\nDescription
\nAddress the following questions in your assignment this week:
\nList some challenges and opportunities for Organizational Behavior.
\nWhat are the main components of attitudes
\nHow consistent are attitudes
\nDefine cognitive dissonance.
\nYour submitted assignment should be 2 3 pages. Be sure to use proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar and
\ncite your sources per APA. For more information on APA, please visit the Online Library, which is available
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The study of people at work is generally referred to as the study of organizational behavior. Organizational Behavior (OB) studies the influence that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations. Many managers do not understand the significance of Organizational Behavior. OB is an applied behavior science built on contributions from a number of behavior disciplines, including psychology, and social science psychology, sociology and anthropology. It\u2019s important that managers understand what organizational behavior is and how it can influence employees. <\/p>\n
To understand what drive\u2019s a person\u2019s behavior it\u2019s helpful to understand their personality, values, and emotions which shape their behavior.
\nPersonality
\nWhen we de scribe people in terms of characteristics such as quiet, passive, loud, and so on, we categorize them in terms of personality traits. Therefore, an individual\u2019s personality is the combination of psychological traits we use to classify that person.
\nThere are serval tools used to analyze and categorize personality traits. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is one of the most widely used personality frameworks. It is essentially a 100 question personality test that asks people how they usually feel or act in particular situations. Under the MBTI, individuals are classified as:
\n \tExtroverted or Introverted (E or I)
\n \tSensing or Intuitive (S or N)
\n \tThinking or Feel ing (T or F)
\n \tPerceiving or Judging (P or J)
\nThese classifications are then combined into 16 personality types. More than two million people a year take the MBTI in the United States alone; though there is no hard evidence that the MBTI is a valid measure of personality.
\nThe Big-Five Model is an impressive body of research, which supports the view that five basic per-sonality dimensions underlie all others. Factors in the Big-Five Model are:
\n \tExtroversion; one\u2019s comfort level with relationships.
\n \tAgreeableness; an individual\u2019s propensity to defer to others.
\n \tConscientiousness; a measure of reliability.
\n \tEmotional stability; dimension measuring a person\u2019s ability to withstand stress. Positive emotional stability (calm, enthusiastic, secure) as opposed to negative emotional stability (tense, nervous, depressed, and insecure).
\n \tOpenness to experience; an individual\u2019s range of interests and fascination with novelty.
\nValues
\nValues represent basic convictions that \u201ca 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.\u201d (Rokeach, 1973)
\nValue systems contain a moral flavor in that they carry an individual\u2019s ideas as to what is right, good, or desirable. Value systems represent a prioritizing of individual values. According to Stephen H. Robbins in Essentials of Organizational Behavior, Values are identified by \u201cthe relative importance an individual assigns to them, such as freedom, pleasure, self-respect, honesty, obedience, and equality.\u201d
\nEmotions
\nLet\u2019s clarify three terms that are closely intertwined: affect, emotions, and moods.
\n \tAffect is a generic term that covers a broad range of feelings that people experience. It\u2019s an umbrella concept that encompasses both emotions and moods.
\n \tEmotions are intense feelings that are directed at someone or something.
\n \tMoods are feelings that tend to be less intense than emotions and they lack a contextual stimulus.
\nThe Six Universal Emotions
\nResearch has identified six universal emotions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, disgust, and surprise. These six emotions can be conceptualized as existing along a continuum. The closer any two emotions are to each other on this continuum, the more likely people are to confuse them.
\nAdditional Materials
\nView the presentation for more information on Organization Behavior.
\nView the presentation for more information on Diversity in Organizations.
\nView the presentation for more information on Attitudes and Job Satisfaction.
\nView the presentation for more information on Emotions and Moods.
\nView the presentation for more information on Personality and Values.
\nReferences
\nRokeach. M. (1973) The nature of human values. New York: Free Press.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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