...Personality Applied Final Project Table of Contents Title Page Number Chapter 1 Introduction to Personality 3-5 Chapter 2 The Trait Theory 6-8 Chapter 3 Personality Disorders 9-11 Chapter 4 The Behavioral Perspective 12-14 Chapter 5 The Humanistic Approach 15-17 Personal Reflection 16- 21 References 22-23 Chapter 1: Introduction to Personality Source: https://www.introtopsych.com/tools/oc/Bo/introtopsych/BWLKeogmGK Websites: Website #1 http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/persintro.html This website encompasses the meaning of personality and the theories that support. It defines it as being what makes us an individual; what separates us from others. It describes it as a way to compare and categorize people. Such as some are introverts as others are extroverts; some are neurotic while others simply are not. Personality is of great interest to researchers. Researchers want to know why people are the way they are; “how they are put together”. It goes further into briefly discussing different theories of personality, how they came about, and faults in those theories. The writing states that the theorist were influenced by their current time and culture which help to depict the basis for their theories. For example, ethnocentrism; Freud went completely opposite of what the culture at his time influenced. In Europe in the 1800’s to talk about “sex” would be taboo, people...
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...PERSONALITY Definition: Personality is the particular combination of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral response patterns of an individual. Different personality theorists present their own definitions of the word based on their theoretical positions. Personality should be defined from two perspectives. First, there is personality from the inside, which is called identity. This is the person you think you are and it is best defined by your hopes, dreams, aspirations, goals, and intentions — i.e., your values. Second, there is personality from the outside, which is called reputation. This is the person that others think you are and is best defined by the Five-Factor Model — i.e., in terms of self-confidence, sociability, integrity, charm, and creativity, or their opposites. There are often important disparities between a person's identity and his/her reputation, and the size of the disparity is related to career success. Genesis of personality: According to Oldham and Morris, "personality style is your organizing principle. It propels you on your life path. It represents the orderly arrangement of all your attributes, thoughts, feelings, attitudes, behaviours, and coping mechanisms. It is the distinctive pattern of your psychological functioning—the way you think, feel, and behave—that makes you definitely you." The origin of personality style is in some combination of genetic inheritance and environmental influence. The concept of personality style is broader...
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...Quotation Analysis Quote #1-Personality Alexander Graham Bell was a man who was always very attached to his work at hand and he rarely was distracted from it. But, of course, everyone’s personality can change and everyone desires for someone to care for them and someone for them to care about. So, during his late twenties, Bell had encountered a different meeting that had threatened to disrupt his life as he currently knew it: Bell was facing a new challenge that would delay his work, threaten his health, and shake his partnerships. In sessions with on particular student he would sometimes lose his train of thought and lapse into political discussions. He would comment on the sweetness of her voice, which she herself could not hear. After class, he would escort her to her streetcar. In late June, Alexander Graham Bell announced to everyone that he was in love with Mabel Hubbard, his seventeen-and-a-half-year-old student, the daughter of his business partner – to everyone, that is, but Mabel herself. (Grosvenor 58) This quote shows how Bell’s personality has dramatically changed because, as stated in the summary, Bell was a very active minded individual who cared highly about his inventions and his achievements. So,...
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...If a leader applies good time management strategies to the way you work you should be able to spend more than 20% of your time on the important tasks that need to be completed. Managing the valuable commodity of time can improve both your professional and personal life. In order for a leader to really manage their time they need to answer these two questions: 1. How much time do I have? a. Determining how much time you have in a typical work day is based on whether you work 8 hours plus a lunch hour and the type of work being done. 2. How do I spend my time? a. How you use your time during the day can be difficult to know with so many variable tasks that we do each day. Tracking your time using a work log can help you determine how your time is spent each day. This section of the Leadership Handbook will outline several valuable ideas in two very important areas of time management: • How to record and analyze your time using time logs • Effective strategies to avoid wasting time Analyze Your Time with Time Logs Creating a time log can help you identify problem areas in the way you manage your time. The benefits of keeping a time log include the following: • Identifies problem areas where time is being wasted • Indicates area that can be changed or modified to be more productive • Places you in control by helping you manage your time better in the future When you are in control, you will feel less stress and feel more in control of your time each...
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...attitude of a man or woman. The second group is called the Core Personal Dimensions which consists of Intellect, Similar Energy Levels, Spirituality, Education, Appearance, Sense of Humor, Mood Management, Traditional Versus Nontraditional Personalities, Ambition, Sexual Passion, Artistic Passion Values, Industry, Curiousity, Vitality and Security, and Autonomy Versus Closeness. I personally consider this group as the individual personality traits of an individual. Suprisingly these dimensions are difficult to alter. Once one has a certain amount of Ambition or Artistic Passion it is difficult for them to increase or decrease it. The third group is known as the Skills that Can be Developed. This group consists of Communication, Conflict Resolution, and Sociability. Although these seem to fall under Characteristics they don't. These three; through love, understanding, and soft words are alterable in one's personality. The last but not the least group is Qualities That Can Be Developed. This consists of Adaptability, Kindnesss, and Dominance Versus Submissive. These are qualities that can be learned if a man or woman who is single or in a relationship is willing to be instructed. With the proper guidance, effort, and a willing spirit one can develop these qualities in a...
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...marketing plan outlines each marketing event or action planned to increase sales. The plan will generally cover a calendar year, broken down by month or by quarter. For example, it may contain a summary of quarterly promotion and advertising plans, with spending, timing, and share/shipment goals for each program. Sales and marketing plans should be a logical outgrowth of short- and long-term company objectives and your marketing strategy. In the business plan, the sales and marketing plans provide an outline of each marketing event for the year, covering the following information: description of each event vehicle (for example, media, promotion, trade, sales) timing of each event event goals and objectives (for example, volume, share gains) cost of each event Marketing Strategy Every business owner should develop a written guideline that sets forth the business's marketing strategy. This document is used to judge the appropriateness of each action that the business takes. If a company has to take an action that is off-strategy, it may indicate a temporary emergency action prompted by competition or other factors beyond normal management control. Or it may indicate the need to change or revise the company's marketing strategy. A good marketing strategy provides specific goals and can include: a description of the key target buyer/end user competitive market segments the company will compete in distribution channels the unique positioning of the company and its products...
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...Human Development October 14, 2014 In order to gain more knowledge about young Psychosocial Development in Merging and adulthood, I interview a young lady in college who is approaching her 30th birthday in January. For the purpose of this interview I will called the young lady Paige, a factious name to protect her privacy. Paige is the only child for her parents. She grew up in an upper class neighborhood in Greenwich where money wasn’t an option for luxury. Both her parents are still alive and a fixture in the social life like Donald Trump. When I asked Paige about what influences her path and becoming an adult, she answered with angelic smile that life experience and her environment forces her to be an adult at an early age as 13. For example my mom had been sick at home with Osteoporosis (a joint disease) since I was 12 years of age. I had to make sure she was properly care for at night, by assisting with medication and her frequent bathroom visits. My parents had so much pride to have a living care giver. They don’t want the stigma of been sick and unable to be a nursing home picture to anyone in their social circle. I noticed at the end of her answer she got really joyfully like a child getting her first Barbie doll. In addition to that, Paige mention that she her parents thought her at early age that financial and educational success is not an option. She was helping her dad in his Law office every other weekend which earned her $20.00 “chuckle”. Moreover, Spanish...
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...LITTLE THINGS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ByMalcolm Gladwell Table of Contents Introduction and Summary…………………………………………………………………… Page 2 Objectives of Study…………………………………………………………………………….Page 2 Method of Study…...………………………………………………………………………….. Page 2 Chapter wise summary and Critical Analyses……...…...…………………………………….. Page 3 Theoretical Framework………...……………………………………………………………… Page 6 Relating Theories to Practical Aspects……………………….……….………………………. Page 7 Learning and Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….... Page 9 “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate.” -Malcolm Gladwell Introduction and Summary Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Pointis a compilation of compelling ideas and innovative thoughts in a field of study which so far had been considered mysterious and unquantifiable.The book challenges this premise and provides its readers with insights through real life examples and case studies which indicate how societies and individuals in a society can be influenced in order to tip ad existing trend and establish a new one. He decries the process with three key rules- the Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, and the Power of Context, with associated concepts that can help bring...
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...eNotessearch * Homework Help * Study Tools ▾ * Teachers ▾ * Leaderboard ▾ * Sign In * Join ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form Homework Help "Management is both an art and a science." Please explain this quote. Topic: Business deepak85 | Student, Undergraduate | eNotes Newbie Posted September 21, 2008 at 4:09 AM via web dislike2like "Management is both an art and a science." Please explain this quote. ------------------------------------------------- 10 Answers | Add Yours gbeatty | College Teacher | (Level 1) Educator Emeritus Posted September 21, 2008 at 10:13 AM (Answer #2) dislike1like The idea that management is both art and science is a truism and a kind of short hand. That is to say, a lot of people say it, and it is commonly held to be true, and it serves as a way of indicating a rather complex reality involving management. A science has known laws. It works with facts and reason and produces—when it gets to application via technology—dependable results. By contrast, art is highly personal and subjective. It works with emotions and the interplay between individuals and communities. Managers must do both: produce reliable results and deal with emotional humans. sruthi19 | Student, Undergraduate | eNotes Newbie Posted July 29, 2011 at 9:05 PM (Answer #6) dislike1like since art is concerned with personal application of knowledge some kind of ingenuity and creativity is...
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...well as their commitment to society. This leads to a clouded view of people’s true personalities as well as social judgment that can cause people to become emotionally unbalanced and tentative, searching for change. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson is a very controversial mystery novel that takes place in Industrial England. (expand lead and summary) It tells the story of Dr. Jekyll, a youthful doctor testing the limits of scientific experimentation, and his skeptical yet faithful lawyer Mr. Utterson. Throughout Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson utilizes the theme of the effects of society on an individual through the characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde who likewise search for change within themselves throughout the novel in order to pertain to the social standards that were held within that time period. (clearer) Stevenson uses the idea of judgments and social boundaries among peers excessively through the text in order to show as the storyline develops how a person can be physically and emotionally changed through the ideas and thoughts passing through the surrounding citizen’s heads, along with someone’s own judgments of themselves and how they fit in among society and the social norms. Within the first interaction that Mr. Utterson has with Mr. Hyde, there are judgments passed from Mr. Utterson that remain with Mr. Hyde and help to describe his personality throughout the book.(this quote or p.15) “He is not easy to describe. There is something...
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...and Job Specification to enhance the human resource management function. Job specification is to identify the job holder requirement in terms of skills, qualification, experience and personal physical ability. Job Description is an important document, which is basically contains a statement of the duties, responsibility, work environment and supervisory responsibility. Job description consist of 6 of the following components such as job identification, job analysis date, job summary, duties performance also known as job scope, job specification and the expended JD.(1) Job identification includes the job title, department, reporting relationship and code number of the job. The job title which is closely approximate the nature of the work content and to distinguish it from other jobs. (2) Job analysis date use to identify job changes that would make description obsolete and HR must ensures periodic review of job content because the information of job description may changed. (3)Furthermore, job summary provide a concise overview and basic purpose of job, it help the reader quickly understand the job responsible. (4) Duties performance is the most major part of JD component, it gives a total listing of primary functions and responsibilities to each major duty to be performed. For example, perform inventory check on every Monday. (5) Job specification containing the minimum acceptable qualifications to possess to perform a particular job such as education level, experience,...
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...2013 Prepared for Neil Saxon Prepared by Artie Prabhakar Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Management Problem 4 Impact on investor 7 Impact on consumers 7 Impact on organization 8 Conclusion 8 Executive Summary The company that I have chosen to research is Apple, Apple incorporation; an American multinational corporation was established in 1976 in California by two pioneer personalities Steven Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Both of the founders having a unique skill set and both highly interested in electronics (Researchomatic, 2012). The company’s background goes back to when Steve Jobs started in his garage innovating new technologies that would be used everywhere around the world today. Eventually Jobs turned his invention of the iPhone to a corporate empire in 1977 and it has soared till his death in 2011. The research in this paper goes to outline what changes his death brought about in the company, and what the management needed to solve along with impacts it had on the stakeholders. Introduction Changing organization is as messy as it is exhilarating, as frustrating as it is satisfying, as muddling through and creative a process as it is a rational one (Palmer, Dunford & Akin, 2009).The company that I have chosen to research is Apple, Apple incorporation, an American multinational corporation was established in 1976 in California by two pioneer personalities Steven Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Both of the founders having a unique skill set and...
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...ARTICLE REVIEW FORM Full Reference in Harvard Format:James R. Baker. (1993). Tightening the Iron cage: n Concertive Control in Self- Managing Teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 38 (3), P208-417 | Summary of main arguments/points: Control has been a major problem in businesses. To achieve a bigger goal some individuals have to sacrifice. Although bureaucracy offers the fairest and most efficient method of control, it can also slow and make the organization a much more inconsistent environment. ISE was the example used by James R. Baker to demonstrate the study of self managing teams. Self management is a group of employees whose job is to plan and manage their work under no supervision. In self management, responsibilities are shared throughout the groups, so employees who were previously managers have become helpers for the team. All the ideas are shared and discussed and the best decision will be taken from the whole group. The self management had a major impact on the way the employees view their job. In ISE they had a bureaucratic system whereas now they are divided into groups and given equal responsibilities. This shows us how the power has shifted from the managers to the workers. In 1988 Jack Tacket vice president of ISE started implementing self managing teams, he divided the employees into 3 different groups (Red, blue and white).Each employee was chosen based on the field that his experienced in. Although problems occurred during the process like employees...
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...A Summary of “The Emotional Intelligence of Leaders” by Daniel Goleman In the article the “Emotional Intelligence of Leaders,” Daniel Goleman articulates that people who advance in their careers and are in leadership positions usually are people with a higher level of emotional aptitude not scholastic abilities. Goleman believes that leaders are most effective when their emotions and thoughts work robustly together; that leading with love, compassion, and encouragement fosters a better working environment. To prove his point, Goleman looked at the IQs of leaders and realized that there was little difference; their significant gain was in emotional intelligence. He also pointed out that in studies completed, it was clearly evident, that individuals who prospered in their companies were the ones with emotional intelligence not their intellect. Goleman declares that brains of human beings are connected in such a way that emotions and thoughts go hand in hand, which further proves that emotions and intellect must work together. The author explains that emotional intelligence is made up of five key elements which in turn is the same make-up of great leaders. These five key elements are important because they help individuals to lead in such a way that creates cohesion within the workplace, which makes the company strong and grow. According to Goleman (1998), those five elements are self-awareness, management emotions, motivating others, showing empathy and staying connected. These...
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...“Shark Tank” Entrepreneur #1: Ivy Tennelle Product Idea/Venture: Swilt Venture Capital ask amount: $30,000 for 35% Main Idea: The Swilt is designed to perform the comfort of a blanket with the style of a sweatshirt. The product looks like a hooded sweatshirt in “on the go mode” but rolls down covering the rest of body down to the feet to serve as a warm blanket. Ivy’s target market is frequent flyers, outdoor fall/winter sports spectators or anyone else who finds themselves in need of warm comfort on the go. Summary: Ivy has only sold one hundred swilts and has not brought her product to retailers for sales. She believes that the money could revamp her website and help her with marketing and advertising. She would also like to increase inventory once this is done because she believes her product will sell out. I enjoyed Ivy’s motivation and enthusiasm about her product and did appreciate her ideas on the need for this product. Ivy also seemed knowledgeable of her competitor “the Snuggy” and found a way to differentiate her product by demonstrating its mobility to the outdoors. I would however have to agree with Robert, Kevin and Mark and say that the “Swilt” design was not flattering to the body; which is what people want and that it was oversized. I appreciated Mark’s honesty by saying “it reminded him of a 30th century monk” and felt that his honesty may lead Ivy to rethink the “Swilt’s” design. I felt that Laurie may have had a slight bias towards Ivy’s product...
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