Organizational Behavior: Reflective Essay on Palestinian NGOs

This reflective essay examines organizational behavior, focusing on personality and values within the context of Palestinian organizations. It begins with an introduction highlighting the challenges faced by Palestinian businesses and the role of NGOs like FLOWS and HAG in supporting them. The essay reviews literature on personality, defining it, explaining how it is measured, and exploring frameworks like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, discussing its strengths and weaknesses. Recommendations for Palestinian organizations, particularly FLOWS, are provided, emphasizing their role in developing entrepreneurial skills. The essay concludes by summarizing the positive impact of FLOWS and the importance of continuous improvement through research and development. The assignment references several scholarly articles to support its arguments and analysis.

Running head: REFLECTIVE ESSAY
Reflective Writing

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INTRODUCTION
Palestine is poor in the amount of resources that are needed for the overall growth of the
organization. However it is needed that the companies are getting a proper boost for their
survival. FLOWS is a NGO that helps in developing the young entrepreneurs so that they can
develop the risk bearing mentality and can take up the risk. HAG is a company that mainly
produces the financial assistance to the people of Palestine (Soomro et al., 2016). In order to
render the financial services, it is important for the entrepreneurs to have a clear knowledge
about the trade and commercial affairs (Chiu, Owens & Tesluk 2016). They need to know about
the changing trends going on around in the country. HAG makes sure that they are able to
provide the best financial assistance and services to the clients. As the industrial base and the
knowledge is not well developed in Palestine, the company called FLOWS makes sure that they
are able to guide and help the industries or the entrepreneurs who are taking up the challenges.
LITERATURE REVIEW
 Define personality, describe how
it is measured, and explain the factors
that determine an individual’s personality
Personality is one of the most essential traits that is needed for the overall development of the
employees (Owens & Hekman, 2016). It refers to the sum total of all the traits that are present
within an individual. It is important for the manager of the company to make sure that they are
being able to select the best suited person for the post. In order to do this, they have to make sure

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that they are taking all the relevant personality tests. The observer survey results can also be
used.
 Describe the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
personality framework and assess
its strengths and weaknesses
The MBTI, is one of the very useful method that can be used by the managers in order to see the
individual traits of the people. As Palestine is already in a bad condition, the managers need to
make sure that they are being able to understand the personality type of the individuals. The
employees must also make sure to understand the strengths and weaknesses if their personality.
This will help them to take the necessary steps for developing themselves in future.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS
The company FLOWS is doing a very good job. They are mainly concerned about
developing the skills of the young entrepreneurs of Palestine so that they can carry on their
business properly (Katzenbach & Smith, 2015). They are in a developing state and have already
been successful in many of their endeavors. Being an NGO, they are not concerned about their
personal profit. They want tom secure the future of the country by giving proper business
education to the youngsters.

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CONCLUSIONS
Thus, it can be concludes that FLOWS , is really doing a very good job. They have
already been able to reach to the verge of gaining the organization effectives. However in order
to stay in the competition. They have to develop themselves and use the R&D method so that
they can keep on upgrading themselves.

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References
Chiu, C. Y. C., Owens, B. P., & Tesluk, P. E. (2016). Initiating and utilizing shared leadership in
teams: The role of leader humility, team proactive personality, and team performance
capability. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(12), 1705.Malul, M.,
Katzenbach, J. R., & Smith, D. K. (2015). The wisdom of teams: Creating the high-performance
organization. Harvard Business Review Press.
Owens, B. P., & Hekman, D. R. (2016). How does leader humility influence team performance?
Exploring the mechanisms of contagion and collective promotion focus. Academy of
Management Journal, 59(3), 1088-1111.
Soomro, A. B., Salleh, N., Mendes, E., Grundy, J., Burch, G., & Nordin, A. (2016). The effect of
software engineers’ personality traits on team climate and performance: A Systematic
Literature Review. Information and software technology, 73, 52-65.