Individual Difference (I): Personality, MBTI, and 360Degree Assessment

BMGT 364 Managing People and Organizations

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Upcoming
Team Project Update - Due April 2 Personal Development Assignment due April 9
Complete: MBTI Test (http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgiwin/JTypes2.asp) print and retain 360 online assessment round 2 should be DONE will receive your results to include in your write-up

Reading assignments next time:

Chapter 4: p.64-66
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Agenda
Personal Development Journal 360-Degree Assessment Review What is personality? Cognitive Styles: MBTI

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Personal Development Journal

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Your Leadership Diagram

5 4 3

Transformational

Task-Oriented
5 4 3

Relations-Oriented
3 4 5

2 3 4 5

Transactional
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What is Personality?
A set of distinctive patterns or orientations in which individuals respond or interact with their environments Important for three reasons:
Predicts individual thinking patterns & behavior tendencies Difficult/impossible to change Developed throughout entire lives
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How Does Personality Impact OB?

Individual Differences
Intelligence Ability Personality Core self-evaluations
Self-esteem Self-efficacy Locus of control Emotional stability

Individual-Level Work Outcomes

Job performance Job satisfaction Turnover Organizational citizenship behaviors Counterproductive work behaviors
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Attitudes Emotions

Cognitive Styles: MBTI

Carl G. Jung, psychologist
Created the theoretical basis for type Observed his clients and noted differences

Isabelle Briggs Myers and her mother, Katherine Briggs

Created the current 4 dichotomies and the MBTI assessment Used the indicator with friends, family to refine

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The Four Preferences

-- on a continuum, consider
1. Where do you get energy from? Extroversion -- Introversion 2. How do you gather information? How do you perceive the world around you? Sensing -- Intuition 3. How do you come to a decision? What are the ways you assess information given to come to a decision? Thinking -- Feeling 4. How do you deal with the outside world? Which do you prefer, the perception or the judgment phase? Judging -- Perceiving
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Energy
Extroversion Wide array of interests Enjoy working with lots of people Action before reflection Think out loud Introversion Take a deep interest in a few things Enjoy working alone or with small groups Reflection before action Think before act

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Are Introverts Unfriendly?

Both introverts and extroverts can be friendly people! Extroverts stimulated by the outside world; introverts by inner world Question of where you recharge Test: when you have a problem, do you seek friends or solitude?
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Perception
Sensing Appreciate facts and details Practical 5 senses What is real, tangible Intuition Appreciate possibilities, insights Theoretical What is possible Future-oriented

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Decisions
Thinking Logical analysis to reach conclusions Offer critiques Base judgments on principles and analysis Feeling Use values to reach conclusions Like to create harmony Base judgments on their own or others values

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Orientation
Judging Work and play better with a plan Focus on what needs to be completed Decide quickly Seek structure and schedules Perceiving Work and play better with flexibility Want to include as many ideas as possible Postpone decisions in search of more info Adapt to changing situations

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Thoughts about your type?

Remember that type does not explain everything about a person Talk to friends, think about type, read types that may fit you Try out a type exercise your extroversion or your introversion for a few days to see how it feels
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How far in advance did you book your last vacation?

Vacation Planning

More than 6 months in advance

Less than a few days in advance

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How would you make this decision?

Your current OB teams have been disbanded, and you will need to form a team from students in this class to re-start your project. How would you form the team?

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Five Factor Model - OCEAN

Developed in 1992 by Costa & McCrae More comprehensive model than MBTI for understanding personality differences Includes five aspects of personality: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism Individuals score high or low on each of the five aspects
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Five Factors (OCEAN)

Openness
Active seeking of experience for its own sake; tolerating and exploring the unfamiliar

Conscientiousness
Degree of organization, persistence, and motivation in goaldirected behavior

Extraversion
Amount and intensity of social interaction; activity level; need for stimulation; capacity for joy

Agreeableness
Quality of interpersonal orientation

Neuroticism
Adjustment vs. emotional instablitty

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