Organizational Behavior
BIS 340, BIS 360: The resources I used for these courses were my personal favorites. I tend to be a kinesthetic and visual learner, and this literature spoke to me. First was the Work Life Balance Questionaire and Nigel Marsh: CEO Young & Rubicam in Australia/New Zealand and author of "Fat, Forty and Fired: One Man's Frank, Funny, and Inspiring Account of Losing His Job and Finding His Life. There was also The complete guide to structuring your ideal work day by Rachel Feltman and the following books:On Dialogue by David Bohm, Thought as a System by David Bohm and The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge. I can honestly say I have referenced and referred back to these resources.
The articles I chose to represent organizational behavior tie into reflecting, conflict and mastery. Successful and powerful personal mastery is an ideal foundation because everything you do from there will set you up for mental models, building shared vision, team learning and the last of the 5 disciplines, systems thinking. Mental models are used as an awareness to one’s bias. Building a shared vision is knowing that your ideas align with your teammates. Team learning prepares you for collaborating effectively with the whole group.
Article 1: If the contents of this article were to be paired with one of the four leadership frames, it would connect with the Political Frame. I learned in BIS 340 specifically which behaviors cause certain actions. For BIS 340, we were to read current news and relate it to our textbook learnings. I learned the importance of foreign affairs, and the different ways we control our thoughts and actions. Personal mastery is an art.
This is a journal entry from BIS 340:
I tend to give advice that I, myself, would like to hear. I expect my friends and family to take that advice. It’s a thought that comes from my personal experience and something I feel strongly about- so why aren’t they taking what I’m offering. After all, it is valuable and will benefit them. Not everyone has the same personalities. I took the quiz on the 16personalities website to find that my four letter type is ESFP-A. I came out 97% extraverted. Of course I would take my own advice! I’m naturally confident! Suspending an assumption, or reaction, is smart but also dangerous. How will holding back make you feel later? Will you regret not speaking up? If you spontaneously shut down, will it effect your body physically? Blood pressure can rise, adrenaline might kick in or you might not speak at all to avoid anymore embarrassment. These reactions are part of an unbroken whole according to Bohm. Proprioception of thought is capable of backing your body up when it reacts in such a way. This is when your body doesn’t have time to think and automatically just reacts. Last night when I was watching The Good Doctor, the autistic doctor was held at gun point. His immediate reaction, pacing and silence with his arms not moving, led the shooting to pull the trigger instead of listening to the gunman’s instructions. Holding back, in this situation was not a good call, but it was an automatic response.
For Article 2, I chose to post my personality results. I believe behavior has a lot to do with your underlying values. Discovering my behaviors has helped me understand my actions. Much of organizational behavior, I found, is the psychology of why people do the things they do. Is it a structural issue? A human error? BIS 340 helped me understand the importance of the five disciplines needed to think clearly in order to make successful changes.
I tend to give advice that I, myself, would like to hear. I expect my friends and family to take that advice. It’s a thought that comes from my personal experience and something I feel strongly about- so why aren’t they taking what I’m offering. After all, it is valuable and will benefit them. Not everyone has the same personalities. I took the quiz on the 16personalities website to find that my four letter type is ESFP-A. I came out 97% extraverted. Of course I would take my own advice! I’m naturally confident! Suspending an assumption, or reaction, is smart but also dangerous. How will holding back make you feel later? Will you regret not speaking up? If you spontaneously shut down, will it effect your body physically? Blood pressure can rise, adrenaline might kick in or you might not speak at all to avoid anymore embarrassment. These reactions are part of an unbroken whole according to Bohm. Proprioception of thought is capable of backing your body up when it reacts in such a way. This is when your body doesn’t have time to think and automatically just reacts. Last night when I was watching The Good Doctor, the autistic doctor was held at gun point. His immediate reaction, pacing and silence with his arms not moving, led the shooting to pull the trigger instead of listening to the gunman’s instructions. Holding back, in this situation was not a good call, but it was an automatic response.
For Article 2, I chose to post my personality results. I believe behavior has a lot to do with your underlying values. Discovering my behaviors has helped me understand my actions. Much of organizational behavior, I found, is the psychology of why people do the things they do. Is it a structural issue? A human error? BIS 340 helped me understand the importance of the five disciplines needed to think clearly in order to make successful changes.
Article 3: In BIS 360: The Integrated Worker, I was to compare two co-workers. I have great relationships with my co-workers but was instructed to identify strengths and weaknesses to assess behaviors. During this assignment involving people I personally know, I realized the perspective workers may have in the workplace. Their strengths and weaknesses come from not only who they are, but their environment as well.
Article 4: Before ASU, I had never heard of The Fifth Discipline. I am found it to be very in depth from the information Senge learned from Deming. I can relate to the main idea in the beginning of the book. I agree that we have been taught to obey or we would be disciplined. Discipline isn’t bad if you are still able to be creative with your work. “To practice discipline is to be a lifelong learner.” (Senge, 2006) Work/ Life/ School balance has been hard- especially through moving cross-country, buying a house and having serious health issues arise. This next article reveals more personality test results in addition to my responses to stress.
As far as organizational behaviors go, perspective is key. This TedTalk quickly became inspirational. The meaning behind Sutherlands speech has encouraged deeper understand about organization behaviors.