Instructions

Given on the next sheet (Questionnaire) are sets of 20 different situations, you may face in course of you
how you handle your relationships at work. For each situation there are two alternative behaviors or re

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 Instructions

Given on the next sheet (Questionnaire) are sets of 20 different situations, you may face in course of your work. They ar
how you handle your relationships at work. For each situation there are two alternative behaviors or reactions suggeste

For each item you are requested to indicate which of the two alternative reactions would be more chara
the way you would handle the situation described.
Try to answer as you think you would normally behave and not as you think you should.
Some alternatives may be equally characteristic of you or equally uncharacteristic. Nevertheless c
alternative, which is relatively more characteristic of you.
For each item you have to distribute five points between the two alternatives A & B. The possible co
therefore will be :
If A is highly characteristic of what you do and B is completely uncharacteristic, then A=5 and B=0
If A is considerably characteristic of what you do and B is somewhat characteristic, then A=4 and B=1
If A is only slightly more characteristic than B, then A=3 and B=2
If A is somewhat characteristic of what you do and B is considerably characteristic, then A=2 and B=3

In general try to relate each situation given to your own experience.

There is no right or wrong answer. Choose the answer as you feel is appropriate to your behavior.
ideal or social answers, it will distort the meaning of your answers and make the exercise valueless.
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Bapu Ghandat

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For each question you have to distribute five points between the two alternatives A & B. Use only whole n
If a colleague had a “Personality Conflict” with a manager of another department with whom it was importa
order that the work get done, I would,
Tell my colleague that I felt that he was partially responsible for any conflicts with this manager and try to indicate h
affecting the other person.

Not get involved because I fear I would not be able to work with them smoothly if I entered into their conflict in any w

If one of my colleagues and I had a heated argument in the past and I realized that he was uncomfortable
I would:

Avoid making matters worse by reminding him of his behavior. I would avoid this whole matter.

Comment on his behavior and ask him how he felt the argument had affected our relationship.

If a colleague with whom I worked began to avoid me and act in a compliant/ obedient but withdrawn man

Call attention to this behavior and ask him what was in his mind.

Follow his behavior, and keep our interaction to business only since that he what he wants.

4. If, I got involved in a discussion with a colleague on a topic which I, as a manager should be aware of,
know, I would :

Take the conversation in a different direction, so that he does ot ask for my expert opinion.

Confess my ignorance, and encourage the conversation to continue.

If a colleague were to tell me that he felt that I was doing things that made me less effective as a person, I

Encourage him to substantiate what he has observed and seek his suggestions.
Attempt to make it clear to him why I behave the way I do.

Suppose one of my colleagues (i) aspired to a higher position (in another department) that I thought he wa
(ii) had been tentatively accepted by the head of that department, I would :
Not mention my reservations to the colleague or the other department head responsible for the job and let them han
in their own way.

Tell both my colleague and the department head about my misgivings and then leave the final decision to them.

If I felt that one of my colleague had been unfair to another colleague, I would :

Ask what the problem was and why he was being unfair.

Not ask him anything, but wait for him to bring the issue up with me when he wanted to.

If I were preoccupied with some personal matters and a colleague told me that I had become irritable with
unimportant and small matters :
Tell him that I was preoccupied with personal problems and I would probably be tensed for a while and would prefe
bothered.

Listened to his complaints and try not to explain my actions to him.

If I had heard some of my colleagues discuss an ugly rumour about another colleague which I knew would
targeted colleague asked me what I knew about it, I would :

Tell him that I was unaware of the matter and that no one would believe such a rumor anyway.

Tell him exactly what I had heard when I had heard it, and from whom I had heard it.

If one of my colleagues pointed out that I had a “personality conflict” with a colleague in another departme
important that I cooperate so that the colleague may get his work done, I would :

Consider his comments irrelevant and discourage further discussion with him on the matter.

Discuss it openly with him in order to find out how work was being affected by this.

If my relationship with one of my colleagues had been damaged by repeated arguments on an issue of im

Be cautious in my conversation with him so that the issue does not come up again and worsen our relationship furth
Point out the effects the controversy was having on our relationship and suggest that we discuss it until we got it re

If, while I was trying to give a colleague my reactions to his performance, he suddenly suggested that we d
as well, I would :

Prevent his comments by suggesting that my own boss was in a better position to judge my performance.

Welcome the opportunity to learn how he evaluated my work and encourage his comments.

If a particular colleague began to tell me of his hostile attitudes towards one of my other colleagues who, w
others (and I agreed wholeheartedly), I would :

Listen, not express my own negative views and opinions because he might inform others about my viewsl.

Listen and also express my own concurrent views to him so that he would know where I stood.

If I had reason to suspect that an ugly rumour was being circulated about me among my colleagues and th
particular had, in all likelihood, heard it, I would :

Avoid mentioning the issue and leave it to him to tell me about it if he wanted to.

Ask him directly what he knew about the whole thing, even if that meant embarrassing him a bit.

If I had observed one of my colleagues was doing this in his interactions with others that limited his effect

Keep my opinion to myself so that I am not seen as someone interested in things that are not my business.

Risk being seen as a “busybody” and tell him what I had observed and my reactions to it.

If two of my colleagues and I were talking and one of them accidentally mentioned some colleague’s plans
department, and I had not heard anything about it earlier, I would :

Press them for further information regarding the plans and their opinion about them.

Leave it to them to tell me or not tell me and let them change the subject.

If my colleague seemed preoccupied and begun to go against me on seemingly unimportant things, and t
become irritated with me and others without real cause, I would :
Treat him very carefully for a while assuming that he was having some temporary personal problems which were no
business.
Try to talk to him about it and point out to him how he was affecting the other people.

If I had begun to dislike my colleague to the extent that it was interfering with my ability to work with him e

Say nothing to him directly, but let him know of my feelings by keeping our relationship on a “strictly business level”

Get my feelings out in the open and clear the air so that we would get on with the work.

In discussing his problems with one of my “more sensitive” colleagues, I would :

Avoid stressing his mistakes so as not to injure his morale.

Focus primarily on his mistakes so as to upgrade his work.

If I knew I was being considered for a top management position, and my present colleagues’ attitude towa
negative, I would :

Discuss my shortcomings as a person with my colleagues so that I may know the areas in which I may improve.

Try to assess my shortcomings as a person by myself so that I may do a better a job in the future.
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mportance to us, I would :

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discuss my performance

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we felt was unfair to

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tiveness, I would :

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 Johari Window Result

Name: Bapu Ghandat

Date: 43966

Score Dominant
Disclosure Feedback Style

54 62 Public

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3 Shade the largest area
4 The shaded area represented your dominant inter-personal style