My Personal Inventory Assessment Results

Within the MyManagmentLab for the Managing People in Organizations, class there is a section called Personal Inventory Assessments. These are short questionnaires to evaluate different aspects of a person’s life. I did multiple ones but the three personal inventory assessments I found most useful where the stress management assessment, the self-awareness assessment and the time management assessment. The stress management quiz analyzed how I manage and react during stressful situations with my results being 24. My results said that I have a high resilience to stress and do not get worried very easily, however, I am not very effective at eliminating stress or developing coping strategies when I do ultimately get stressed. I can definitely relate to this because when I am stressed about something, I usually just give up on it and quit or push it off until the last minute, which usually results in more stress.

This profile instrument was very informative and at the same time confirmed the characteristics that I thought I possessed. Each one of us has some characteristics that are assets and some that need work—strengths and weaknesses that we all possess. As employees in a company, all of our characteristics work together as part of the business. Being part of a business or the corporate world, we all have different tasks, talents, and characteristics that we bring to the organization. People work together, much like organs as they function together within a human body. “Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others” Romans 12:4 (New International Version). It takes time and effort to develop as a well-rounded individual. Potentially, no one employee is better than another based on

2 of Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior: Exhibit 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 MGT 312 WEEK 2 Personality Impact Paper

Robbins & Judge. (2013). Organizational Behavior, Fifteenth Edition, eBook Collection, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey; Published by Prentice Hall.

The way people process new information is based on their type of learning style. Everyone has their own unique way of learning because the brain processes information through different senses. There are several types of learner such as the, visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learner. A person can have one or more types of learning styles.

I am a person who likes to be given a job and left alone to do it. I do not always take the time to seek out others who can help me accomplish it. I am also a person who is somewhat an introvert so I feel like I am a bother to ask someone to help. I am sure they would help if I only took the time and effort to ask.

Knowing the Type of personnel as tool of self assessment for leader is very important because by determining what characteristics will make for effective job performance, it can aid in personnel selections by increasing understanding of how personality and job characteristics interact it can result in better hiring, promotion decision and by providing insights into personality development it can help to anticipate, recognize and prevent to operate costly defenses by organizational members.

After completing the personal inventory packet, I have come to realize that I have more things that I would like to do than what I had initially thought. Mostly, I like to work around computer and deal less with people as much as possible. After graduating from college, I like to work for a non for profit organization because I believe that, for a company, it is better to invest their revenue on bettering the environment for future.

This essay aims to analyse how personality can affect the performance of teams. This essay will also explore various theories relevant to personalities and will assess how different personalities can be beneficial in increasing team performance as well as any disadvantages. This essay will also explore how personality can affect the inter-personal relationship between team members.

The Project 2 assessment involved several categorized questions that ranked our personality traits. Some of the categories include, but are not limited to, power, conflict, trust, teamwork, listening, problem-solving, and motivation to lead. While completing the survey, it required me to think about who I am truly rather than selecting the seemingly best or politically correct response. With this in mind, I believe that I was fairly accurate in my feedback. The majority of the results were not surprising; however, there were a few in which I ranked low or moderate/medium, and would have thought I would have ranked higher. However, the assessment is enlightening in that it revealed some areas of improvement for myself. In the following synopsis, I will examine the findings of my assessment as well as tying in a Biblical perspective.

With countless personality assessments available, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is most often chosen over the others. Based on the theories of Carl Jung, this assessment identifies personality constructs based on four different scales. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is often used to determine the level of leadership ability that an individual possesses. This information can be beneficial in team building in both educational and organizational settings.

Managers must organize, lead and control a diverse and ever changing staff, but how? With so many different personalities in the work place managers that strive to mesh them in a cohesive way tend to succeed. Using the two most popular personality identifiers, Myers-Briggs as well as the Big Five, managers can cater to specific employee needs. Understanding these two methods are crucial for successful managers in today’s ever-changing business world. The two personality indicators, Myers-Briggs and Big Five, are descriptive personality domains that fall under different psychological traits.

God equips us with Spiritual gifts, a heart, abilities, personality and experiences to help others. “Each one should use whatever gift he’s received to serve others.” 1 Peter 4:10

This paper explored facets of my personality revealed and defined by Pearson Education, as well as insights gained from our textbook, Type Talk at Work and The Gospel and Personal Reflections. With the results from the assessment test I will relate the different personality categories to how I operate in the organization, how I relate to others in the organization and life in the organization. Each of these categories will reveal scores that will signify high or low ability, consequently indicating where improvement is needed for better organizational results. Moreover, Dr.Fischer underscores that organizational behavior is predicated on individual behavior that’s affected by individual personality traits. Furthermore, the more we understand our personality type, the better we will be at understanding others. Likewise, grounded in my Christian worldview and framework we know that sin can also be found in our personality traits and it’s through the discovery of our flawed selves, we can self- correct in our personal and corporate lives.

In the business world things are always changing. A trend in business that has become increasingly more popular is the use of groups and teams. According to Michael Frase, (2000) “nowadays the most important trend is the increased use of teamwork.” In another article it discussed how using work teams is a pivotal move for the organization (Barrick, Stewart, Neubert, & Mount, 1998, p. 377). This trend leads the way for increased communication between employees working as a team. As a manager, creating these groups and teams in a way that they can communicate and work effectively can be a challenge. Personality plays a major role in how people communicate with one another. Personality is unique to each individual and isn’t just about how well someone is liked by others. Personality says a lot about a person and is directly related to how they communicate and what they share with others. Understanding these diverse personalities can help managers to create groups and teams that communicate in effective and efficient ways.