PersonalityManaging People and PerformanceBLB10109-1

Managing People in Organisation BS865-2

Slide * of 18Review QuestionIdentify the Big Five personality dimensions and explain how they affect team dynamics?

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Personality is the overall profile or combination of traits that characterize the unique nature of a person.

No 2 persons are born alike but each differs from another

Personality

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PERSONALITYBEHAVIOURaffectsWhy Study Personality?

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Determined by

heredity, or genetic endowment, or by ones environment

How Do You Get Your Personlaity?

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Sensation- prefer routine and order & well defined details in gathering informationIntuitive- prefer the big picture, look for possibilities instead of facts, theoretical and abstractFeelings- conformity and accommodate themselves to other people, subjective and heartfeltThinking- use reason and intellect to deal with problems, analytical Personality: Problem Solving Styles

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Occupational Matches

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Extroversion (Expressive style) Eg: Herb Kelleher of Southwest

Conscientiousness (Work style) eg: Bill Gates

Agreeableness (Interpersonal style) Eg: Wally Amos of Famous Amos

Emotional stability (Emotional Style) Eg: Tom Monaghan of Dominoes Pizza

Openness to experience (Intellectual Style) Eg: Fred Smith of Fed ExPersonality: Key Dimensions

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ExtroversionCreativity, curiositySociable, friendly, expressiveConscientiousnessEmotional StabilityAgreeablenessOpenness to experienceSloppy, careless, lazyDependable, organized, hardworkingRude, insensitive, coldWarm, tactful, considerate get along with peopleSecure, calm, relaxedAnxious, depression, job stressDull, narrow minded, unimaginativeReserved, quiet, introvert

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LOCUS OF CONTROL

SELF CONCEPT (Self Esteem)

SELF EFFICACY

MACHIAVELLIANISM

Other Personality Characteristics

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- the degree to which people feel they affect their own livesCONTROLCONTROLLocus Of ControlInternal (Outcome within control)

External (Outcome beyond control)

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SELF-ESTEEM - Belief about ones own self-worth

Positive terms, feel good aboutthemselves, confident, self motivated, failure is a learning processNegative terms, self doubt, insecure and de-motivated, failure is terminal, High Self-EsteemLow Self-EsteemSelf Concept

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- belief in ones own ability to accomplish a specific task effectively or succeedHigh self efficacy ActiveSet goalsVisualize success

Low self efficacyPassiveAvoid difficultyWeak effort. Thinking of excusesVisualize failureSelf Efficacy

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Indicates ones willingness to do whatever it takes to get ones own way

Machiavellians are people who view and manipulate others for purely personal gain.From the name of Italian statesman and writer, Niccolo Machievelli, whose work The Prince advices that the acquisition and use of power may necessitate unethical methods.Machiavellianism

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Slide * of 18Essential ReferenceChapter 2 Organisational Behaviour4th Edition (2008)McShane & Von GlinowMcGraw-Hill

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Slide * of 18Q & AQuestion and Answer Session

***This table contains descriptions of four basic problem solving styles, together with various occupational pairings.Research indicates that there is a fit between individuals styles and the kind of decisions they prefer.*See page 105.Extroversion introversion: the degree to which individuals are oriented to the social world of people, relationships and events, as opposed to the inner world.

Conscientiousness: the extent to which individuals are organised, dependable and detail focused, vs. disorganised, less reliable and lacking perseverance.

Agreeableness: the extent to which individuals are compliant, friendly, reliable and helpful vs. disagreeable, argumentative and uncooperative.

Emotional stability: the degree to which individuals are secure, resilient and calm, vs anxious, reactive and tending to mood swings.

Openness to experience: the extent to which individuals are curious, open, adaptable and interested in a wide range of things, vs resistant to change and new experiences, less open to new ideas and preferring routine.

*A high mach person is someone:with tendencies to approach situations logically and thoughtfully, and with the ability to lie to achieve personal goalswith a reluctance to be swayed by loyalty, friendships, past promises or the opinions of otherswho is skilled at influencing others.**