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Laughter-The Best Medicine

26 Saturday Jan 2008

Posted by Prem Rao in Trends

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I recall eagerly looking forward to the latest issue of the Readers Digest. In this, the section I first looked at was called “Laughter-The Best Medicine”.

US researchers in a new study have shown that humour has many positive effects in different aspects of life. A study, conducted by Melissa B Wanzer, professor of communication studies at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, has shown that humour helps medical professionals cope with difficult jobs.

In the study, the researcher also looked at the how humour affects the elderly and how it can increase communication in the workplace and in the classroom.

Wanzer, in her large-scale study, asked the med professionals how they provided care for terminally ill people and manage to come back to work each day. The health care experts replied that it was humour that made them do so.

Wanzer has also found humour to be beneficial in other areas as well.

“If employees view their managers as humour-oriented, they also view them as more effective. Employees also reported higher job satisfaction when they worked for someone who was more humour-oriented and used humour effectively and appropriately,” Wanzer said. The researchers found that humour is an effective way to cope with on-the-job stress – again, when used appropriately.

In another study, Wanzer found that aging adults who used humour more frequently reported greater coping efficacy, which led to greater life satisfaction. Wanzer’s research also shows that students report learning more from teachers who use humour effectively.

“Regardless of the content, humour seems to be beneficial and productive. It helps to get the point across in about in almost any situation,” Wanzer said.

The study has been published in multiple journals, including Communication Quarterly , Communication Research Reports , Communication Education , Health Communication and Journal of Health Communication .

So, enjoy your sense of humour and laugh as much and as often as you can. It will do you good, it can’t do you any harm and even if it does- what the heck, you would had the last laugh!

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Management Defined

15 Tuesday Jan 2008

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Here’s something I enjoyed immensely. Saw this in Regina’s Adventures, Musings and Aphorisms.

Realizing he was lost, a balloonist dropped down to ask directions.
“Excuse me, but I’m a little off course,” he shouted. “I promised to
meet a friend an hour ago. I don’t know where I am.”

A woman yelled back, “You’re in a hot air balloon hovering approximately
30 feet above the ground. You’re at exactly 37 degrees, 24 minutes and
26.16 seconds North latitude and 122 degrees, 8 minutes and 42.3 seconds
West longitude.”

“Amazing,” the balloonist replied. “You must be an Engineer!”

“I am,” she replied. “How did you know?”

“Well, everything you told me is technically correct, but I can’t use
your information. I’m still lost, and you haven’t been much help at
all. If anything, you’ve delayed my trip.”

The woman thought for a moment, and then replied, “You must be in
Management.”

“I am,” replied the balloonist, “but how did you know?”

“Well, you don’t know where you are or where you’re going. You’ve risen
to your position due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise
that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to
solve your problems. In fact, you’re in exactly the same position you
were before we met, but somehow it’s now my fault.”

Excellent!

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