Org Beh

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR/LEADERSHIP
Competency 1 – Chapter 5

PERSONALITY –

Gordon Allport said personality is “the dynamic organization within the individual

of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his

environment”

HEREDITY- factors determined at conception.

MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR-
the most widely used personality assessment in the world.   Includes
scales on introversion/extroversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling
and judging/perceiving.

THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY MODEL-
personality typing instrument which includes extraversion, agreeableness,
Conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness to experience.

MACHIAVELLIANISM- (Mach)
the degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance,
and believes the end justifies the means.



NARCISSISM –
the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance,
require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.

SELF-MONITORING-
a personality trait that measures an individual’s ability to adjust his or her behavior to   external, situational factors.

PROACTIVE PERSONALITY-
people identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until
meaningful change occurs.

VALUES-basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence.
TERMINAL VALUES- desirable end-states of existence;   the goals a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
INSTRUMENTAL VALUES-preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one’s terminal values.
POWER DISTANCE- a national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts
That power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.

COMPETENCY 1 – CHAPTER 6

PERCEPTION/INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING
*PERCEPTION – a process by which individuals organize and interpret their
  sensory impressions in order to give...