Organizational Behaviour Assignment

| 9/6/2012 | | | | Assignment 1Organizational Behaviour | | | | | | Kylie Diergaardt {200814893) | ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOURMAIN ASSIGNMENTSEMESTER TWO (2) |

Assignment 1
Organizational Behaviour
Mr. Nepembe has come a long way and is an inspiration to those who are discouraged and hopeless. He has turned the worst experience into something positive and is ploughing it back into his community. Subsequent to his jail term he realized that it is not what he wants to do with his life and chose to get an education and encourage others to do the same. He became the architect of his own life and determines his own destiny.
Mr. Nepembe gained knowledge and could thus become part of society in a positive way in contrast with his devious past. The importance of education in this regard is irrefutable, according to Durkheim (1925) education plays an important role in socialization, which is the social process through which children develop an awareness of social norms and values, and achieve a distinct sense of self, and it teaches the skills needed to perform specialist occupations. Mr. Nepembe was a criminal and did things that landed him in trouble with the law and almost cost him his life. He deviated from the norm, and in order for him to change his fate he needed a way fit in and become part of society. Education was his ticket out of his situation. He needed a job and a sense of belonging. He did not come from a loving family and his friends deserted him which made him feel excluded and isolated. When one is part of a group, one makes more informed choices about pressing issues. If Mr. Nepembe had friends that he could talk to or ask advice from, he might not have turned to abusing drugs and alcohol. Abram Maslow came up with the Hierarchy of Needs in 1943. There are five levels of needs namely physiological, security (safety), social (belonging), esteem, self-actualization. Belonging is a social need and interpersonal relationships are

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