Management of organization behaviour Assignment

Running Head: MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOUR 0
MANAGEMENT OF
ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOUR

OB 1
Introduction
This report includes the various concepts and theories related to the organization behaviour in
a business firm. For further research, I have chosen ‘personality and individual differences’.
In this research, the impact of personal including the individual differences in the behaviour
of a business firm is also analysed. In addition, I also collect data from various scholars and
journals as per the active secondary sources. The topic is selected for the research is because
of its significance in the today organization business environment and every individual is
different from one another relating to his/her mind or personal ability. In this era of
globalization, every organization is focusing on improving multicultural workforce.
Moreover, this approach of ‘personality and individual differences’ will help individuals in
learning the various elements of managing the behaviour of people in a business firm.
Personality and individual differences
Organization behaviour is considered a compelling and crucial set of tasks based on
managing people, structures and processes. A manager needs to implement a strong and
effective organization behaviour with in individuals and business firm. (Saks and Gruman,
2011)
In addition, ‘Personality and individual difference’ plays a significant role in framing
organization behaviour within the business enterprise. Personality refers to the various
characteristics relating to set of behaviours, and emotional patterns based on certain factors.
In an organization, every individual constitutes a different set of ‘personal brand’, which
shows a different style of identification. As per Bellou (2010), individuals’ personal traits is
an important aspect of job satisfaction.
Moreover, Shiner and Allen (2013) stated that there are certain significant principles of
personality and business enterprise. As per the attrition cycle based on the attraction
selection, the interaction personality organization is very particular. In the structured and rule
based society, personality can be less dominant but in an unstructured organization, an
individual will be more dominant in the weak position. For every human being, genetic and
social elements considered to be an important element of a character.

OB 2
Considering the effective organization behaviour, one of the most important attributes of a
character will be the ability. Ability is defined as all the set of efforts and behaviour made
towards producing a purposeful result. In addition, there are many types of knowledge
including cognitive, psychological, and emotional. A productive manager needs to identify or
acknowledge the differences in individuals so that to promote respective behaviour or culture
within a business firm (Hogan and Coote, 2014)
Theories
‘Personality and individual difference’ is the branch of psychology as every individual differs
from one another due to some psychological factors. An individual set of character defined
personality. In an organization, personality of an individual has a significant impact on the
environment, behaviour and motivation as per the different situations. For judging an
individual difference and character of an individual, ‘Personality Type Theory’ will be best
fitted (Whitworth, 2008).
‘Psychological Type’ theory is based on the psychological classification of diverse types of
individuals. In addition, the personality type of a person can easily be distinguished with the
help of their character traits. The ‘Type theory’ defined two types of people in the community
i.e. extrovert and introvert. According to the personality typology, every individual behaviour
is connected to the opposite term and individual attributes. Moreover, Type A and Type B
personality theory were also invented by Meyer Friedman and his co-workers in relation with
the personality type theory. (Roberts et al, 2007)
Meyer Friedman perceives Type A and Type B as the two designs of the individual
differences and personality. The individuals perceived as Type A personality are stated to be
as hard-workers and high-risk takers. On the contradictory side, Type B people take low risk
and also constitute less competiveness. However, according to this theory, many people are
the combination of both types of personality.
For knowing the difference in a character of individual, Myers-Briggs can also prove to be
fruitful as according to this approach, type of a character of an individual can be learned by
the knowledge of different factors of personality. In addition, this model helps organization in
testing the type of personality in an individual.

OB 3
Source: (Jung,
2016)
Models
In respect to personality and organizational behaviour, the five-factor model will be very
applicable. With the help of this model, the job characteristics model can be expanded so as
to define the effect of personality traits on the result of the work. This model is also known as
a psychological model of personality and helps in classifying inimitable personality of any
person. This model is also linked to the rise of leadership within a business firm. (Walumbwa
and Schaubroeck, 2009)
The big five personality traits are the compelling elements in respect with the organization
behaviour. There are five dimensions in the personality traits, which are connected with the
effective behaviour of an organization. An organization need to consider the five traits of
personality so that it can create multicultural workforce and environment.