Human Relations in Organizations: Applications and Skill Building 8th Edition by Robert Lussier

Exercise 25

You should read the sections on personality traits and complete Self-Assessment Exercise 2-2. From this exercise, rank yourself below from highest score (1) to lowest score (5) for each of the Big Five. Do not tell anyone your ranking until told to do so.
Objective: To develop your skill at perceiving others' personality traits. With this skill, you can better understand and predict people's behavior, which is helpful to leaders in influencing followers.
AACSB: The primary AACSB learning standard skills developed through this exercise are analytic skills and communication abilities.
Break into groups of three with people you know the best in the class. You may need some groups of two. If you don't know people in the class and you did Skill-Building Exercise 1-2, Human Relations, get in a group with those people.
Each person in the group writes down his or her perception of each of the other two group members. Simply rank which trait you believe to be the highest and lowest (put the Big Five dimension name on the line) for each person. Write a short reason for your perception, which should include some specific behavior you have observed that led you to your perception.
Name ___________ Highest personality score ______ Lowest score _________ Reason for ranking __________________________ Name __________ Highest personality score __________ Lowest score ________ Reason for ranking _______________________
One of the group members volunteers to go first to hear the other group members' perceptions.
1. One person tells the volunteer which Big Five dimensions he or she selected as the person's highest and lowest scores, and why they were selected. Do not discuss them yet.
2. The other person also tells the volunteer the same information.
3. The volunteer tells the two others what his or her actual highest and lowest scores are. The three group members discuss the accuracy of the perceptions.
A second group member volunteers to go next to receive perceptions. Follow the same procedure as above.
The third group member goes last. Follow the same procedure as above.
Conclusion: The instructor may lead a class discussion and/or make concluding remarks.
Application (2-4 minutes): What did I learn from this exercise? How will I use this knowledge in the future?
Sharing: Volunteers give their answers to the application section.