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Week 1 discussion

Actions for Personality Traits and Personality Tests

Personality Traits

One area of controversy is how well you can accurately assess the personalities of employees or potential employees. One popular way is through various questionnaires.

For your first post, give the following information:.

How would you rate yourself on each of the Big Five personality traits based on only the description of the trait? Would your friends agree with your self-ratings?

After your own self-ratings, do a word search in Google or other search engines on “big five personality test” and find an online personality test that will tell you how you rate on the Big Five dimensions. Take the test, and compare your results with your initial self-ratings. How do you feel about the personality test you took? Was it accurate, or not very helpful? Also, provide the link to the test you found in case any of your classmates want to use it.

For your second and third posts, compare your results with those of your classmates, and try to find a classmate with opposite traits as you as well as one with very similar traits.

Additional Key Elements of the Assignment:

Your Initial Post should occur in a timely manner (by the third day of the module for full timeliness points). Include the original questions along with your initial, informative post. Support your post with information from at least one reference and provide the complete source information (so that your peers can find the article if they wish). Bring in your own personal experiences, as applicable.

Your Subsequent Posts: Read through responses by peers and post responses to at least two classmates’ posts. Bring in ideas/comments and/or research not mentioned yet.

Remember—To receive full credit in this forum, you need to post a minimum of three quality posts (your own initial post, and responses to two classmates). Only one outside source is needed (in the initial post). But in any post, if you borrow ideas/information from other authors, give them credit for their work.

Week 2 discussion

Hierarchy of Needs

Based on what you learned about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which need (or needs) in the hierarchy are most important for you at this time for your career?

Once you answered 1 above, do a word search on “hierarchy of needs test” and find an online survey that measures your hierarchy of needs. Report what you found. Were the results surprising, or what you initially suspected? Also, provide the link to the test you found in case any of your classmates want to use it.

Compare and contrast your results with those of your classmates. Did your classmates with the similar personal traits in the Module 1 discussion also have similar hierarchy of needs?

Additional Key Elements of the Assignment:

Your Initial Post should occur in a timely manner (by the third day of the module for full timeliness points). Include the original questions along with your initial, informative post. Support your post with information from at least one reference and provide the complete source information (so that your peers can find the article if they wish). Bring in your own personal experiences, as applicable.

Your Subsequent Posts: Read through responses by peers and post responses to at least two classmates’ posts. Bring in ideas/comments and/or research not mentioned yet.

Remember—To receive full credit in this forum, you need to post a minimum of three quality posts (your own initial post, and responses to two classmates). Only one outside source is needed (in the initial post). But in any post, if you borrow ideas/information from other authors, give them credit for their work.

Week 3 discussion

Groups and Teams

First explain whether or not you think you are a team player or more someone who works better alone. After your own self-rating, go online and do a search on terms such as “team player quiz” or “team player questionnaire.” Report your results and compare with your initial self-ratings. Also, provide the link to the test you found in case any of your classmates want to use it.

Finally, take a look at the Modules 1-2 discussions and the responses from your classmates and assess whether this class has a diverse variety of different personalities and other characteristics, or if you think your classmates generally have similar characteristics. If you and your classmates were all to work at a company for the same manager, do you think this manager would have any easy or hard time managing this group?

Additional Key Elements of the Assignment:

Your Initial Post should occur in a timely manner (by the third day of the module for full timeliness points). Include the original questions along with your initial, informative post. Support your post with information from at least one reference and provide the complete source information (so that your peers can find the article if they wish). Bring in your own personal experiences, as applicable.

Your Subsequent Posts: Read through responses by peers and post responses to at least two classmates’ posts. Bring in ideas/comments and/or research not mentioned yet.

Remember—To receive full credit in this forum, you need to post a minimum of three quality posts (your own initial post, and responses to two classmates). Only one outside source is needed (in the initial post). But in any post, if you borrow ideas/information from other authors, give them credit for their work.

Week 4 discussion

Our Module 4 Discussion is similar to Part 1 of the SLP—how we rate our organization along the following dimensions: detail-oriented, team-oriented, innovative, aggressive, outcome-oriented, and people-oriented.

For Discussion:

Before answering the Discussion 4 question, dive into the Background reading material.

Conduct a word search in Google or another search engine on “Quiz: What Is Your Corporate Culture” to find an organizational culture quiz. Take the quiz and discuss your results with your classmates. Be sure to provide the link to the quiz.

Are the cultural dimensions you took from the quiz more useful than the standard textbook dimensions of organizational culture that you read about in the background readings? Refer to one or more authors (by name) in your discussion.

Additional Key Elements of the Assignment:

Your Initial Post should occur in a timely manner (by the third day of the module for full timeliness points). Include the original questions along with your initial, informative post. Support your post with information from at least one reference and provide the complete source information (so that your peers can find the article if they wish). Bring in your own personal experiences, as applicable.

Your Subsequent Posts: Read through responses by peers and post responses to at least two classmates’ posts. Bring in ideas/comments and/or research not mentioned yet.

Remember—To receive full credit in this forum, you need to post a minimum of three quality posts (your own initial post, and responses to two classmates). Only one outside source is needed (in the initial post). But in any post, if you borrow ideas/information from other authors, give them credit for their work.

Be sure to also complete the Self-Reflective Section of the Module 4 discussion that follows. It is also graded.

Week 4 Reflective discussion

Summary and Reflection

Paragraphs 1-3: Given the readings and assignments in the course, identify and discuss three important concepts applicable to your work experience, profession, and/or career plans for the future. Describe how each applies.

Paragraph 4:What part of the course (background materials, assignments, and so forth) helped to shape or reshape your perceptions of the workplace?

Note: No outside research or citations are needed with your four paragraphs to the Reflective Discussion. Also, no responses to your peers’ posts are needed.