Analyze two people in your community (work, friends, family, church, etc); one should be an influential person (leader), and the other should not be influential (the opposite of the other person). According to principles found in chapter 5, describe their personalities. What can you (we) learn from both these individuals?
1.Define personality, describe how it is measured, and explain the factors that determine an individual’s personality.
2.Describe the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality framework and assess its strengths and weaknesses.
3.Identify the key traits in the Big Five personality model.
4.Demonstrate how the Big Five traits predict behavior at work.
5.Identify other personality traits relevant to OB.
6.Define values, demonstrate the importance of values, and contrast terminal and instrumental values.
7.Compare generational differences in values and identify the dominant values in today’s workforce.
8.Identify Hofstede’s five value dimensions of national culture.
