Self-Awareness and Decision Making

This assignment explores the concepts of decision-making, problem-solving, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence. It examines various theories and strategies used in these processes, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. The report analyzes personal abilities related to leadership, behavior, attitudes, values, and emotional intelligence, ultimately aiming to understand how these factors contribute to effective decision-making and problem-solving.

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Executive Summary
The project report provides the analysis of the various aspects related to the personality
development and analysis of the own strengths and weaknesses. The purpose of this study is to
understand the role of the different behavioral attributes in the decision making process. The
report provides the different concepts related to the personality development factors. The Myer
Briggs indicator has been used to analyze the own personality insights as I have the ISTJ traits
that stands for the introvert, sensing, thinking and judging. In this report, I have analyzed that I
have the positive attitude and ethical values towards my job and the appreciation is the factor that
motivates me the most. Moving further, the concept of the emotional intelligence and the
leadership also explained and I have analyzed in me that I have the high level of emotional
intelligence and I have full control on my emotions and they never influence the decision
making. Being a leader, I have the ability to motivate and inspire other people as well.
At last the comparison between the two theories has been carried out to understand the decision
making and problem solving concepts. Therefore, this report is the self assessment of your own
personality and demonstrates all the important factors in detail for the better understanding of the
topic.
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Contents
Introduction - Self Awareness report...........................................................................................................3
Insights about my personality..................................................................................................................3
Values and Motivators.................................................................................................................................6
Emotional intelligence.................................................................................................................................7
Leadership abilities......................................................................................................................................9
Power and Politics.....................................................................................................................................10
Decision making and problem solving......................................................................................................11
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................12
References.................................................................................................................................................13
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Introduction - Self Awareness report
Self awareness is the dedication of the person towards the self improvement and the personal
development by understanding own behavior, attitudes and the reactions. The change in the
personality comes only when the person understands his weaknesses and focuses on the small
things to improve. The report outlines the different values and emotions as well as what traits I
have been possessed and how they are helpful in the decision making are discussed.
As in this study, I have explained the abilities and my point of view with regard to the
personality development and the behavioral approaches. The report consists of the different
factors that influence the decision making processes and the solve the number of problems. The
report highlights the leadership abilities that I have and the high level of the emotional
intelligence. Decision making is not an easy task as it needs the skills, abilities, experience and
creativity(Pittenger, 2008). All the important factors that are required in the human behavior are
explained in this report. The comparison of the two theories also carried out in the last. This
report helps to understand what other people think about them and identify their needs,
viewpoints and then take a decision accordingly. A person with good empathy has the ability to
recognize the feelings and emotions of the other person and these qualities helps them to manage
the relationships.
Insights about my personality
The insights I have obtained about my personality are better explained with the help of the
Myers-Briggs type indicators (MBTI). This is the model or just like a simple questionnaire on
personality that helps the people to obtain the insights into how they behave in the world, interact
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and make decisions on the particular situations(Murray, 1990). The self assessment or to
understand yourself , can be analyzed how the person communicate and interact with each other.
This model MBTI provides 16 different personality traits which are made up of the four
preferences which are explained as below:
Extroversion and Introversion: These personality traits are characterized by the direction of
the energy. Some people are very energetic and focus more on the speaking, people, things and
situations and the group activities are preferred by them. These kind of personalities named as
the Extroverts.
On the other hand, the introverts, people analyze the ideas, information and inner world and
prefer to communicate with different people separately. These are the Introverts and always
prefer to think before saying anything(Furnham & Crump, 2015).
Sensing and Intuition: This preference of the Meyer’s Briggs refers to the type of the
information shared. When any person focus on the practical matters rather than intuitions is the
sensitive persona and the person thinks imaginary things are the intuitive personalities.
Thinking and Feeling: This is reflecting the style of the decision making. When a person
decides on the basis of the facts and logics then it is thinking and if you are taking decisions on
your own believe, then it is the feeling not thinking(Pittenger, 1993).
Judgment and Perception: This is the last pair that describes the way of living of the person.
The judging personalities, choose to be have a planned , stable and well mannered life.
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Perception means that people seek freedom and are less structured in comparison to the judging
people(University of Saskatchewan, 2009).
There are 16 traits that are given by the Meyer Briggs indicator.
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Out of all these technologies I found that I fall under the traits of the ISTJ where I follow
introvert , sensing, thinking and judged personality.
Values and Motivators
The values and motivators are the best part of the personal development. The business values and
motivators (BVM) is the best method to understand the values of the human and what motivates
the employees. The values include the cultural, ethical and psychological values in the human
behavior. The thinking process of the every individual is different in nature.The personality traits
of human being are better explain to the big five model that depicts the five traits which are
Extraversion, consciousness, emotional stability, openness to change and agreeableness. The
attitudes that I possess is subject to change according to the situation. My attitude towards the
life is positive and that positive attitude of mine is highly influenced the behavior and the
decision making. The attitudes have the three elements and these are cognitive,affective and
behavioral. Personality and the values are different in nature. Values are related to the beliefs and
personality is the natural inheritance qualities in the person. There is no conflict found in the
personality traits, whereas the values of the persons can be differ and leads to conflict. (Goleman,
1995).
Motivators are the things that motivates the person to perform well in a particular situation. The
motivators can be financial and non-financial in nature. The factor that motivates me the most is
the appreciation and this is the non financial motivator. The financial motivators are in the form
of money terms like bonus, rewards, salary hikes, etc. Moreover, the non- financial motivators
are the appreciation, recognition, involvement in the decision making processes. Every person
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feels important if their opinions and ideas, consider while taking the decisions. The creativity and
thinking values of the person are the best thing that a person can possess. The creativity and
thinking are the values and considering these values in decision making are the motivators.
Emotional intelligence
As we know that, every person has the different needs and wants and different levels of the
emotions. Emotional intelligence is the understanding of the emotions and how your emotions
affect the people and the decision making around you. The emotional intelligence also involves
the management of relationships more effectively in order to create social values and to work in
the team. Those people are more successful people who are having the high emotional
intelligence than the low emotional intelligence. The high emotional intelligence has seen the life
in a different perspective and deals with the life incidents more easily and they are different from
those people who are get upset and angry very easily(E&Y, 2015). There are five main
characteristics of the emotional intelligence give by the Daniel Goleman and these are explained
as below:
1. Self-Awareness – The people are very much aware about themselves if they have the
high emotional intelligence values. These types of personalities know about their
emotions and know how to control these emotions. These people never rule their life
with their emotions and they are confident. The people with high emotional intelligence,
analyze their strengths and weaknesses in themselves honestly.
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2. Self-Regulation –This feature of the emotional intelligence stands for the controlling of
the emotions and the impulses. The people having the self regulation qualities can
control and do not allow themselves to become angry and jealous. The people who do not
have control on their feeling always take the careless decisions as their decision making
is highly influenced by the emotions. The main feature or characteristics of the self
regulation are comfortable with change, less temper, thoughtfulness and integrity
(Ventus Publishing, 2012).
3. Motivation – These people are highly motivated and having a positive attitude towards
the life approach. They are highly dedicated towards their tasks and love to accept the
challenges and perform each and every task very effectively.
4. Empathy – This is the other quality of high emotional intelligence people. Empathy
means to understand what other people think about and identify their needs, viewpoints
and then take a decision accordingly. A person with good empathy has the ability to
recognize the feelings and emotions of the other person and these qualities helps them to
manage the relationships. They are good listeners and good at judging the different
personalities in an open and honest way.
5. Social Skills – The quality of interacting with other people with soft language and with a
smile, is the other point of high emotional intelligence. The people having these social
skills are the real players as they help others rather focusing on their own tasks. The
people with high social skills are masters of building the relationships and managing the
conflicts very easily(Team FME, 2014).
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Leadership abilities
Leadership is a very significant part of human personality. The main function of the leader is to
communicate with the other personalities and motivates them to improve their efficiencies.
Providing directions to the team is the main task of the good leaders and these directions of the
leader helps the team to achieve the future goals and objectives. The good leaders always make
strategies to achieve the goals and manage the good relations with the people. As a leader, it is
very important to think out of the box and always choose the best option among the number of
the alternatives to make the right decisions.
Being a leader, it is very important to have some qualities in the personality to lead and inspire
others. I have some of the qualities that demonstrate that there are some of the abilities in me to
become the leader. These abilities are explained as:
Honesty: As I have analyzed that the honesty is in my behavior as I can encourage other people
to live up their standards. Treating all the people equally without any biasness is the symbol of
the honesty(Ireland, 2012).
Communication: Communication is the ability of the leaders to convey their message in simple
and clear words. Communication and leadership are important concepts that they go
simultaneously. I have observed that I have good communication and convincing powers as
people easily get attached to me and ask me before taking any decisions.
Confidence: It is very important to be confident about the activities, whatever you are doing. It’s
good to have the confidence level to represent your views in front of the large people to gain the
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attention of the others. The people with high confidence are more successful than the low
confidence.
Positive attitude: The positive approach towards the life is the great ability that a leader can have.
The leaders have the abilities to take all the negative situations in the positive way. I always used
to think positively and have followed the positive approach to succeed in the life(Global, 2001).
Creativity: The innovative and creative ideas are always appreciated. However, as a leader, it is
very important to think out of the box and always choose the best option among the number of
the alternatives to make the right decisions. The creativity in the human being is the success
factor in today’s life.
All of the above mentioned are the abilities and characteristics of the leadership that I have
possessed and all these abilities have a great impact on the decision making process.
Power and Politics
In this part, the different approaches towards the power, politics and influence are discussed.
Power means the ability of the people to influence the decisions as well as to control the
available resources. On the other hand, politics is the informal approach used by the person to
gain the power. Influence is almost similar to the concept of the power. There are many types of
the powers such as the position power, socialized power and personalized power.
The approach that I have used to influence the decision making is the personal power. These are
the abilities of the person to influence the others decisions by their own skills and abilities.
Expert power is the best power to take the right decisions. Then, position power is also a good
approach refers to the power given by the organization(Ahmed & Omotunde, 2012).
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There are two approaches towards the organizational politics. One is the ethical behavior
approach and another is the unethical approach to gain the power to influence the decisions. My
preference is always on the ethical approaches and these are helpful in managing the contacts
and builds a good impression on the other people.
The influence tactics that are mostly used are the assertiveness, rationality, joking and kidding
and inspirational appeal.
Decision making and problem solving
Decision making and problem solving are the major concepts and the term decision refers to best
possible solution for the particular problem and to choose the best solutions, we need the ability
to make judgement and analysis of the consequences. The analysis of the facts , information and
decisions are playing the important role in the organization.
There are many theories given by the scholars in relation to the decision making and problem
solving. We are comparing two theories- gaming theory and Simon’s theory of the
organizational behavior. The gaming theory is the mathematical study, whereas the Simon’s
theory is the behavioral approach. The gaming theory is the decision theory that considering the
conflict and cooperation factors. With regard to Simon Theory, he also focused on the behavior
of human while taking the managerial decisions as it is clear that the most of the information that
is used at the time of decision making generated through the field of psychology. There are many
components available for the process of problem solving(Dillon, 2014). The first step is to define
or identify the problem because it is a common phenomenon that the human take decisions only
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when the need arises. The next step is to identify and weighting the criteria and generate the
solution alternatives for the problem. The alternatives can be generated by the ways of adopting
some techniques like Brainstorming, Brainwriting, Fishbone diagram, De Bono’s six thinking
hats, Mind mapping, etc. Before choosing the best alternative it is important to rate each solution
and to evaluate the possible consequences of the alternative solution. Both the theories are
different in nature , but same in the objectives. The objective of both theories is to take the best
decisions and approaches used by the both theories are different in nature.
Conclusion
It is concluded that the decision making process and the problem solving are the important
concepts. The report is based the concept of the self awareness and the different abilities that I
have to take the best decisions. There are many different concepts have been shared and these
relate to the leadership, behavior, attitudes, values and emotional intelligence. All these abilities
in the human behaviors results in taking the right decisions at the right time to solve the
problems. This report is carried out to analyze the strengths and weaknesses in my personality.
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