be A Communitarian  All You Have To Do Is Ask  Make A Decision: Tigger or Eeyore  A Way to Understand Optimism  The Input Of Others

 Dreams For My Children  Jai And Me  The Dreams Will Come To You

 Motivation:  Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs  Goal Setting Theory  Self Determination Theory  McClelland’s Theory of Needs  Theory “Y”  Learning:  Classical Conditioning  Operant Conditioning  Social Learning

 Emotions:  Emotional Dissonance  Cognitive Dissonance  Personality:  Core Self Evaluation  Self Monitoring  Risk Taking  Proactive Personality

 See the glass as “half-full”  If you can dream it, you can do it  Always bring something to the table  Don’t complain, just work harder  Brick walls are there for a reason  Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted  Time must be explicitly managed, like money  Start by sitting together

 You can always change your plan, only if you have one  Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you  The Head Fake  Just because you are in the driver seat doesn’t mean you have to run people over  Don’t be Hip, be Earnest  HAVE FUN!!!

 The Last Lecture Lessons in Living by Randy Pausch, Professor, Carnegie Mellon With Jeffrey Zaslow  Website:  Video of The Last Lecture:

 Team Members : Niraj Agrawal Sourabh Bhaumik Saurabh Jain Abhishek Panda Hemangi Rastogi Jaideep Dasgupta