Presented by:

Somnath Das 19HS61016

Sukanya Sensarma 19HS61017

Swayanti Bhaumik 19HS61018

Vinay Srivastava 19HS61019

Yashika Sharma 19HS61021

Sanjoy Halder 19HS61022

Priya Dutta 19HS61023

 HAPPINESS PROJECT 3.0

We have to recruit 3,000 volunteers out of 30,000 applicants who will be

accountable to promote happiness among people. Volunteers will not
receive salary but the applicants have expressed their willingness to
promote happiness in the community. Few of them are illiterate and many
of them do not have education above matriculation. The entire selection
will be completed within a period of two months with the aid of
technology.

• What will be the criteria/ dimensions/ parameters/ components/variables to

recruit volunteers?
• What will be the items/questions/indicators to measure each criteria/
dimension/parameter/ variable?
• How technology can be used for such selection?
 CONTENTS
Description Slide Number
Dimensions and Parameters to recruit volunteers 5-6

Process , questions and indicators for recruitment 7

Phase 1 (Preliminary Round)Altuistric Test 8-10

Phase 2 (Final Selection Round) TAT 11

TAT Scoring System 12-13

Technology used for recruitment 14

 Dimensions and Parameters to recruit volunteers

 Personality dimensions
• Gratitude
• Mindfullness
• Optimism
• Spirituality
• Altruism
• Sociability
• Openness to experience & Extroversion (one of the Big 5 trait)
 Dimensions and Parameters to recruit volunteers

 Personality dimensions
• Health and Subjective Well-Being
• Emotional functioning
• Motivation
• Sense Of control.
Processes, questions and indicators for recruitment
Pre-examination Training: To provide training facilities to enhance
the abilities of candidates who lack computer literacy.

Phase 1: Preliminary Round

 Altruistic Test (Oral)

Phase 2: Final Selection Round

 Conducting Personal Interaction including
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT).
Altruistic Test
This test was developed by psychologist Gary S. Nickell of
Moorhead State University. A set of questions are used to
determine a person's altruistic nature.
Answer to the below questions should be given as
a) Strongly Disagree
b) Disagree
c) Undecided
d) Agree
e) Strongly agree

1) If possible, I would return lost money to the rightful owner.

2) I would avoid aiding someone in a medical emergency if I could.
3) Helping friends & family is one of the great joys in life.
4) I try to offer my help with any activities my community or school
groups are carrying out.
5) Volunteering to help someone is very rewarding.
6) I rarely contribute money to a worthy cause.
7) Doing volunteer work makes me feel happy.
8) Unless they are part of my family, helping the elderly isn't my
respoinsibility.
9) When given the opportunity, I enjoy aiding others who are in need.
10) Children should be taught about the importance of helping others.
11) I dislike giving directions to strangers who are lost.
12) I donate time or money to charities every month.
13) I plan to donate my organs when I die with the hope that they will
help someone else live.
14) Helping others is a waste of time.
15) I feel at peace with myself when I have helped others.
16) If the person in front of me in the check-out line at a store was a
few cents short, I would pay the difference.
17) I feel proud when I know that my generosity has benefited a
needy person.
18) Helping people does more harm than good because they come
to rely on others & not themselves.
19) It feels wonderful to assist others in need.
20) Giving aid to the poor is the right thing to do.

N.B: Test to be conducted on vernacular lanuguage through

Verbal Communication .
PHASE 2: THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST

The projective personality test that captures the respondent’s thoughts,

concerns and motives based on stories they create to explain the vague
and provocative pictures.

It taps a subject’s unconscious mind to reveal repressed aspects of

personality, need for achievement, power and intimacy and problem
solving abilities.

Sample questions:
TAT.docx
PHASE 2: TAT Scoring
• Results are difficult to generalize
• Subjective in nature
• Close analysis of stories gives the specialist a decent idea of the
personality traits and emotional control towards different aspects of
life
• Results are interpreted in the context of applicant’s
 Personal history
 Age
 Sex
 Education level
 Racial or ethnic identification
 Occupation
 Vernacular language
PHASE 2: TAT Scoring contd.

The scoring attempts to measure the following information:

• Story Design - measures ability to identify and formulate a problem
situation.
• Story Orientation – assesses level of personal control, emotional
distress, confidence and motivation
• Story Solution – assesses impulsiveness of the examinee
• Story Resolution – examines ability to formulate and maximize long
and short term solutions
Technology used for recruitment
 The slot allocation, attendance,
scheduling, and performance
evaluation of the applicants are
done using ERP solutions .

 Altruistic Test would be conducted

through Pearson Audio Exam
Window .

 TAT would be conducted through

video projection technology .
 References
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/t
ake_quiz/altruism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_re
source_planning

https://www.psychestudy.com/general/per
sonality/thematic-apperception-test