Personality

ASSIGNMENT ON “PERSONALITY” SUBMITTED TO : department of business administration uhf nauni SUBMITTED BY : VIKAS DOGRA

MEANING OF PERSONALITY 

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DERIVED FROM A LATIN WORD, ‘PER-SONARE’ WHICH MEANS ‘ TO SPEAK THROUGH.’ THE LATIN WORD DENOTES THE MASKS WHICH THE ACTORS USED TO WEAR IN ANCIENT GREECE OR ROME. PERSONALITY CAN BE DEFINED AS , “THE DYNAMIC ORGANISATION WITHIN AN INDIVIDUAL , OF THOSE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL SYSTEMS WHICH DETERMINES HIS UNIQUE ADJUSTMENTS TO HIS ENVIRONMENT.”

PERSONALITY AS A PROCESS OF CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT 

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BONNER, PROVIDES SIX PROPOSITIONS TO CLARIFY THE NATURE OF PERSONALITY WHITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE & DEVELOPMENT : 1) human behaviour is composed of acts 2) personality visualised as a whole actualises itself in a particular environment 3) it is distinguished by self –consistency 4) personality is a goal directed behaviour

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5) it forms a time integrating structure 6) it is a process of becoming

SIGNIFICANCE OF PERSONALITY 

IT APPEARS THAT PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS ARE OF UTMOST SIGNIFICANCE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HUMAN RELATIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR.

MEASUREMENT OF PERSONALITY 

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THE MOST COMMONALY USED TESTS INCLUDE : 1) PERSONALITY INVENTORIES 2) PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES 3) SITUATIONAL TESTS

DETERMINANTS OF PERSONALITY CLASSIFICATION BY SCOTT AND MITCHELL  1) PHYSIOLOGICAL INHERITANCE  2) GROUPS  3) CULTURE

THE SELF CONCEPT FORMS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S PERSONALITY . IT INVOLVES TWO ASPECTS – ‘I’ (OR THE SELF CONCEPT) AND ‘ME’ (OR THE SOCIAL CONCEPT) .WHILE ‘I’ REFERS TO THAT SELF WHICH ONE BELIEVES TO BE , AND ‘ME’ RELATES TO THE MANNER AN INDIVIDUAL APPEARS TO OTHERS.

SUMMARY 

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PRESONALITY IS THE TOTALITY INTRACTION WITH ITS SUB-SYSTEM LIKE ENVIRONMENT AND SITUATION. INDIVIDUAL’S EXTERNAL APPEARANCE AND TRAIT, THEIR INNER AWERNESS OF PRESONALITIES. SOME PRESONALITIES ARE CLASIFIED AS INTROVERT AND EXTROVERT

HEALTHY FEEDBACK AND POSTIVE CRITICISUM ARE WELCOMED

VIKAS DOGRA

REFERENCES 

1) E.R. Hillgard, R.C. Atikinson and R. L. Atikinson: Introduction to psychology, oxford & IBH, NEW DELHI.

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2) Floyd L. Ruch: Presonality and life, Scoot Foreman.

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3) Gordon W. Allport : Presonality, Henry Holt, NEW YORK.

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4) S.S. Khanka : Organisational Behaviour, S.Chand & Company LTD. NEW DELHI.

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