Understanding Personality and Decision Making Styles

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Introduction
Personality is an important aspect of human social life. The interactions and decisions
made are greatly influenced by a personal attribute (Cattell, 2017). Understanding one’s
personality is important to determine how decisions are made and what influences this decision.
In this paper, therefore, describes my personality and the decision making styles as well as the
factors that influence the decision-making process.
Decision preference
In the analysis of my decision preferences based on the criteria provided I scored high for
the balanced score, medium for both logic and intuition. From these results it means that I am
strong in implying decision to others while on the other hand I believe in hunches when making
decisions and most of the time prefer using logic in making the decision (Tropman, 2016). The
scores for logic and intuition were however low and therefore need to have some adjustments. In
improving the decision making preference, I need to consider more logic in the preference and
base the decisions in this aspect while adjusting the intuition to get a higher decision process.
Balancing, on the other hand, is a good criterion that ensures the decisions made do not cause
adverse effects on the parties involved (Liebe, 2016). I believe the results are correct and are a
representation of my personality. In the personal analysis, I have realized that I used all the three
factors in the same way which makes the results credible. I have been using the balanced score to
ensure things work out and considering the feelings of others which has been my method of
decision making.
Diary review

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In the review of my diary I realized that the decision making styles I use are autocratic
and consultative. In the autocratic decision making style I mostly apply it to the decision that
regards myself and the tasks that I am required to execute. In the autocratic decision making
style the person makes the decision independently without consulting another person (Castellan,
2015). They think about the issue and decide solely on what to do about it and come up with the
final decision which is to be executed by them or the team.
In most cases I found myself to execute some sense of command to the people especially
when dealing with members in a lower rank. For instance, when engaging with my peers, I
found out that I am the sole decision maker and I try to convince them to take my position. I
have a greater influence on the people I meet since I try to make them accept the position I took
to be the correct one.
In the exercise of consultative decision-making style, this comes in the areas that I have
doubts about the decision I make. In case I am found to have a conflicting thought about
choosing between two decisions in most cases I find myself in consultation with my peers and
other people who could know the concept (Tropman, 2016). The ultimate decision, however, lies
with me. I believe that personal decisions are best in whatever I do to avoid conflict and make
them easier.
The MBTI analysis
According to the MBTI results, my personality type is VIRTUOSO which is indicated by
the scores ISTP and my shadow is ESFJ. The categorization of this type gives the true
representation of my personality since it is true that I am explorative and curious. I like to make
things work but also approach them with caution to ensure that they don’t fail. The information