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Developing Self-Awareness
Developing Management Skills
Craig W. Fontaine, Ph.D.Northeastern University
College of Business Administration
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• Understand your sensitivity line• Clarify personal values and moral
maturity level• Apply your personal learning style• Discover your orientation toward
change• Identify your interpersonal style
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Learning Objectives
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Keys to Self- Awareness
“Know Thyself”Carved on the Oracle at Delphi
“He that would govern others must first master himself”
Messinger
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Hierarchy of Personal Life-Management Skills
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The Enigma of Self-Awareness
•Seeking self knowledge is a prerequisite for personal growth.
•However, we avoid seeking information about ourselves because it may make us feel inferior.
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The Sensitivity Line
The point at which individuals become defensive when encountering information about themselves that is inconsistent with their self-concept.
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Crossing the Sensitivity Line
•When information is verifiable, predictable and controllable.
•When we self-disclose so others can provide insights into your behavior.
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Appreciating Individual Differences
Differences• We observe
differences• Eliminates social
barriers
Distinctions• We create distinctions• Create social barriers
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Five Areas of Self Awareness
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Emotional Intelligence
•Difficult to measure and define.•Considered to be an important measure of managerial success.
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Components of Emotional Intelligence
• The ability to diagnose and recognize your own emotions.
• The ability to control your own emotions.
• The ability to recognize and diagnose the emotions of others.
• The ability to respond appropriately to emotional cues.
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Values
• Foundation for attitudes and personal preferences
• Basis for important life decisions• Help to define morality and ethics
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Trompenaars Cultural Value Dimensions
• Universalism vs. Particularism• Individualism vs. Collectivism• Affective vs. Neutral• Specific vs. Diffuse• Achievement vs. Ascription• Past and Present vs. Future• Internal vs. External
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Personal Values
• Instrumental Values: desirable standards of conduct for attaining an end
• Terminal Values: desirable ends or goals for the individual
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Values that Managers Desire
• Sense of Accomplishment
• Self-Respect• A Comfortable
Life• Independence
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Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
A. Preconventional (Self Centered)
A. Conventional (Conformity)
B. Postconventional (Principled)
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Recent Examples of Unethical Decision Making
• Enron• Martha Stewart• Ford Motor
Company• Firestone
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Ethical Decision Making And Values
• Most managers feel they are under pressure to compromise standards to meet company goals*
• Conflict between maximizing economic and social performance
* Study by American Management Association.
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Standards for Making Ethical Decision
• Front Page Test• Golden Rule Test• Dignity and Liberty Test• Equal Treatment Test• Personal Gain Test• Congruence Test• Procedural Justice Test• Cost-Benefit Test• Good Night’s Sleep Test
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Learning Styles
An individual’s inclination to perceive, interpret and respond to information in a certain way
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Kolb’s Model of Learning Styles
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Scoring Plot for the LSI
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The Learning Cycle
• Developed from Kolb’s four dimensions
• When the four-step process is followed, learning is improved
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The Learning Cycle Model
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Attitudes Toward Change
Graduates of management schools today will face an environment unlike any person has ever experienced before
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Change Orientation
Tolerance of Ambiguity: The extent to which individuals have difficulty coping with unclear situations.
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Change Orientation (cont’d)
Locus of Control: The attitude people develop regarding the extent to which they control their own destines.
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Locus of Control
Internal Locus of Control: ‘I was the cause of the success or
failure for the change.’External Locus of Control:
‘Something else caused the success or failure.’
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Internal Locus of Control
• Associated with successful management in North America
• Are less alienated from work environment
• More satisfied at work• Experience less stress• More position mobility
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External Locus of Control
• Most commonly found in managers from Eastern cultures
• Tend to use coercive power more than internal leaders
• Perform poorly in stressful situations
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Core Self-Evaluation
Personality: The relatively enduring traits that makes an individual unique.
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Determinants of Personality
• Some of our personality may be attributed to biology and genetics
• However, people can make changes to their personality if they are determined
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Personality Traits
The Big Five Dimensions of Personality1. Extraversion2. Agreeableness3. Conscientiousness4. Neuroticism5. Openness
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Core Self-Evaluations
Core evaluations subconsciously influence people’s appraisal of themselves, the world, and others.
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Core Self-Evaluation
Four Components1.Self-Esteem2.Generalized Self-Efficacy3.Neuroticism4.Locus of Control
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The Effects of Core Self-Evaluations
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