PERSONALITY 1. The study of personality is concerned with generalities about people (human nature) as well as with individual differences. Personality is understood in terms of what characteristics individuals have‚ how they became that way (the determinants of personality)‚ and why they behave the way they do (motivation). 2. There are several perspectives or approaches that one can use to understand a person’s personality: A. Psychodynamic Perspective: Early life experiences‚ particularly
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Personality The word personality itself derives from the Latin word persona that refers to a theatrical mask work by performers in order to either project different roles or disguise their identities. Personality is the unique combination of emotional‚ attitudinal‚ and behavioural response patterns of an individual. Personality can also be described as the psychological characteristics that both determine and reflect how a person responds to his or her environment. Although personality tends
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Determinants of Personality Following are the factors which help in shaping one’s personality: 1. Heredity - Heredity refers to factors that are determined once an individual is born. An individual’s physique‚ attractiveness‚ body type‚ complexion‚ body weight depend on his/her parents biological makeup. 2. Environment - The environment to which an individual is subjected to during his growing years plays an important role in determining his/her personality. The varied cultures in which we are
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delivering profitable growth for all employers and shareholders • Ford plan expands on the company’s four point business strategy for achieving success globally. ORAGNISATION STRUCTURE Fords organisation structure is hierarchical‚ Ford employment Fords job description depends what kind of personality experience and education are needed. The mental and physical tasks involved namely planning managing‚ How will the job done ‚the methods and equipment ‚software used‚ It would be really helpful
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What Is Personality Psychology? Joyce S. Pang‚ PhD Division of Psychology‚ HSS‚ NTU Why Use the Construct? • 1. Conveys a sense of consistency or continuity – Across time – Across situations Joyce S. Pang‚ PhD Division of Psychology‚ HSS‚ NTU Why Use the Construct? • 2. Suggests internal origins of thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors Two Sources of Influence Situation Person Behavior Personality psychology emphasizes the role of person variables on behavior Joyce
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identifiable function or position. He separated these roles into three subcategories: interpersonal contact‚ information processing and decision making. Interpersonal contact FIGUREHEAD: the manager performs ceremonial and symbolic duties as head of the organisation; LEADER: fosters a proper work atmosphere and motivates and develops subordinates; LIASION: develops and maintains a network of external contacts to gather information; Information
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How would Freud explain the personality differences between Mike and Marty Scanlon? According to Freud‚ the mind can be divided into two main parts: The conscious mind includes everything that we are aware of. This is the aspect of our mental processing that we can think and talk about rationally. A part of this includes our memory‚ which is not always part of consciousness but can be retrieved easily at any time and brought into our awareness. Freud called this ordinary memory the preconscious
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powerful. It influences how well the organisation is able to meet its strategic goals; it can also influence how quickly an organisation can respond to changes. Usually‚ structure is the product of decision-makers‚ management decision-makers determine the level of the workforce‚ deciding what process they need to adopt and changes they need to make within the organisation. (Unit Guide‚ Organisational Behaviour and Theory‚ page 28 – 29) Changes can influence on organisation behaviour dramatically‚ structure
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IDENTIFYING STRENGTHS AND AREAS TO IMPROVE I found the result of my Personality Test to be a very insightful and accurate description of myself. I must use my strength as an advantage‚ and I believed that my strength would help‚ and benefit my other team. As my ESFP personality code strengths generally have the following traits: Genuine warmth and interest towards people. I get along with all sorts of people. Practical and realistic. Cooperative and quick to encourage people. I managed
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Schools as organisations – Level 3 4Know about the legislation affecting schools. There are some laws and codes of practice that are set in place by government which schools have a duty to follow. Task 4.1& 4.2 Complete the table below to show an understanding of legislation and how the various pieces of legislation affect the day-to-day running of a school. Legislation How it affects the school Data Protection Act 1998 Data is to be used on a need to know basis and only used for the
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