NAME: PRANSHU

ROLL NO.- 1227

Self-Concept/Identity and Decision Making
Understanding our own human nature has proven intractable so far because
understanding our own nature requires a holistic understanding of reality
itself. All things are intrinsically linked, and to really grasp our nature is to
understand life, the universe and everything.
Self concept is how we define us and all people. To paraphrase the Buddha,
“what you believe you become”. If your self-concept is that you are your
material body and there is nothing more, then you will live from that belief. If
you believe that you are the expression of a Supreme Being with God inside,
then you become a being of light that can transcend material limitations. Be
careful what you believe true, because you become it.

A self-concept or concept of self is your beliefs that models your own nature
and condition. As we become/assume the model we believe true, we act from
that place. If the model is correct, it would lead us to our goals like a good map
models the land and guides us to our destination. If the model is wrong,
however, it would corrupt our reality and lead us astray, just as an inaccurate
map would misdirect us. We once sailed close to shore because we believed
the earth flat, keeping us from a greater reality. What we believe matters.
Consequences matter.
Now what is self identity? In a nutshell – who am I? The answer to this
question is my self identity, the way we see ourselves and our relationship with
the world, understanding this, allows us to examine who am I and more
importantly create who I want to be.
Self identity refers to the global understanding a person has of themselves. Self
Identity is composed of relatively permanent self-assessment, such as
personality attributes, knowledge of once skill and abilities, one’s occupation
and hobbies, and awareness of one’s physical attributes. For example, the
statement “I am lazy” is a self-assessment that contributes to the self-concept.
In contrast, the statement “I am tired” would not be normally be considered
part of someone’s self-concept, since being tired is a temporary state.
The self-identity is not restricted to the present. It includes past selves. Future
selves or possible selves, represents individual’s idea of what they become,
what would they like to become, and what are they afraid of becoming. They
correspond to hopes, fears, standards, goals, and threats. Possible selves may
function as incentives for future behaviour and they also provide an evaluative
and interpretive context for the current view of self.
As individuals make decisions, choice from two or more alternatives. Ideally
decision making would be an objective process, but the way individuals make
decisions and the quality of there choices are largely influenced by their
perceptions. Individuals decision making is an important factor of behaviour at
all level of organisations.
Organic organizations rely little on formalization in its classical meaning.
Instead, behaviour is governed and expectations are generalized.
Bureaucracies are characterized partly by their use of coercion and purchase
(utilitarian power) of motivation of its members, while organic, empowering,
flat, learning organizations tend to use symbols that do not constitute threats
or rewards as means of motivating members. Instead members are motivated,
or committed, by personal identification with the organizational identity. This
form of motivation can be compared with rule-based or identity-driven
decision-making, by which organizational decisions are guided by
organizational and personal identities rather than by a calculation of
preferences and expected outcomes. Hence decision-making problems are
effects that are caused by improperly functioning differentiation between
personal identities of organizational members and organizational identities
when identities are the basis for both motivation and bounded rationality
(decision-making).