...demonstrated my personality type. The basic premise of Holland’s theory is that work is an expression of people’s personalities, so people will tend to seek work in environments that fit their personality types. Holland’s theory is summarized in the following statements: 1. In our culture, most persons can be categorized as one of six types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, or Conventional. 2. There are six model environments: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, or Conventional. 3. People search for environments that will let them exercise their skills and abilities, express their attitudes and values, and take on agreeable problems and roles. Behavior is determined by an interaction between personality and environment. (Holland, 1992) The assessment groups people into six personality types; Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, enterprising, conventional. These six types were developed by asking people about their interests, and since interests and personality are closely related, he was able to define the personalities and then build the test to help users select which personality type they were. The assessment allows users to be grouped into more than one category, as most people have some level of overlap in the different groups and uses the three most predominant ones to predict the correct occupational area for the user. I used the test to find out that my most dominating personality trait was enterprising...
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...Phoenix via the OLS is to work in a Learning team. A Learning Team consists of three to six students working together to complete assignments and to learn from each other’s experiences and knowledge. Each team members bring to the team his or her unique skills, knowledge, background and experiences to contribute to the Learning Team’s assignments and eventual success. As a result of the vast differences in the makeup of the team, teammate must first learn about each other, and a sure way to do this, is by creating a Learning Team Charter. A learning team charter can help the team to improve performance, in despite, the personality types, listening skills and the level of trusts each teammate has. Personality Types There are five members on the team and four different personality types. The four personality types are ENTP, ENTJ, ESTJ, and INTP. According to the individual personality results, four of the team members are extroverted and one introverted. The second part of the test concluded that four members were intuitive and one sensing, and all five team members have a thinking personalities (University of Phoenix, 2007). With the exception of one team member, the personality results basically, indicated that most of the members are outgoing, creative, realistic, individualistic, and are natural leaders. Listening Skills Much like the results of the personality types, the results of...
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...Holland's Six Personality Types According to John Holland's theory, most people are one of six personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. The characteristics of each of these are described below: Realistic • Likes to work with animals, tools, or machines; generally avoids social activities like teaching, healing, and informing others; • Has good skills in working with tools, mechanical or electrical drawings, machines, or plants and animals; • Values practical things you can see, touch, and use like plants and animals, tools, equipment, or machines; and • Sees self as practical, mechanical, and realistic. Investigative • Likes to study and solve math or science problems; generally avoids leading, selling, or persuading people; • Is good at understanding and solving science and math problems; • Values science; and • Sees self as precise, scientific, and intellectual. Artistic • Likes to do creative activities like art, drama, crafts, dance, music, or creative writing; generally avoids highly ordered or repetitive activities; • Has good artistic abilities -- in creative writing, drama, crafts, music, or art; • Values the creative arts -- like drama, music, art, or the works of creative writers; and • Sees self as expressive, original, and independent. Social • Likes to do things to help people -- like, teaching, nursing, or giving first aid, providing information;...
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...Know Your Personality Dr. John Holland created a theory and inventory to help describe personality types that can be used to identify occupations that are best suited for a particular personality type, or “Holland Code.” It is important to remember that, as with any personality inventory, this is only an approximation, and the information that is gathered from this exercise should be used in conjunction with the additional information that is covered in this course. Your Holland Code is only one piece of the puzzle. Holland created six different personality groups: realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional. Most people and occupations are a combination three of the Holland Codes. The code is determined by the first letter of each group. For example, if you score highest in investigative, followed by social, and then conventional, your Holland Code would be ISC. (Student Services, 2012) Holland Codes for occupations can be found on the O*NET site onetonline.org. You can search occupations based on your top three Holland Codes. Check the items in each column that best describe you, things you can do, and things you would like doing (Student Services, 2012). 1. Farming | 2. Advanced math | 3. Use your imagination to do something original # | 4. Work as a volunteer for a charity # | 5. Convince others to do things your way # | 6. Work with numbers | 7. Be physically active # | 8. Think abstractly | 9. Read fiction, plays...
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...brings misfortune to unsuspecting civilians but here are other reasons why we have bad days. The answer lies deep within our subconscious minds. THE ENNEAGRAM The Enneagram is an ancient Muslim tool describing nine types of personalities. A person may fall under any one of the nine points. This Enneagram is the figure on the right. It does not look like much but it has brought with it wisdom that even until today proves relevant. It delves further into the mind and explains how the psyche or a person’s personality affects how things are seen. This is where the half-full, half-empty and neither half-full nor half-empty glass of water comes in. The universe is not after you at all. The emotional and behavioral part of your brain just thinks it is. When you think that everybody else is better than you, you’ll only see the good things in other people’s lives and not your own. When you are always happy, you’ll find fewer flaws in the world in general. The figure has three main parts. The circle, containing the complex web, is said to represent unity. This points out that anyone can identify themselves with any of the nine types. A person does not skip from one type to another but aside from his core type he may have the potential adapt the beliefs of the other types depending on the situation he or she is in. The inner triangle connecting 3, 6 and 9 is the mind as discussed in the teachings of the Fourth Way. It may also refer to the Rule of Three where in the universe, all things...
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...Professional Presence and Influence Western Governors University Professional Presence and Influence A1. Models of Health and Healing- The candidate provides a logical discussion, with substantial detail, of the differences between 2 models of health and healing as they relate to what it means to be human. Since the mid-19th century, there have been three distinct models of health and healing. The first era began in the mid-1960s and dealt primarily with the physical body. It is known as the mechanical model and focused solely on the anatomy and physiology of the body. It was physical in nature, and gave no consideration to the mind or spiritual side of the human being. In this section we will compare the differences between Era II, the Body/Mind model, which emerged around the 1950s, and Era III, the Body/Mind/Spirit or Bio/Psycho/Social model which emerged in the 1990s. During the mid-20th century, Health care providers began to understand that human consciousness played an important role in overall wellness. They recognized that patients with a positive mental attitude about their condition and care generally healed faster than those who did not. Doctors and nurses started to value and encourage input from the patients in their care. Health care professionals began to notice that emotional well-being, personal belief system and attitude all had a definite impact on health and for the first time became important in treating disease. This new phenomenon was considered...
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...responsibilities, and authority to accomplish different tasks. Organizations are “open systems” in that they are affected by their environment – both macro and micro. As far as the role organizations play in society, the detailed role varies geographically, but overall, organizations greatly influence the culture of the surrounding society. My experience and observations throughout my life have shown that organizations with similar missions tend to geographically cluster together. I believe that the mentality and personalities of the people working at these organizations hold significant weight in the formation of the environment and attitudes of the surrounding society. For example, San Francisco is approximately 49 square-miles, but it has several very diverse societies that are broken up into districts. People who are interested in finance will most likely gravitate towards Market Street and the Financial District because the organizations in that area are of that “personality.” Through investigation and analysis of many different case studies, it seems that the “silo-ing” of departments within an organization is the most significant human issue facing organizations today. There is a serious lack of common goals and lack of communication between departments within an organization. The lack of communication has the potential to suppress a company’s growth or even ruin the company. As a result of a lack of...
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...following theories on personality: Trait theory – the trait theory suggests that a person’s personality is built through a number of different traits that the person has. The maker of the theory was Gordon Alport; he came up with the idea. He found that just by figuring out what traits you have, the trait theory can figure out what personality you have. He said that there are 4,000 words in the English dictionary that describe traits. He put these words and traits into 3 categories; Cardinal traits, central traits and secondary traits. These categories would help describe what someone’s personality is. This theory would help pick out people like; introverts unstable, introvert stable, extrovert unstable, and extrovert stable. This then suggests the fact that some people with one of them personality’s should be selected for a certain sport. For example if someone was an introvert stable this would suggest that they should play a game like snooker or darts, something that isn’t that boistres and loud and something with no contact. Some people will argue against this and say that the test is not accurate because there are athletes that play rugby that are an introvert stable. And there can also be extrovert snooker men or darts players, they will just have a more focused point on the game. Basically, the series of tests that are available to use the trait theory are just a series of questions that you answer and at the end calculates what sort of personality you have. And what group...
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...Table of Contents Summary 3 Introduction 4 Facts 4 Café Latte 4 Cynthia Chan 5 Stuart Chan 7 Rob Chan 8 Jeff Burns 8 The Chan Family 9 Inferences 9 Cynthia Chan 9 Stuart Chan 10 Rob Chan 10 Jeff Burns 11 The Chan Family 11 Problems 12 Decision –Additional Options 14 Behavior Assessment 15 Cynthia Chan 16 Stuart Chan 16 Rob Chan 17 Decision Assessment 17 Lessons Learned 19 Case Study: Café Latte, LLC Summary Café Latte, a new espresso bar, is about to open in Pocatello, Idaho. The business was formed as a limited partnership between three siblings and a friend, Cynthia, Stuart, and Rob Chan, along with Jeff Burns, respectively. The Chans are somewhat knowledgeable about running a business since their parents have operated a restaurant for years, and Stuart Chan continues to manage the restaurant. The three siblings are the principals in the business, while Jeff Burns is primarily a partner for financial purposes only. Cynthia, having the most free time, has spent the most time working on the business opening. Stuart has procured the equipment for the bar, with Rob’s help. Stuart has become angry at Cynthia for not spending enough time in preparations, and feels that she and Rob are not doing their fair share of work. Stuart wants to buy out Cynthia’s share, but later just apologizes for his outburst. In order to avoid further conflicts, a work schedule was devised...
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...com, international business can be summarized as the exchange of goods and services among individuals and businesses in multiple countries or a specific entity, such as a multinational corporation or international business company that engages in business among multiple countries. (BusinessDictionary.com) Knowing that the definition of International in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is defined as relating to two or more nations and that business in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is defined as a commercial or sometimes an industrial enterprise; I think Business Dictionary’s definition of international business is very accurate. (Merriam-Webster Online) When you think international business, the non-profit sector is probably not the first type of organization that comes to mind. Heifer International is a non-profit entity that works internationally with the mission to end hunger and poverty through sustainability. Currently, Heifer International has projects in 46 countries and counting as new projects are developed. Heifer has projects in North and South America, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and the Asia/South Pacific regions and is headquartered in Little rock, Arkansas. Heifer’s model is based loosely...
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...[pic] Interoffice Memorandum |To: |Amanda Baillie, Executive Director | |From: |Leah Hastings, Office Manager | |Date: |February 18, 2012 | |Subject: |Proposal to Develop and Implement an Employee Incentive/ Recognition Program | Attached is my proposal to establish a program to increase employee performance and morale. Employee satisfaction is of utmost importance for the chamber and the membership, because it is the foundation of success. The benefit of having a melting pot of new and prior employees is that it allows the chamber to focus on building the team. With change comes resistance this resistance is reason for improvement. This is the ideal opportunity to address, create, and implement a new employee incentive/recognition program to increase morale and productivity. Having a small staff working with management is a benefit as we can use the development of the program as a team building exercise. This exercise instills ownership and loyalty to the chamber because of the direct involvement in the decision making process. What better way to increase retention? Enabling the staff...
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...pt PART 4 - LEADING CHAPTER 8 - FOUNDATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP BEHAVIOR LEARNING OUTCOMES After reading this chapter, students should be able to: 1. Define the focus and goals of organizational behavior. 2. Identify and describe the three components of attitudes. 3. Explain cognitive dissonance. 4. Describe the Myers-Briggs personality type framework and its use in organizations. 5. Define perception and describe the factors that can shape or distort perception. 6. Explain how managers can shape employee behavior. 7. Contrast formal and informal groups. 8. Explain why people join groups. 9. State how roles and norms influence employees' behavior. 10. Describe how group size affects group behavior. Opening Vignette SUMMARY In today's dynamic organization, we continue to hear about management's need to be sensitive to others, for some, this is simply not part of their personality make-up, example Linda Wachner, CEO. One of the first women to become a Fortune 500 CEO. She is characterized as a screaming, combative, ruthless taskmaster known for humiliating employees in front of their peers. Her simple motto: "You can't run a company efficiently with a 'bunch of babies.' If you don't like it, leave. This is not a prison." Advice to other senior managers, be tough. Wachner is known for being smart and a good manager--and one who rewards only performance. Her record at Warnaco has been nothing short of stellar. Since leading a leveraged buyout...
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...actions or the will to acknowledge past failures can be a difficult task to acknowledge. According to Johari Window even when trying to be open and honest about self it is still a hard task to accomplish. Although the writer that took the assessments in both week one and two, the assessment confirmed things that was already known about the writer personality. While at the same time revealed some traits that weren’t known when it came to how to resolve conflict. In this paper the writer will develop a profile on the personality characteristics and assessment results. Inserting a Self Assessment Score sheet that discusses a brief interpretation of each assessment the writer completed. Finally, analyze the attributes and how it relates to the writer relationship and career choice. This writer’s profile characteristics and personality trait was that of someone who appeared to be strong and decisive decision maker. The writer of this paper is an introvert. An introvert prefers the interaction of just a few people, tend to isolate activities, and think before speaking. This writer has personality Type A. Type A personality is competitive, inquisitive, and easily bores. Has a short temper, impatient, and tend to be aggressive. Find it difficult to relax, staying focus and maintaining stability. The writer scored a PMF of nine on the Twenty-First Century Manager Assessment. A Twenty First Century Manager Assessment “offers a self-described profile of your management...
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...PERSONALITY AND PERCEPTION D07Q7 QUESTION Q2 (a) Identify the potential scope of the individual’s contribution to an organisation. (12 marks) (b) Using examples, explain how the following characteristics may affect the contribution of the individual to the organisation: (i) personality (ii) (ii) attitudes (13 marks) (Total 25 marks) ANSWER (a) The potential scope of the individual’s contribution to the organisation includes: ● Effort – managers expect employees to work and fulfil agreed objectives ● Time – individuals contribute their time and this may include unsocial hours ● Obedience – to company rules and policies ● Flexibility – organisations need to respond to changing situations and varying demands in effective and customer focused ways ● Adaptability – individuals are most effective where they adapt to change ● Skills – individuals bring a variety of skills that are essential to the effective performance of the organisation. These will include technical, conceptual and inter- personal skills ● Loyalty and commitment – to the organisation’s goals and their effective fulfilment ● Personality – this is important to internal relationships and group effectiveness ● Any organisation is more than the sum of its individual parts i.e. the individuals that compose it ● Creativity – the individual may contribute new ideas and the development of better methods and processes ● Individuality – this may be very important to the ongoing health and...
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...Different Types of Friend; classification essay Anyone who has spent time with friends will notice that each one has a special personality all of their own. Friends, have different traits that make up their personalities. We have researched this phenomenon in detail and classified friends into different categories. The three kinds of personality are honest, loyal, and caring friends. Friends actually may have similar interest, but this way there are the way they interact and show their up personality type. The first personality type is called honesty. These actions mean the honesty friend is easy to keep our secrets. They usually adapt to their experience and are generally cheerful. An honest person always gives us the truth statement even if it’s not always what you want to hear. As long as you close with this person, you will feel comfort because the lies aren’t good in your friendship. The next notable is loyalty type. These are the more quiet and shy friends but in their physical they have a big loyal to you. They don’t care how rich or poor you are, how bad or well you are, they just comfort to be friend with you. They always accompany you if you have trouble in your life, and generally they also will solve your problem. In this type, they will never let you down when you when times are hard. They may be what you call a best friend. The last type is care. A care person expresses their type with pay some attention. Whether you are happy or mad, they will know how you...
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