Assigned Readings:
Chapter 3. Individual Differences
Chapter 4. Individual Values, Perceptions, and Reactions
Overview:
In chapter three, we explore some of the key characteristics that differentiate people from one another in organizations. We first introduce the essential nature of individual differences and how people “fit” as individuals in organizations. We then look at personality frameworks that shed considerable light on different personality profiles. Next, we examine other specific personality traits and discuss different types of intelligence. We close this chapter with an examination of different styles for processing information and learning.
Chapter four continues the focus on individual behavior in organizations begun in Chapter three. Here, a discussion of attitudes examines how attitudes are formed and changed, cognitive dissonance, and three key work-related attitudes. Next, we look at how values and emotions affect organizational behavior. The role of perception, especially as it relates to issues of fairness and trust, is then discussed. Finally, our chapter concludes with a section devoted to stress in organizations—its causes and consequences and how it can be managed.
Learning Objectives:
Chapter 3. Individual Differences
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Explain the nature of individual differences, the concept of fit, and the role of realistic job previews.
Define personality and describe general personality frameworks and attributes that affect behavior in organizations.
Identify and discuss other important personality traits that affect behavior in organizations.
Discuss different kinds of intelligence that affect behavior in organizations.
Describe different learning styles that influence how people process information and that affect behavior in organizations.
Chapter 4. Individual Values, Perceptions, and Reactions
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Describe three important work-related attitudes, including how they are formed.
Define cognitive dissonance.
Describe the role and importance of values and emotions in organizational behavior.
Describe basic perceptual processes and how perception affects fairness, justice, and trust in organizations.
Discuss the nature of stress, including the basic causes and consequences and how it can be effectively managed.
Activity #2
This chapter’s Understand Yourself Feature gives you the chance to self-assess your work locus of control. Higher scores on the measure reflect a more external locus of control. Managers tend to have a more internal locus of control. After completing the self-assessment, answer the following questions:
Do you think that your score accurately reflects your locus of control at work? Why or why not?
How do you think the work locus of control might influence your effectiveness as a manager?
What do you think is the ideal locus of control in a work setting and why?
What might you do in the next year to make your work locus of control consistent with your answer to question 3?
Requirements:
There is no minimum or maximum required number of pages. Your analysis will be considered complete, if it addresses each of the 4 components outlined above.
Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited. A minimum of 3-5 sources (excluding the course textbook) from scholarly articles or business periodicals is required.
Include your best critical thinking and analysis to arrive at your justification.
Submission: Upload/attach your completed paper to this assignment by the due date.
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