Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Pygmalion Management-The basis for Mentoring

In Greek mythology, Pygmalion, the King of Cyprus, fell in love with the statue of a beautiful woman. He prayed to the goddess, Aphrodite, for a wife just like his statue, whereupon the goddess transformed the statue into a real woman whom Pygmalion then married. the women was called Galeta.

     Sterling Livingston in the September/October, 1988 Harvard Business Review. wrote "The way managers treat their subordinates is subtly influenced by what they expect of them," Livingston said in his article, Pygmalion in Management
         Pygmalion in management talks about expectations of the manager.If one manger  expects above average performance from his subordinate he gets the same. The vice versa is also true

1 comment:

  1. ofcourse true sir it is ageneral human nature that we expect the something infact the same if possible from others if we do something to others.in the same way a mentor will have some expectations towards mentee to fullfill his idea,in the sam eway mentee also expects some sort of support from the mentor to fullfill his doubts,infact the reward of the mentor depends on the result and performance of mentee,which might be positive or with some drawbacks.

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