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RIT OB CH 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MARS Model of individual behavior | • Motivation<br>• Ability<br>• Role perceptions<br>• Situational factors |
| MARS: Motivation | ..come on.. |
| MARS: Ability | skills req'd to complete task |
| MARS: Role perceptions | understand tasks, priority, and preferred behaviors |
| MARS: Situational factors | conditions employee cannot control |
| Personality | thoughts, emotions, behaviors that characterize a person |
| Big Five Personality | • Openness<br>• Conscientiousness<br>• Extroversion<br>• Agreeableness<br>• Neuroticism |
| Consciencousness | careful, dependable, self-disciplined |
| Agreeableness | courteous, good-natured, empathetic, caring |
| Neuroticism | anxious, hostile, depressed (emotional stability) |
| Openness | sensitive, flexible, creative, curious |
| Extroversion | outgoing, talkative, social, assertive |
| Key points of big five | • Dimensions (not types)<br>• Stable over long periods<br>• Hereditary<br>• Universal<br>• Useful for insight and improvement through therapy |
| Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) | Carl Jung<br> People differ in approach<br> Reflects one aspect of personality<br> 16 combinations |
| Extraversion - Introversion | Extraversion - outward focus<br>Introversion - inward focus |
| Sensing - Intuition | Sensing - trust facts, distrust hunches<br>Intuition - trust theoretical information |
| Thinking - Feeling | Thinking - objective approach<br>Feeling - considering needs of people involved |
| Judging - Perceiving | Judging - left brain, organize, set priorities, make decisions<br>Perceiving - right brain, explore interesting options, flexible |
| Positives/Negatives of personality testing | Positived<br>• can improve hiring<br>• fit people to jobs<br>• track record of company success<br>Negatives<br>• personality not fixed<br>• "actors"<br>• personality not significant factor in work orgs<br>• personality varies across situations |
| Value System | hierarchy of values |
| Espoused | values we say and think we use |
| Enacted | values we actually use to make decisions and actions |
| Espoused vs. Enacted | Important to have congruence |
| Influences on Ethical Conduct | • Moral intensity<br>• Ethical sensitivity |
| Moral Intensity | Degree to which situation demands ethical principles |
| Ethical Sensitivity | enables people to recognize an ethical issue |
| Moral Principles | • Utilitarianism<br>• Egoism<br>• Distributive justice |
| Utilitarianism | greatest good for greatest amount of people |
| Individual Rights (Egoism) | "whatever benefits you" |
| Distributive Justice | similar benefits for similar people |
| Strategies for supporting ethical behavior | • Create ethical codes<br>• Ethical training<br>• Whistle-blowing policies <br>• Sharing values reinforcing ethical conduct |