Neural Science in HR

Done by Group 5
• Sibi S (17PGP141)
• Moon Moon Tiga (17PGP078)
• Prem (17PGP015)
• Sandeep (17PGP182)
• Sumit Kumar (17PGP145)
• Sameer (17PGP253)
The basic instincts of any Living Maslow’s Principle
Being

• Survival
• Procreate
• Need For Belonging
 Introduction
• Neuroscience refers to the impact the brain has on behavior and cognitive functions
and how it reacts in certain situations.
• HR practitioners need to understand that all human thought, action and feeling are
based on emotion
• Neuroscience can help leaders to formulate HR policies and practices with the
person in mind
• Using Neuroscience the HR managers can build trust and increase employee
engagement in workplace
• Understanding how the human brain works can be an essential component in
designing successful HR practices
• Application of recent research in neuroscience can be a simple and effective way of
implementing more humane HR processes at work
 Relevance of Neuroscience with HR

• HR management professionals can apply the knowledge gained through

neuroscience to improve innovation and creativity by:
• Establishing programs that allow employees protected time to work on
projects of their choice that advance the organization in some way.
• Engaging the control network to encourage focus and discourage multi-
tasking
• Encouraging and educating employees on how to develop positive
working relationships with their peers and increase employee
engagement
• HR’s can also enhance -leadership skills, change management initiatives,
creativity and innovation, and employee engagement
 Functional Areas of Neural Science
• Learning and Development
• Organizational Structure
• Change Management
• Leadership Coaching
• People Skills
• Motivation methods
• Efficient working environment
 Learning and Development
(How Neuroscience Changes Learning at Work?)

1. 2. 3.
• Identifying the • Making sure • Managing the
attributes that people managers change that
enable people to can nurture staff results from the
deliver the to get the most execution of the
business strategy out of them. business strategy
and creating the through the
right talent talent strategy
culture to use
these attributes.
 Change Management

• At there are three categories

• Leaders who are involved in creating and
building new organizational strategies
have had time to adjust to the new
change while employees often have not
been given the time to consider, learn
about and adjust to those same changes.
of people who take part in the
workplace change journey.
They are
1) expedition designers,
2) guides who are most often
managers, and
3) travellers.
 People Skills
 Central role of Social Skills to
- creating a productive and engaged workforce
- increasing innovation
- improving learning outcomes

Social needs are as important as physical needs

- being kind and positive

 Neuroscience-HR metrics
- design effective HR practices
- credibility
- influence with organizational stakeholders

 Humans move away from threats and towards rewards

 Market Basket

• Chain of 75 Grocery stores in United States

• CEO Arthur T DeMoulas
• Remembers Birthdays, Life events, Family functions, treats like family,
Freedom to take decision
• June 2014 Company ousted the CEO
• 20,000 employee protested
• 10 million dollars loss 6 week duration
• Arthur reinstated
Maximizing productivity using your brain better- by
managing your body
Thank You