Research by Erich Fromm
It is generally accepted that potential is, in psychology, a person’s ability to multiply his internal capabilities, develop, be productive, and effectively interact with other people and the world around him. The famous German sociologist Erich Fromm devoted his life to this quality, as well as to the study of the process of personality development.
The scientist believed that each person is unique in his own way. He assured: it is the realization of one’s inner potential and personal development that is the main goal of each of us. If a person strives to express his “I”, not paying attention to obstacles, external stimuli and temptations, then he gains real positive freedom and gets rid of antisocial aspirations. What does it mean? Positive freedom is the fullest possible realization by an individual of his abilities and the parallel maintenance of an active lifestyle.
What do we mean by potential?
In psychology
Psychological sciences have given us a concept called “personality potential.” Since this area cannot be classified as precise, there are several interpretations of this term.
Inner potential is a person’s ability to demonstrate and increase their inner talents. In fact, this is a resource of the body, its hidden reserves, which manifest themselves over time. At the same time, it is constant and has an end; it is impossible to draw on it throughout your life. There are also a number of limitations, such as psychic abilities.
In philosophy
The word, which comes from the Latin word potentia, has its own interpretation in philosophy. The term used by philosophers partially echoes the definition given to us by physicists.
First of all, these are sources, stocks and reserves, both external and internal, which a person can use at any time with effort. Moreover, they are needed for a reason - a person uses his potential to solve a specific problem and perform a specific type of work.
The concept is used not only for people and their characters, but also for sciences or even objects.
In sociology
In this science there is a term “social potential”. The concept is also used quite widely. The first level is personality. The latter is a region, country or even ethnic group. At the same time, in order to move on, you need to give full release to the reserves at the previous stage.
The definition that sociology gives us is as follows: “This is the totality of the existing and hidden forces and moral qualities of an individual person.
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To unlock them, you need to expand yourself, for example, by increasing some strength or working on character traits.”
About types of activities
Potential is a topic in psychology that contains a lot of important nuances. It is important to note that the internal strength inherent within each person is focused on certain types of activities. In the process of his life, a person sets priorities, sets goals for himself and subsequently achieves them.
Many believe that under certain circumstances, potential can be fully realized. This is usually observed when a person overcomes life's difficulties, trials and obstacles. By suppressing his own fears, an individual realizes abilities that he might not even suspect.
Potential is the same thing in psychology as in philosophy. But sociology considers this concept not only as the internal strength and energy of an individual. Potential is considered to be a set of material and spiritual capabilities that can contribute to the achievement of certain goals.
Personal potential
I would like to talk about this quality in more detail. In scientific terms, this is the name given to the integral characteristic of the level of personal maturity and the manifestation of the phenomenon of self-determination. The latter means a person’s ability to make his own choices.
Austrian psychologist Viktor Frankl believed that powerful personal potential (LP) determines a person’s free attitude towards his physicality and needs. This means that motives and circumstances can dominate him only as much as he himself wants. In addition, this quality reflects a person’s successful overcoming of given circumstances.
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It is also generally accepted that personal potential includes both the individual’s abilities and a system of constantly multiplying resources (volitional, psychological, intellectual, etc.). This is a very important quality. It is this that helps the individual in all his adaptation periods in certain areas, influences the formation of professional skills, self-realization, career, and development of abilities.
The concept of LP successfully reveals the idea of personality transformation in a changing world. A person with a powerful LP is not only able to adapt to certain conditions. He can change them so that they play into his hands and contribute to achieving his goals. The ability of an individual to carry out his plans, no matter what, is a most valuable quality that helps not only in professional activities, but also in everyday life.
A system of indicators characterizing the potential of an organization’s human resources
Human resources are a certain set of qualities and characteristics of a person, which characterizes his ability to perform a certain kind of activity. Human resources have the ability to self-learn and self-reproduce.
The potential of an individual is his ability to do something in the future, realize his interests, and achieve his goals.
A number of components can be distinguished in the structure of human resources:
· Physical - abilities limited to certain limits of the employee, which are used to a significant extent.
· Intellectual - abilities that do not have clear boundaries are only partially used.
· Social relations and connections – generated by collective activity, taking into account the characteristics of each employee, can and should, under certain conditions, generate an effect that enhances the potential of the organization’s personnel.
· Social community of workers - forming a team, characterized by integrity, expressed in common or agreed upon goals, objectives, technologies, needs and motives. Consequently, social potential contributes to the development of staff communication abilities.
· Integrative potential is a mechanism for compensating for missing or underdeveloped abilities.
A significant factor in the formation of potential is the professional experience gained during working life.
Naturally, the quality of a person’s potential at each stage of his career depends significantly on the quality of the corresponding components of this potential.
The age structure of an organization's personnel is usually presented in the following table:
· up to 25 years;
· from 26 to 35 years old;
· from 36 to 45 years old;
· from 46 to 55 years old;
· 56 years and older.
Division of the organization's employees by level of education:
· higher;
· unfinished higher education (more than half of the study period);
· specialized secondary;
· average general;
· lower secondary;
· initial.
The methodology for determining the general indicator of the level of human development is based on the calculation of the following indicators:
· average age level of personnel, characterized by the ratio of the average age level of workers to retirement age;
· health status, characterized by two indicators: disease incidence rate and disease turnover rate;
· performance, calculated on the basis of the coefficient of performance of job duties; educational level coefficient; personnel qualification coefficient; coefficient of staff development.
Moskvitin said that we need to talk about turnover here
Personnel turnover is an indicator that records the level of change in the composition of an enterprise’s employees due to dismissal and transfer to another job for personal reasons.
Formula:
Kt = Ku/Chsr*100 Kt – fluidity coefficient; Ku – number of dismissed employees; Chsr – average number of employees.
A high level of staff turnover causes economic losses for an organization. It also has a negative impact on the morale of the remaining employees, work motivation and loyalty to the company. Analyzing staff turnover can be divided into several parts: measuring, identifying its causes and developing strategies to retain employees.
The number of dismissed people includes everyone who left the company for any reason : either at their own request or at the initiative of the employer.
18. Local regulations regulating requirements for candidates, positions and jobs
A local regulatory act (LNA) is an internal document of an organization adopted by the employer.
Features of LNA:
1. Developed and approved by the employer;
2. The norms contained in the document do not contradict the law or the employment contract;
3. Approved in the form of instructions or regulations by the manager-employer (fixed in writing);
4. The employee must be familiarized with the document, confirming this action with his personal signature;
5. Can be indefinite or accepted for a certain period;
For non-compliance with the provisions of the LNA by employees, they may be subject to disciplinary action. Violation of the provisions of the LNA by the employer is fraught with administrative liability and legal proceedings.
LNA does not necessarily apply to the entire organization or all employees of the organization. For example, internal labor regulations, regulations on remuneration, and personal data apply to all personnel. But the provision on a structural unit applies only to employees of this unit.
LNA includes regulations, orders, instructions, etc.
The mandatory ones include LNA, the presence of which is required by labor legislation (internal labor regulations; a document establishing a remuneration system; a document defining the certification procedure; a document regulating the procedure for storing and using personal data of employees, for example, regulations on personal data of employees).
LNA regulatory requirements for candidates and positions must contain professional standards, if provided for by the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, laws and other regulatory legal acts. (eg teacher, accountant)
At the same time, the LNA should not contain clauses that infringe on the rights of individual people, for example, on racial or religious grounds.
Requirements for work places should be based on the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
Creative aspect
Above we talked a little about such a concept as personal potential. In addition to it, psychology identifies another type of this quality – creative (CC).
Each of us has a beginning that gives rise to fantasy and imagination in our minds. It pushes a person to improve and move forward. The psychology of the development of a person’s creative potential proves that the implementation of TP leads to hyperactivity of the brain, to the predominance of the unconscious over consciousness. Often the combination of intelligence and creativity gives rise to genius in a person.
An individual with a powerful TP, as a rule, has pronounced initiative, self-confidence, the ability to finish what he starts, and the desire to constantly improve and learn something new. Such people constantly motivate themselves, personally create conditions for achieving their goals, control the quality of the work performed (which is where perfectionism is manifested), and analyze problems in detail before solving them, if any arise. All these qualities characterize a person with TP only from the best side. It is not surprising that these are the people who perform best in their work activities.
What does realizing potential look like?
In fact, this concept only sounds incomprehensible and scary. Most people believe that realization is directly related to bioenergy and some semi-occult practices. In fact, working on yourself depends more on psychology.
A person must constantly change himself and his character. Just sitting still and thinking that something is wrong with you will not work. Realizing your own potential is a huge job. In fact, it is similar to studying at a university, only there will be no teachers above you.
Creativity
One more aspect deserves attention. Psychology identifies creative potential as a separate topic. This quality determines the individual’s ability to carry out creative activity, express himself and go beyond standard knowledge. “Creativity” in this case involves behavioral, emotional and cognitive aspects.
If we talk about personality potentials in psychology, it is worth noting that CP is the most valuable and practical quality. A person with creative potential is able to realize himself in an extraordinary way not only in any activity, but also in feelings, sensations, and behavior. Such people are able to change and go against stereotypes. They are distinguished by unconventional thinking, the ability to formulate original ideas, as well as ignoring the usual framework and boundaries. They have diverse interests and are always happy to learn new skills and knowledge. Such people make others want to get to know them and communicate better.
Is it so important to be conscientious?
People whom we consider conscientious always fulfill their obligations exactly. They are reliable, they will never let you down, they are very responsible performers.
In addition, they are, as a rule, not too impulsive and are able to calculate their actions several steps ahead.
Conscientious people are able to achieve significant success if they realize the need to move towards a certain goal.
They receive an education without any problems, and at work they can successfully engage in strategic planning, which is very important for an applicant for a leadership position.
However, conscientiousness is also good within certain limits; its excess may mean that a person has a rigid character and does not know how to adapt to changed circumstances.
Work area
A few words need to be said about labor potential. This is a definition in psychology that is placed in a separate category. This is the name given to the set of qualities that characterize the working abilities of a person.
Labor potential (LP) is expressed in the ability of an individual to maintain normal relationships in a team and take part in its activities. A person with TP is able to generate and analyze innovative ideas, and also has the necessary practical skills and theoretical knowledge to carry out work duties. He is distinguished by good health, the presence of moral principles, activity, education, competence, the ability to practically organize his time, accuracy, and discipline. People who know how to realize their labor potential are valuable employees.
Self improvement
Psychology studies the development of personal potential in the most careful way. The same topic is of interest to people who want to engage in the formation of their inner strength and the realization of hidden possibilities.
To improve your potential, you need to create a powerful incentive for yourself. He will become an active force that will help awaken hidden possibilities. A person is capable of many things if he becomes obsessed with something that he strongly desires.
You can be inspired by the success of a person who has achieved impressive achievements in a field of interest. Moreover, it is worth familiarizing yourself with their strategy, advice and trying to understand their way of thinking, and then apply the acquired knowledge in your own practice.
It is also recommended to divide the goal into several stages. The more there are, the better. They will connect the current state of affairs with the desired one. This is about the same as conquering the peak. Overcoming a certain distance every day, in the end you will reach the very top. The technique is effective, but the most important thing is desire. A person who thirsts for something is capable of such actions that he did not expect from himself.
Ambition
When assessing a person’s potential, it is necessary and important to take into account a person’s ambitions. Even a talented and capable, but unambitious person can “wipe his pants” all his life, sitting in one place, and will not achieve anything, which, in turn, indicates a low indicator of his potential. But a person who does not even have special talents, but persistently strives for self-realization and self-expression, is capable of achieving colossal success. Isn't this a high level of potential? However, any ambitions should not remain mere thoughts or words - they must be supported by actions, otherwise they are worthless.
Summarizing all of the above, it should be said that the potential of an individual cannot be assessed only by one criterion, but it is possible if the assessment is carried out comprehensively, taking into account all possible factors.
You can evaluate your personality, find out your strengths and weaknesses, and determine your abilities in the “Self-Knowledge” course. Be sure to pay attention to it if you are interested in this issue.
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