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Organisational Behaviour: A Personal Study

Table of Contents

Learning 2

Personality 3

Groups 2 4

Management 5

Personal Reflection: Semester One 6

Organisational Culture 7

The Nature and Value of Information 8

Information and Decision Making 10

BIS Initiation (Feasibility) 11

Personal Reflection: Semester Two 13

Bibliography 14

Learning

Activity 1: Learning Styles Questionnaire

Based on the theories of Experiential Learning (Honey and Mumford, 1982), I completed a questionnaire that was designed to determine an individual’s preferred learning style. My scores were as follows:

Activist 6
Reflector 13
Theorist 11
Pragmatist 13

Activity 2: Understanding your Learning Styles

Based on the norms set up to interpret my scores, I had a low preference for Activist and a moderate preference for Reflector, Theorist and Pragmatist. I can identify with traits from all three styles, although my need to immediately test out new ideas and practical decision making leads towards the pragmatist theories.

Activity 3: Reflection on Learning Styles

I believe that I learn the most from the feedback I receive from others and the internal factors (Mullins, 2001) such as my level of motivation and memory. I also find that I need to see an obvious link between the subject matter and my immediate environment to want to learn, which would once again lead to a pragmatist style of experiential learning. I generally agree with my questionnaire results and can see the link between my behaviors and Honey et Mumfords’s (1982) learning styles.

Personality

Activity 1: Personality and Measurement

I believe that observing character traits can help to measure personality. Based on my results from both activities I would not be suitable for careers in teaching or customer service and would not be successful in roles that were too casual or relaxed. Assessing personality is very helpful in assisting managers to choose potential employees and can be invaluable in aiding career...