Organizational Behavior

Finding the Leader in You: Self-Assessment/ Johari Window

Herbert Lee

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Bus 520

Professor Erastus Karanja

October 20, 2013

Personality Profile

There are several perspectives from which one can look in an effort to develop a personality profile construct. From a general perspective Rouse, M. (2009) refers to the following definition stating that a personality profile is a knowledge management tool used to provide an evaluation of an employee’s personal attributes, values and life skills in an effort to maximize his or her job performance and contribution to the company. As a tool one would tend to be in agreement with Rouse, M. (2009) when she suggested that personality profile test are designed to seek out information about an employee’s temperament, decision-making methods, communication style and general attitude towards work and recreation. Such information is used to match the right employee to the right project or task, especially when group work or telecommuting is involved. Luft, J.(2013) indicates four Johari windows perspectives. These are called ‘regions’ or “areas’ or “quadrants” and are featured to have known and unknown information both in terms of the individual and others. One window focuses on open area, open self, free area, free self, or the arena: what is known by the individual about him/herself and is also known by others. A second area focuses on “Blind area, blind self, or blind spot. In this area it is what is unknown by the person about him/self but which others know. A third window focuses on “Hidden area, hidden self, avoided area, avoided self or façade. In

other words it is what persons know about him/her self that others do not know. The fourth window of the Johari window focuses on what is unknown to ones self or others. It can be suggested that as individual interact with each other within the group the various windows do change size. In other words as individuals communicate opportunity for learning unknown positive...