Organisational Behaviour Report: Values, Personality, and Motivation

This report delves into the realm of organisational behaviour, examining the interplay between individual values, personality traits, and motivational factors within a workplace context. The report begins by assessing the student's personal values using the VALS survey, categorizing them as an Experiencer and Innovator, and analyzing how these values shape their perceptions and interactions. It then moves on to explore personality, highlighting the influence of both inherited and learned characteristics, and the impact of personality on behaviour in different settings. The report also includes an interview with a colleague to compare and contrast personality traits. Finally, the report examines motivational attributes, specifically focusing on McClelland's Human Motivation Theory, to understand how to manage and improve workplace effectiveness.

Running head: ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Organisational Behaviour
Name of the Student:
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Values..............................................................................................................................................2
Personality.......................................................................................................................................5
Part 3: Motivation............................................................................................................................9
McClelland’s Human Motivation Theory.....................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................13
Appendix........................................................................................................................................16

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Introduction
Personality encompasses the relatively stable feelings of a person considering the
thoughts and behavioral patterns. Everyone possesses the unique characteristic, which is the key
to differentiate the individual within an organisation (Leutner et al., 2014). The reflection of the
personality traits determines the reaction of the individual during the emergence of diverse
situation. When we seek the effectiveness while performing the organisational functionalities, it
is necessary for us to understand the behavioral attributes of the employees. It helps the
managers to allocate the jobs appropriately to the suitable people. In this study, I shall undertake
the VASL survey to assess my values and identify the factors that influence my perceptions.
Furthermore, I shall undertake the personality test for describing my employment traits that I
need to maintain for ensuring success. The motivational attributes would also be described in this
study to manage the effectiveness within the workplace.
Values
It is quite difficult to assess the values of an individual, especially when the values are
influenced by many factors (Judge & Zapata, 2015). SBI Consulting Business Intelligence has
developed the VALS topology that assesses one’s values on the basis of their personality. After
conducting the VALS survey test, I have identified that I belong to the group of Experiencers in
the primary topology. The members of this group are usually the first ones to adopt the latest
trends and they seek everything that is new. They usually go against the current mainstream and
always up for the latest fashion trends. They are more interested in being engaged into the
physical activities. Their value assessment also indicates that they are very sociable and

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extremely friendly with people. Their spontaneous attributes and the heightened sense of visual
stimulation are much appreciable.
If I assess my values with these traits, I can observe that I possess majority of the traits as
an experiencer. Firstly, I am quite fashion-prone and try out latest fashions. I prefer to experience
every new thing that would bring some excitement into my life. I like to make friends and
prioritizing them in my life. I find myself very sociable, which is determined by my larger social
circle. I like to communicate with different people since I seek much knowledge about their
culture and their background. It always motivates me to broaden my knowledge and experience
the lessons. I have observed that the traits described for an experiencer indicate that they go
against the current mainstream and they seek everything. These traits are quite surprising for me
since I cannot find the similarities in these traits. I need to concentrate on my behavioural traits
that would help me in achieving my dreams. Communicating with the people and making them
comfortable during the conversation provide me the opportunity to explore their nature and
characteristics. It is quite helpful for me to know people, their diversified nature and values, and
learn about their preferences. I maintain a good balance between my emotions and the practical
situation. I would like to understand the situation and react accordingly. It would help me in
strengthening my interpersonal communication skills. It is true that I seek information in every
new incident I come across, but I do not go against the current mainstream. I always try to
maintain the balance in my life. I believe too much of something might become harmful for
people. Therefore, I always prefer to take time before assuming and I like to take things slowly
and patiently.
My secondary trait is the innovators, which are quite sophisticated, successful, and hey
value the personal growth. I can relate my characteristics with the innovators. Similar to the

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innovators, I have the wider intellectual interests. Before assuming anything, I prefer to derive
the adequate information about the very event. As their trait specifies, I am also quite concerned
about the social issues. As an innovator, I am confident, optimistic, involved, growth-oriented,
and open or flexible to change. I am even finer receptive when it comes to adopt any new
circumstance. I have noticed that I am quite adaptive towards the emergence of the technologies
and new business scenario. It helps me in growing more in this frequently advanced world.
However, among all these traits, I am surprised to notice that the innovators are politically very
active. If I judge personal view, I am not so much involved with the political discussions. I do
take interests in any political subjects. Therefore, it is quite surprising for me since I do not
possess this trait as an innovator. However, I am quite confident about my abilities and flexibility
that are mostly needed in this contemporary world.
In the VALS experiment, I have identified some of the traits or characteristics of the
individuals. There are different types of individuals based on their values, such as innovators,
thinkers, achievers, experiencer, and believers. I have gathered knowledge about the diverse
personalities and traits the individuals possess. Among these traits, I have found out the
innovators are the ones who are easily managed. The current world is rapidly changing and the
innovations are much common to this contemporary world. Both the business and education
sectors are driven by the innovations and advancements in process. It is thus necessary to
become an adaptive individual in this rapidly changing scenario. The innovators are much
flexible and adaptive towards change. They tend to try new things that bring advancements into
the world. This trait is quite significant in considering the fast pace of the worldly events. On the
other hand, it has been seen that the achievers are the ones who believe in achieving goals and
keep the smaller circle. People having these traits are more likely moderate in nature and they

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avoid the excess change. In spite of having the positive responses towards life, the achievers are
more likely attracted towards the premium values. Hence, they are not much flexible towards
diverse situations. Therefore, I can imply that the achievers are quite difficult to manage.
Especially, in a world, where the fast growing technologies, business processes, and demands are
rapidly changing, the perception of the achievers is quite hard to be considered.
The above assessment identifies my values as an innovator and experiencer. The
concentration on these traits generates the ideas about the diverse personality traits and moral
values to ensure personal growth. I need to concentrate on my behavioural traits that would help
me in achieving my dreams. I need to be cautious while communicating with others. I am always
focused on my language and gestures to make others comfortable. My positivity would lead me
further in life and protect me from negative influences. The further section of the study would
analyze the diverse personality traits of the individuals in terms of dealing with the emerging
situations. The identification of the diverse personality of the people would also ensure their
reaction towards the emerging scenario.
I have undertaken an interview session in which one of my colleagues took the
participation. In interviewed him to know what similarities and differences we have in our
personality traits. I have observed that while I am quite fashion prone and like to try the updated
fashion segment whenever I come across any of it. However, going opposite to my nature, it is
noticed that my colleague would like to accept the fashion trend, but would like to continue the
fashion even when it is replaced by new trends. On the other hand, I have found similarities
between us as well. I have found out that both of us like to maintain the balance between the
practicality and the emotions. I always seek information before assuming anything. My colleague
also likes to judge the situation and gather information before presenting any assumptions about

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the scenario. He is quite sociable like me and likes to communicate with the people from diverse
background. In addition to this, I have also found out the similarities in the excitements that we
would like to have as the experiencers. We seek excitements in the functionalities that we require
performing in our daily lives. On the other hand, as an Innovator, I have observed both similarity
and dissimilarity with my colleague. I do not believe in science whereas he likes to gather
information about the scientific evaluation. This dissimilarity between us is identified as an
innovator. However, I have identified that we both are quite adaptive to the change. In this
advanced world, we need to face some of the changes to keep the pace with the frequently
changing globalised world. Hence, it is important for both of us to adopt the new technicalities
and learn the innovative process. I have identified that we have the similarities in becoming
adaptive towards change.
Management is the integral part of an organisation. A good managerial skills and the
management process help in accomplishing the corporate objectives and develop the personal
attributes as well. Management involves a set of principles that function in the area of planning,
directing, organizing, applying, and controlling the activities (Parks-Leduc, Feldman & Bardi,
2015). These principles harness human, physical, financial, and informational resources much
affectively to achieve organisational objectives. As a manager, I need to be skilled enough in
identifying the needs and requirements of my colleagues. The roles they are playing would lead
the entire organisation towards success. Therefore, the identification of the need and
requirements of the employees would help me in knowing their preferences. Moreover, being a
manager, I should be aware of their expertise skills, which would help me in allocating the jobs
as per their efficiency level. Moreover, I need to monitor their work progress and provide them
sufficient support to achieve their goals. It is also essential for me to provide my employees

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adequate supports whenever they seek anything from the managers. The employees have their
diverse perspective values and characteristics. I should acknowledge their efforts and respect
their perspectives. If required I can even provide the effective training session to them to adjust
their focus on a targeted objective.
If I concentrate on my colleague, his flexile approaches towards accepting the change are
quite helpful for me to bring the innovation in the organisational functionalities. He always seeks
information before proceeding with any work. It is a good sign of seeking knowledge. It gives
me immense pleasure when I am able to help someone to gather the knowledge regarding their
personal and professional development attributes. Moreover, he uses the scientific skills to testify
any specific functionality. Therefore, I can use the democratic management style to manage him
and get some fruitful advices from him. If I consult with my colleague before undertaking any
specific decision for the organisation, it would help me to drive towards successful management
process.
Personality
Personality is the combination of the qualities and characteristics of the individuals that
create their unique identities (Miller, 2015). It generally signifies the behavior or role of the
person in a specific setting. It is noticeable that each of the individuals has the unique personality
traits that are influenced by two major determinants, such as learned characteristics and
inherited characteristics (Zacher, 2014). The inherited characteristics are generated from the
previous generation of the individuals. For example, the physical features of the individuals are
inherited. On the other hand, learned characteristics are acquired, first from home and then from
society followed by the educational institutes. The learned characteristics include the individuals’

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personality, values, perceptions, and attitudes. I seek gathering knowledge from various sources
and make improvements through every possible way. If anyone advises me for my betterment, I
would happily accept it. I can communicate with the people from different background and learn
about their characteristics and preferences that would gather extensive knowledge about the
diverse cultures. In this course, I have undertaken the personality tests to understand my
characteristics while dealing with the outer world.
In order to identify my personality traits, I have undertaken two personality tests. At the
first stage, I have undertaken the Big Five Personality Test, which reveals several important
factors noticed in my personal traits. I have scored 67 in extroversion, which depicts I am a very
talkative person. Even within an organisational setting, I like to gather more responses from the
associated people and converse with them to discuss any vital information. This communicative
behaviour helps me in staying positive and creates the positive motives among others. The
second personality was emotional stability, in which I have scored 74 that determines the level of
my sensitiveness. I am quite sensitive as a person that makes me easily hurt even if it is quite
negligible issue. However, I maintain a good balance between my emotions and the practical
situation. I would like to go with the flow and I understand that not everything is meant to please
me with positive traits. However the result refers that I am quite negative towards the situations
and I face difficulties in managing my emotions. I was quite unaware of this trait of mine. It is
quite surprising for me that I score higher in this trait that determines my negative perspectives
towards the difficult situation.
The next personality is agreeableness in which I scored 56. It depicts the moderate trait
of mine in being optimistic and friendly. This score is quite acceptable since I am quite fond of
optimism and I maintain the friendly behaviour with others. The next personality is

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Conscientiousness and I scored 18 in this segment. It generates the idea about the reliability. I am
quite surprised to know this result as I consider myself as the most reliable person. Scoring low
in this section makes me surprise as I am not an impulsive thinker. I keep patience and make the
right result out of any situation. However, this score I have received from the section is quite
surprising. The last personality is intellect or imagination, which indicates the lower score.
However, I am quite surprised in this result as well. I am much imaginative as a person and
develop the intellectual decisions whenever it is necessary. This personality trait identifies that I
was labeled as Extroversion at the factor 1, which is sometimes considered as the positive trait.
People who score higher in this trait are general considered as outgoing and active
communicator. I have observed that I am an extrovert and I like to zeal with the people. The
communication with them helps me in gathering knowledge about the people from different
countries and cultural values.
The next test was Myers –Briggs personality trait that is based on four major preferences.
These four preferences are introversion-extroversion, sensing-intuition, feeling-thinking, and
judging-perceiving. The obtained result from this test indicates that I have scored higher in the
extroversion. It determines that I center my attention outside world and I am quite eager to
communicate with people. It provides me the opportunity to coordinate with people and helps me
in enhancing my knowledge about the worldly things. The second preference indicates my
inclination towards sensing or intuition. It has been identified that I am quite good at sensing,
which indicates my cognitive functions of my sense organs. Another comparison is presented
between feeling and thinking. It has been noticed that I have the urge of thinking more to judge
the situation. I am more inclined towards evaluating goals by judging the function. It helps me in
assessing the goals by developing the personal values or objectifying the principles. The final

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preference indicates the judgment between judging and perceiving. It has been observed that I
prefer perceiving more that indicates flexibility in the lifestyle. Therefore, I can imply that my
personality helps me in understanding the situational events according to which I decide to react.
I think I maintain a good balance in dealing with the situation and it generates more positivity in
me.
These personality tests have the significant connection with employment. It has been
observed that the individuals have to face the dynamic environment in their professional life
(Parks-Leduc, Feldman & Bardi, 2015). The organisations seek employees who are flexible
enough in working in a diverse work environment with other employees from different cultural
background. Moreover, the changing demands of the customers drive the companies to adopt the
dynamic work functionalities. The employees require being much adaptive to change during
such situation. On the other hand, their behavioral traits and adaptive attitude towards innovative
practices ensure the business development in a competitive ground. Employers also recruit
people who are flexible towards working in a dynamic organisational scenario by maintaining
cohesiveness with the employees from diverse cultural background. When an employee is
compulsive, it would help an organisation to develop the long term vision (Luthans, Luthans &
Luthans, 2015). Their skills and efficiency would ensure the accomplishment of the business
goals. The employers seek for the employees who are much imaginative and perspective towards
the future prospects. An imaginative employee can lead the organisation towards success.
However, the visionary traits of the employees develop the unique strategies for the
organisational success.
It is noticed that the assertive personality of the employees create the long term vision for
the organisation, which eventually turns out to be much profitable. Everyone possesses the

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unique characteristic, which is the key to differentiate the individual within an organisation. A
leader of an organisation has to be a foreseer who would guide the organisation towards the right
direction and develop the greater organisational culture to accomplish determined goals. Hence,
it can be said that the personality traits have the clear linking with the employers.
Part 3: Motivation
I believe motivation does not emerge from any specific compartmentalized ground.
People need to find the worldly things surrounding them work as the motivators. Every
individual has some purpose of the life that needs to be identified at the right time. When they
keep their positive approach towards life, they tend to identify the ways of accomplish those
goals (Kaiser, LeBreton & Hogan, 2015). Managing my behavioural attitudes would help me in
achieving future goals and leading me towards as positive direction. Maintaining the positive
attitude and good communication skills would lead me developing a greater interpersonal
relationship. As an outcome, it helps in strengthening my communication skills, analytical
efficiency, and maintaining impressive body language. The motivational theories explain the
needs and requirements of an individual that drive them achieving their goals determined
previously. An organisation hires the employees with high motivational spirits that would lead
towards achieving the leading position in a competitive landscape (Viktoria Rampl & Kenning,
2014). I believe that having a clear vision of my future would motivate me to undertake the
initiatives that would lead towards success. When I am working in a diverse scenario, it is
important for me to develop the cohesiveness among the colleagues. I need to understand the
basic personality trait that would help me in developing my personal and professional traits for
the future prospects.

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McClelland’s Human Motivation Theory
Managing people in a diverse cultural background is not much easy for the individuals.
However, when I am performing as a leader, it is necessary for me to understand the way of
managing people with different personalities. It is also essential for me to understand the factors
that motivate the people in a significant way. In defining the motivational factor of the people,
David McClelland introduced the Human Motivation Theory. It defines the drivers that motivate
people to develop their personality traits (Klotz & Neubaum, 2016). If I am leading a team, it is
essential for me to identify the methods of motivating my team mates. If I provide them regular
feedback and appreciate their contribution, it would motivate them much significantly in making
progress in their professional life. When I am establishing the transparent communication with
my team mates, it helps them in understanding the business requirements. They would act
according t the business situations and direct themselves towards achieving the professional and
personal goals.
In the year of 1961, David McClelland introduced the human motivational theory, which
depicts the necessary motivating factors. As per the theory, these three factors are a need for
affiliation, a need for achievement, and a need for power. It is stated that every individual has
the different characteristics that depend on the dominant behaviour. People, regardless of their
culture, age, and gender are driven by different motivators. The first is a need for achievement,
which determines the strong need of the challenging scenario to accomplish the goals. An
achievement seeker first has the vision to set a goal and then faces the difficult situation and
challenges to accomplish those determined goals. An achiever even takes the calculated risks for
meeting the goals that are previously determined (Miller, 2015). Receiving the regular feedback
helps them to grow in their career and develop their personal attributes to achieve professional

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objectives. They are more likely working along without the interruption from the external
sources.
The next characteristic is the need for affiliation, which highlights the urge to stay within
a group. People fall under this segment like to go along with the people in a group. They are
mainly driven by the group activity. They like to develop the collaborative team within which the
innovative ideas for the future prospects. It helps us to develop our personality in a significant
way we can communicate with the group of people who belong to different values and cultures.
The people working with this group do not like the high risks or emergence of any uncertainties
(Seibert & DeGeest, 2017). Therefore, the systematic and predictable work structure motivates
these people much recognizably. Another characteristic is the need for power, which reflects
their urge to controlling and influencing others. People seek for power is more likely wining the
argument and enjoy competition more. These challenging situations work as the motivators for
them to develop their skills and efficiency. They are even confident enough to deal with every
critical situation and lead the workforce in a significant way (Ahmad, Athar & Hussain, 2016).
They enjoy their recognition and status, which eventually motivate them to stay positive.
The above traits identified in the theory helps in understanding the dominant motivators
of an individual. Similarly, when I am on an environment where I receive the opportunity to
learn new things. Moreover, if I receive chance to improve myself and feel appreciated; it
motivates me in a significant way. I am quite eager to communicate with people. It provides me
the opportunity to coordinate with people and helps me in enhancing my knowledge about the
worldly things. This communicative behaviour helps me in staying positive and creates the
positive motives among others. The organisations seek employees who are flexible enough in
working in a diverse work environment with other employees from different cultural

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background. Therefore, I become much motivated when I feel I am influencing others to achieve
something in their life.
Conclusion
In this study, I have undertaken the personality tests that identify the characteristics and
the motivational factors. The obtained ideas from the tests indicate that I have the wider
intellectual interests. Before assuming anything, I prefer to derive the adequate information about
the very event. As their trait specifies, I am also quite concerned about the social issues. As an
innovator, I am confident, optimistic, involved, growth-oriented, and open or flexible to change.
I maintain a good balance between my emotions and the practical situation. I always try to keep
the positive attitude towards the uncertain situations and strengthen myself for moving ahead.
The motivational theories explain the needs and requirements of an individual that drive them
achieving their goals determined previously. An organisation hires the employees with high
motivational spirits that would lead towards achieving the leading position in a competitive
landscape. In defining the motivational factor of the people, David McClelland introduced the
Human Motivation Theory. It defines the drivers that motivate people to develop their
personality traits. If I am leading a team, I should look for the methods of motivating my team
mates. If I provide them regular feedback and appreciate their contribution, it would motivate
them much significantly in making progress in their professional life.

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Appendix
Test1

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