Personality

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

POORNIMA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECNOLOGY,

JAIPUR

A PRESENTATION ON

SUPERVISED BY:Mr. Dinesh RoyAssistant Professor

SUBMITTED BY:

-Monalisa Ghosh

-Monika Uday

-Madhusudhan Agarwal

-Manish Kumar

WHAT IS

PERSONALITY?

A person’s internally based characteristic way of acting and thinking.

OR

Personality refers to “factors” inside people that explain their behavior

Personality Types

Type As

1. Are always moving, walking, and eating rapidly

2. Feel impatient with the rate at which most events take place

3. Strive to think or do two or more things at once

4. Cannot cope with leisure time

5. Are obsessed with numbers, measuring their success in terms

of how many or how much of everything they acquire

Type Bs

1. Never suffer from a sense of time urgency with its

accompanying impatience

2. Feel no need to display or discuss either their achievements or

accomplishments

3. Play for fun and relaxation, rather than to exhibit their

superiority at any cost

4. Can relax without guilt

Personality Types

Proactive Personality

Identifies opportunities,

shows initiative, takes

action, and perseveres

until meaningful change

occurs

Creates positive change in

the environment,

regardless or even in spite

of constraints or obstacles

Personality Theories

Trait Theory - understand individuals by breaking down behavior patterns into observable traits

Psychodynamic Theory - emphasizes the unconscious determinants of behavior

Humanistic Theory - emphasizes individual growth and improvement

Integrative Approach - describes personality as a composite of an individual’s psychological processes

Personality Characteristics

in Organizations

Locus of Control

Internal External

I control what

happens to me!

People and

circumstances control

my fate!

Self-Efficacy

Belief

you will do

well

Greater

effort &

persistence

Success

Self-Efficacy

Belief

you will do

poorly

Less

effort &

persistence

Failure

Importance of Personality

Building self-identity and self esteem

Spiritual Development

Talent development

Identifying potential

Acceptance of responsibility for self

Enhancing the quality of life

Improving physical and mental health

Aspiration fulfillment

Improving social abilities

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