Assignment 1: Finding the Leader in You: Self-Assessment/ Johari Window The purpose of this paper to better understand Organizational Behavior and how I fit in the dynamic of it. Organizational Behavior is the study of human behavior in organizations (Schermerhorn, Jr., Osborn, Uhl-Bien, & Hunt, 2012). Organizations have been forced to adopt new strategies and try new processes to remain successful. If the companies do not keep up with the continuous evolvement, they will fall behind. With all of the changes taking place, it is very important for individuals to know their strengths and weaknesses to reach their goals. What better way to do so but to take self-assessments to help point out what we may not know. We may believe we …show more content…
As a former teacher I was able to fulfill my characteristic traits of being an extrovert and staying adaptable to any situation. On a day to day basis managing over 100 students you never knew what was going to come at you. It was your responsibility to handle the situations in a mature but calm manner. As a marketing director I had to be a people person. I couldn’t be shy when having to go and spread the work and obtain donations for our non-profit agency. I had to be creative to come up with fundraisers that would catch the communities’ attention. I do believe assessments are a great asset. When starting out in my first interviews, I truly thought that they were a waste of time. With the growing pace of today’s companies it is very smart to understand the personalities of your employees and how they will fit in your company model. These assessments also give you the opportunity to understand exactly what it is we would need to work on personally to be needed by the company we are applying for. If we open our minds to being honest with the answers to gain real results, the test can be very beneficial. The assessment that I enjoyed the most was the Johari Window. It gave an opportunity to see just how others viewed me as a person. It was easy to understand and gave various points of views. References Armstrong, T. R. (2006, Summer). Revisiting the Johari Window: Improving
2 of Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior: Exhibit 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 MGT 312 WEEK 2 Personality Impact Paper
Every person has a different definition of what makes a leader. Some feel a leader is inspirational, while others regard leadership as someone who can give criticism and make the tough decisions. Each definition is unique, and each is vague. This is why the definitions of leadership people use aren’t always accurate. Bolman and Deal, however, do an excellent job of presenting four frames of leadership people use to successfully—or unsuccessfully—support and lead a group of people. The four frames presented by the authors are: human resource, symbolic, structural, and political. The human resource frame is used by leaders to empathize with their followers, the symbolic frame is used to inspire and unite followers around a vision, the structural frame is used to emphasize the importance of a process, and the political frame establishes competition and focuses on creating allies.
Organizational behavior studies have become more significant in today’s present years than hey were before in past years, this is due to companies realizing that in order to acclimatize to the constantly changing business cultures that have stemmed from a competitive and rapidly moving market, they must put more emphasis on the correlation between human behavior and the organization. Understanding this concept has led many several companies to put investment into behavior assessments and seminars and use them as a training tool to educate their employees and learn the reasons for each person’s behavior and
I think that selection assessments are a great tool for a company to hire someone or not because it shows their intelligence. Even with the many study aids to help make a good score, it demonstrates if the individual has a good work ethic or not. For instance, a person that spent a lot of time to devote to studying to pass the assessment in order to get a job shows that they are dedicated. I believe that this types of tests, even with all the resources we have today, are still a good indicator because it determines if individuals are hard workers or not.
In the following assessments: DISC Index and the Jung Typology (Myers-Briggs) Personality was available for me to test my personality and my behavioral traits. Within these results your limitations on life and the way you perceive certain values in life are determined and presented to the user through a substantial questionnaire. The DISC Index is more of a ranking type of questionnaire of a scenario while the Jung typology test is a 50-50, yes or no answer. Within these tests they can predict your traits as a leader and how you can improve your skills within any kind of setting. In reflection, this paper will go over the results of my assessment in both tests and trying to determine what they mean based off
As organizations grow and expand globally, the growing number of business competitors who provide the same services becomes greater. Organizational psychologists are a benefit to organizational success, regardless of size. Organizational Psychologists can offer fresh ideas for improvement using various methods of study and research. One important step in understanding the people within an organization is to understand their behavior. How employees behave within an organization has an influence upon the lives of coworkers. Employees do not always consider the impact of decisions unless the result is beneficial or
Fischer, Dr. Kahlib, (2009) Lesson 2-Individual Behavior in the Organization [Online Presentation] Retrieved from Module/Week 2 Online Web site https://learn.liberty.edu/
Becoming a leader is every challenging and complex task to accomplish. Many of us hope to become great leaders that will be loved by their employees and colleagues. However, after reading the first nine chapters of the book, I realized the challenges ahead of me that I have to overcome in order to become a good leader and a good healthcare administrator. When I first started doing the healthcare executive competency assessment tool, I did not realize the impact it’ll have or the benefit of it. At first I was skeptical of it, however, after completing the task I realized how much gap and areas of growth that I needed to work on in order to become a great leader. I also came to a conclusion that in order to become a good leader it takes more
To build a successful organization, there needs to be a variety of people playing different roles in order for things to run smoothly.
Utilising a combined self-leadership and positive psychology perspective, I will self-analyse my strengths and weaknesses through the use of questionnaires completed throughout the semester to gain a deeper understanding of my personality traits in my chosen career. The career path I have chosen is Human Resources (HR) and everything analysed will be in respect of that path.
Being a leader is not a position you gain; it’s not about having a special title or a specific role within an organisation. Being a leader is about behaviour and actions. You can be a leader even if you aren’t at a senior level at an organisation and you can find examples of people who call themselves leaders because of their position of power, but who in fact act more like bosses. Whatever you do, always remember the essence of being a leader: sharing your vision with people and inspiring them to follow your cause.
You were born to be a leader a take charge person . Like most people, You wake up in the morning and put other people needs and wants before yours. Arrive at your job just to be boss around and be told what to do in a boring environment. Daydreaming of one day being your own boss and working in a fun environment, its time for a change become a part of a family and have a career. You want to be part of a company that will allow you to grow and become your own boss, well now 's your chance – Dunkin Donuts is hiring - more specifically crew level workers who are willing to move up the ladder n becoming a shift manager or Store Manager. Changing from a job to a career is never an easy thing, However with your great personality and eagerness to grow you will become natural. You have the basic down pack which is customer services and being able to multi-task. Just like when you are at home you multi-task. You 'll be a part of a team that promotes fun and is flexible with your schedule . Not to mention, it 's a career experience that ou will have for life.
There are always chances and possibilities to become a good leader regardless the odds against you, gender, age, race, education, previous experience, etc. This paper defines what leadership is and it explains the relationship between leadership and influence. It also highlights the importance of finding opportunities to develop skills and creating strong to become a good leader. It is also emphasized the power of influence that comes from motivating your team, to improve performance and satisfaction and that setting a clear goal is mandatory for good leadership. The conclusion summarizes all the topics under discussion.
Organizational behavior is a current way of corporate managing the study and research in which to detects the way that an industry is function, which is created on the chain of command, worker relations and organization styles” (Lacoma, 2013, para 1). It consists of both micro and macro organizational behavior basics. It covers many features of psychology and company, also mutual structures of human behavior.
Understanding human behavior is critical to organizations due to the fact that we are “human beings” that were created with set of emotions, intelligence, free will that enables us to make individual opinions that form a set of values that will follow us into various climates of organizations. The leaders of diverse units within organizations must be able to recognize the challenges; adaptations, intervention and management plan, and know when to exit from options that are not successful. Being unaware of individual self assessment such as emotional intelligence (EI), social quotient (SQ), and change quotient (CQ), will impede change and stalemate ultimate growth and benefits of productivity; hinder reaching the full vision or mission