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Essay 1 - Manayao, Angela
Essay 1 - Manayao, Angela
Why
or why not? (20 points)
No, it is a weak criteria to limit employer’s options between agreeable employees and top
performers. I believe that there are a lot of criteria need to be considered and it depends on what
the qualities are being demanded or the nature of the job. Not all top performers tend to be
disagreeable employees and not all agreeable employees tend to perform less.
Being agreeable is a personal trait of an employee, this means it’s a trait embeded to a
person and it is out of control of an employer. Being agreeable does not mean always agreeing
with another opinion but it’s about being in harmony working with others. Agreeable trait is
common to new employee as they are considered as beginners in a certain field. They tend to
listen, be kind, be collaborative and to always follow instructions which results to meeting the
expectations and allowing their skills to grow.
Being a top performer is a trait affected by external factors, this means that performance
of an employee is driven by the motivation, engagement and support provided from the leader.
Top performers are considered as experts, all experts started as beginners and all beginners has
been once agreeable to their masters.
Overall, an employer doesn’t necessarily need to choose from the two as these are stages
of an employee development. A leader/employer plays an important part on developing agreeable
employees into becoming performers and with combination of leader’s/management motivation
they can produce top performers.
2. Research seems to suggest that agreeable individuals make fairly poor managers and decision
makers. (30 points)