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Representing: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Organizational Behavior (BP6903); Sec 56
Faculty: Dr. Ioan Voicu
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Date: September 28, 2015
EHSAN KARIM
MBA (Day)
Representing: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Organizational Behavior (BP6903); Sec 56
Faculty: Dr. Ioan Voicu
Home Assignment-2
Date: September 28, 2015
Bangladeshi people. So, what does emotion have to do with the world of business
and money making? After all, making money demands cool and calculated rational
thinking. That is true in part but when only operating that way, one misses a huge
opportunity: much of Bangladeshs economy remains at a commodity level. When
buying and selling goods and services, consumers in Bangladesh are often just
offered purely rational and functional benefits. For example, when buying oranges at
New Market, you just find the freshest, the biggest or the ones from the famed
orange orchards of Chaatuk in Sylhet. All these factors are purely functional and
rational. But what if buying an orange somehow made you feel you were making the
best choice for your childs health, that because you chose that orange, you were a
good parent who was putting their family first? Or what if when you bought that
orange it made you feel like you were living a health conscious life, or it made you
and others think that you were a stylish and modern person who knew what things
were trendy?
People of Bangladesh are very devoted and emotional when it comes to
Religion. As 90% of the total population follows Islam as their religion, so they pray
all the time and they have the fear of God among themselves. But sometimes, with
immense emotion, some group of people become extremist that leads to crime
(Hasib, 2015). However, majority of the Muslims in Bangladesh have firm believe
upon God and they have emotional attachment, for which they practice all the rituals
of Islam likewise.
In terms of political turmoil, people control their emotions interchangeably.
For example, they vote for the right political party to govern, but when they face
difficulties and corruption from the elected party, they show devotion and irritation
side by side. On the other hand, people are very motivated when it comes to human
rights. Considering the example of recent situation where the Finance Minister
imposed 7% vat on private education that makes the university students unhappy.
Afterwards, it leads to volatile situation in the country when the students started
protesting against the wrongdoing that leads to counter reaction from the law
enforcement. From this situation, they have shown interchangeable emotion as they
oppose the decision from the government they have voted in order bring justice and
peace in the country. But when it comes to human rights, absolutely no alternatives
can be considered.
Tragedies such as naturally provoke emotional reactions. But reason and
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EHSAN KARIM
MBA (Day)
Representing: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Organizational Behavior (BP6903); Sec 56
Faculty: Dr. Ioan Voicu
Home Assignment-2
Date: September 28, 2015
perspective, rather than emotion, are needed when deciding how to respond. For
example, a house fire that kills a family is also tragic. But no sane person would
recommend that the rest of us move to caves until all houses have been certified as
fire proof. The people of Bangladesh mitigate some risks and accept others,
recognizing that the benefits outweigh them. The same is true in Bangladesh, where
some 4,500 garment factories employ approximately 4 million workers (Powell,
2013). In the grand scheme of things, they are better off with the factories than they
would be without them; the benefits outweigh the risks. When tragedies hit the
country, unfortunately, at the very first point, people start provoking the government
and held responsible to some party, but when they are calm, all of the residents
come forward to solve the problem as well.
People of Bangladesh are very much devoted to sports and when it comes
to cricket, they are the die hard fans of the national cricket team. If Bangladesh
hosting any cricketing event, people try to enjoy all the matches even if they have
other important things left to do. But sometimes, their emotions tend to vary. For
instance, if any player performs really bad consecutively, then they start neglecting
the player. As they have emotional attachment to the game with expectations, that is
why disruptive emotions occur.
From the overall point of view, the above mentioned incidents and situations
trigger the emotions of Bangladeshis, which resulted with both positive and negative
impacts in their lives.
References
Elder, L. (1996). Critical Thinking and Emotional Intelligence, Critical Thinking Across
the
Disciplines,
16(2).
Accessed
from:
http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/cognition-and-affect-critical-thinking-andemotional-intelligence/485 [Accessed on: 25 September 2015].
Hasib, R. (2015). Rising religious extremist in Bangladesh, The World Post, 10
August.
Powell, B. (2013). Sweatshops in Bangladesh Improve the Lives Of Their Workers,
And
Boost
Growth,
Forbes,
24
September. Accessed
from:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/09/24/repeat-after-mequantitative-easing-did-not-go-to-the-banks/ [Accessed on: 26 September
2015].
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EHSAN KARIM
MBA (Day)
Representing: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Organizational Behavior (BP6903); Sec 56
Faculty: Dr. Ioan Voicu
Home Assignment-2
Date: September 28, 2015