Organisational Behaviour Assignment 2022

Running Head: Organizational Behavior
Organizational Behavior
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Introduction
The following assignment is based on organizational behavioral theory while
critically analyzing the various topics of personality (Chen, Chen and Sheldon 2016).
Organizational behavioral theory can be defined as the study of human objectives or behavior
within the organizational environment. This can also be termed as to provide the employees
by giving them insights on the ways the employee should behave and perform in the working
space. It assist the organisation by understanding the aspects that helps in motivating the
employees, help the organisation establish a trust worthy and strong relationship and lastly
increase the productivity. Further in this assessment the concept of Big Five will be discussed
with the analysis of personality dimension (Gotsis and Grimani 2015). The areas of self
improvement will be analyzed in the appendix section with the help of the organizational
behavioral theory.
Big Five Personality Dimension
The study of organizational behavior involves the key element like the structure of the
organisation, implementation of recent technology, employee and the environment in which
the managerial operation will take place. There are three major types of organizational
behavioral theories and they are:
 Classical Theory which comprise of Bureaucracy Theory by Weber, Scientific
Theory of Management by F.W Taylor and Process Management theory by Fayol
(Kitana 2016).
 Neo Classical Theory comprises of two theories and they are Human relation theory
and Behavioral science theory.
 Modern Management Theory operational research and IT, empowerment,
contingency theory, TQM and re-engineering and System Approach to management.
On the other hand the concept of Big Five personality dimension caters to the five major
dimensions of personality (Walker and Vetter 2016). The five major attributes are openness
to knowledge, conscientiousness, amicability, extraversion and emotional stability. This
model describe about the model of personality of oneself which is widely considered to be
the most relevant way to explain the personality differences. This model is the most modern
concept of personality research (Li et al, 2015). The human personal are often used to create

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a dimension that helps an employee to identify its underlying traits an individual’s traits.
However the five traits can be explained as follows:
Openness: these are the people who like to learn innovative things and benefit from the new
experience usually attain high in openness. The elements included in openness are being
perceptive and imaginative and catering to extensive variety of interest (Hassan, Asad and
Hoshino 2016).
Conscientiousness: the people here have a high amount of conscientiousness and are
dependable and prompt. These traits tend to comprise the elements like being organized and
methodic.
Agreeableness: these are the individual who are welcoming, compassionate and supportive.
The people with the low agreeableness may be more distant. The traits could be like kind,
sympathetic and affectionate (Saucier and Srivastava 2015).
Extraversion: the extraverts gather their energy from interaction with others while on the
other hand the introverts get their power from surrounded by themselves. The traits of
extraversion are energetic, assertive and talkative.
Emotional stability: this can also be termed as neuroticism. This is the dimension tat s related
to one who is emotionally stable and the degree of negative emotions (Chan et al, 2015). The
people that score on a higher rate on neuroticism experience emotionally instability and
negative emotions. The traits of this attribute are tense and moody.
However the Big Five personality test gives the employee with an insight on how we must
react in different situation which can helps an employer to choose an occupation.
On the other hand the best theory of organizational behavior that best suits the Big
Five analysis is the scientific management by F.W Taylor. The concept of organizational
behavior depends on natural history of the people and environment of the organisation. The
nature of the people comprise of the employee who has the basic qualities and the
characteristics that personifies the employee. Some of the major factors that affect the nature
of the people are individual difference, motivation behavior, value of a person and perception