Analysis of Personality and Decision Making

Organizational behavior looks at employees’ personality and various traits in regards to an organization to determine what makes individuals who belong to organizations successful. The word organization is broad, and covers a spectrum of workplaces and community groups made up of individuals with likeminded and specific goals or ideals. It is a necessity to study behavior and the interaction between these individuals to better understand organizations in hopes gathering viable information to create a cohesive and successful organization that is progressive and can stand the test of time. The first step of this process is to understand the type of personalities employed by your organization, and then compare basic personality traits of leaders and employees or group members so that they can work together to achieve the common goal.

I. What about me?

My basic personality Scores: Extroversion :15; Agreeableness: 9; Conscientiousness: 11; Emotional Stability: 12; Openness to Experience: 9; I handle ambiguity in a moderate fashion: 17; and Creative: 4; My Jungian type is ENFJ; and my Personality: Type A, tendency with a score of 105; with Type B, mixed in as I havea tendency to be a perfectionist who sets goals for myself with a high expectation quotient.

After reviewing my overall results, I was surprised by the low Creativity score of 4. I have always perceived myself as relatively creative. Prior to my current career choice, I was employed as a freelance Graphic Designer, and prior to that I worked in Marketing. I viewed my career and the way that I thought as creative and free thinking. I look at my ability to read, absorb, and learn as creative. I also consider the fact that I can actively come up with solutions based on wh...

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... is always is this ethically responsible and secondly how will the public view our department with this decision.

The assessments we are taking seem to point in the direction of creating an interest in constantly evaluating and striving to maintain effectiveness in the role of leader and whether each of us could be more effective leaders. By taking the time to learn about ourselves in depth we are closer to understanding organizational behavior and how to be exemplary leaders.

References

Robbins, S.P., & Judge, T. A. (2013). Organizational Behavior (15th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Self-assessment library edited by Robbins, S.P. & Judge, T.A. (2013), “New Assessments,” &

“How Much do I Know about Organizational Behavior?” and others. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Retrieved from http://www.prenhall.com/sal/