17 - Individual Differences (I)

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Individual Difference (I):

Personality, MBTI, and 360-

Degree Assessment

BMGT 364

Managing People andOrganizations


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Upcoming

Team Project Update - Due April 2

Personal Development Assignment due

April 9

Complete: MBTI Test(http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-

win/JTypes2.asp) print and retain

360 online assessment round 2 should be

DONE will receive your results to include inyour write-up

Reading assignments next time:

Chapter 4: p.64-66
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Agenda

Personal Development Journal

360-Degree Assessment Review

What is personality?

Cognitive Styles: MBTI


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Personal DevelopmentJournal


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Your Leadership Diagram


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What is Personality?A set of distinctive patterns or orientations

in which individuals respond or interact

with their environments

Important for three reasons:

Predicts individual thinking patterns &

behavior tendencies

Difficult/impossible to change

Developed throughout entire lives


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Individual Differences

Intelligence

Ability

Personality

Core self-evaluations

Self-esteem

Self-efficacy

Locus of control

Emotional stability

Attitudes

Emotions

Individual-Level Work

Outcomes

Job performance

Job satisfaction

Turnover

Organizationalcitizenship behaviors

Counterproductive

work behaviors

How Does Personality Impact

OB?


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Cognitive Styles: MBTICarl G. Jung, psychologist

Created the theoretical basis for type

Observed his clients and noted differences

Isabelle Briggs Myers and her mother,

Katherine Briggs

Created the current 4 dichotomies and the

MBTI assessment

Used the indicator with friends, family to

refine


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The Four Preferences

-- on a continuum, consider

1. Where do you get energy from?

Extroversion -- Introversion

2. How do you gather information? How do you perceive

the world around you?Sensing -- Intuition

3. How do you come to a decision? What are the ways

you assess information given to come to a decision?

Thinking -- Feeling4. How do you deal with the outside world? Which do

you prefer, the perception or the judgment phase?

Judging -- Perceiving


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Energy

Extroversion

Wide array of

interests

Enjoy working withlots of people

Action before

reflectionThink out loud

Introversion

Take a deep interest

in a few things

Enjoy working aloneor with small groups

Reflection before

actionThink before act



Are Introverts Unfriendly?Both introverts and extroverts can be

friendly people!

Extroverts stimulated by the outside

world; introverts by inner world

Question of where you recharge

Test: when you have a problem, do you

seek friends or solitude?



Perception

Sensing

Appreciate facts and

details

Practical

5 senses

What is real, tangible

Intuition

Appreciate

possibilities, insights

Theoretical

What is possible

Future-oriented


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Decisions

Thinking

Logical analysis to

reach conclusions

Offer critiques

Base judgments on

principles and

analysis

Feeling

Use values to reach

conclusions

Like to createharmony

Base judgments on

their own or othersvalues


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Orientation

Judging

Work and play better

with a plan

Focus on whatneeds to be

completed

Decide quickly

Seek structure and

schedules

Perceiving

Work and play better

with flexibility

Want to include asmany ideas as

possible

Postpone decisionsin search of more

info

Adapt to changing

situations


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Thoughts about your type?Remember that type does not explain

everything about a person

Talk to friends, think about type, read

types that may fit you

Try out a type exercise your

extroversion or your introversion for a few

days to see how it feels


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Vacation PlanningHow far in advance did you book yourlast vacation?

More than 6months in

advance

Less than a fewdays in advance


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How would you make this

decision?

Your current OB teams have beendisbanded, and you will need to form a

team from students in this class to re-start

your project. How would you form the

team?


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Five Factor Model - OCEAN

Developed in 1992 by Costa & McCrae

More comprehensive model than MBTI

for understanding personality differences

Includes five aspects of personality:

openness, conscientiousness,

extraversion, agreeableness, and

neuroticism

Individuals score high or low on each of

the five aspects


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Five Factors (OCEAN) Openness

Active seeking of experience for its own sake; tolerating andexploring the unfamiliar

Conscientiousness Degree of organization, persistence, and motivation in goal-

directed behavior

Extraversion Amount and intensity of social interaction; activity level; need for

stimulation; capacity for joy

Agreeableness Quality of interpersonal orientation

Neuroticism Adjustment vs. emotional instablitty

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