Organization Behaviour

OB Assignment: Role of personality for managerial effectiveness

Group no .1

Section C

Submitted by: Aditya Koyya 11121

Arunav bora 11126

Bhushan Atul Ashok 11131

Divya Mohanan 11136

Himanshu Tipre 11141

Krishnachandran P. 11146

Naba Kumar Barman 11151

Pankaj Kesarwani 11156

Priyank Srivastava 11161

Sahil Kathpal 11166

Somya Harsh 11171

Submitted to: Dr. Mousumi Sengupta

Date: 5th Nov 2011

Contents

WHAT IS PERSONALITY? 2

THE ORIGINS OF PERSONALITY: THE NATURE-NURTURE DEBATE 3

Determinants of Personality 3

Culture: 3

Family Background: 4

Experiences in Life: 4

People We Interact With: 4

PERSONALITY THEORIES 5

Traits Theory 5

Early Search for Primary Traits 5

What Are the Big Five Dimensions of Personality? 6

FAMOUS PERSONALITIES AND THEIR PERSONALITY TRAITS 7

STEVE JOBS: 8

CARLOS SLIM: WORLD`S RICHEST PERSON. 10

MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr 11

ROWAN ATKINSON (Mr. Bean): 12

ELA BHATT: 13

CONCLUSION 15

BIBLIOGRAPHY 15

WHAT IS PERSONALITY?

The word personality comes from the Latin root persona, meaning "mask." According to this root, personality is the impression we make on others; the mask we present to the world.

Personality is also defined as "a unique set of traits and characteristics, relatively stable over time." Clearly, personality is unique insofar as each of us has our own personality, different from any other person's. The definition further suggests that personality does not change from day to day. Over the short-term, our personalities are relatively set or stable. However, definition does not suggest that personality is somehow rigid, unchangeable, and cast in...