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Personal Assessment: Management Readiness Report The purpose of this assignment is to enable you to market yourself to employers and others during the job search process. You will take assessments of your personality, strengths, etc. and explain how the results of the assessments impact your leadership and management skills. The assessment paper should be in your own words and include supporting claims using personal examples and supporting evidence from the assigned reading. Professional writing is required. APA should be used for formatting citations. Before beginning this project, review the assigned reading posted on the class website and pasted below, take notes on the points that stand out to you. Assigned Reading: 1). https://jell.com/blog/adapt-leadership-employee-personalities/ 2). https://www.psychometrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Using-the-MBTI-to-EnhanceWorkplace-Communication.pdf (Chapter on Myer’s Briggs and Workplace Communication) 2). https://libguides.uky.edu/c.php?g=580422&p=4019405 (Several Resources Here) 3). https://www.headstuff.org/topical/science/myers-briggs-big-five/ (Argues that the Big 5 is a better assessment of personality…provides a discussion of both personality assessments) 4). https://www.saba.com/blog/how-you-can-use-myers-briggs-type-indicators-to-be-a-bettermanager (Management and Myer’s Briggs Profile) 5). https://www.marketplace.org/2018/10/30/myers-briggs-system-evaluate-employees/ (Myer’s Briggs Used in Contemporary Workplaces)

*I encourage you to find articles on your own to strengthen your understanding. Try searching “Personality and Management,” “Personality and Leadership,” “Myer’s Briggs and Management,” “Using the Big 5 in Management,” etc. Personal effectiveness is the foundation for good management. Becoming a good manager requires practice and personal improvement. This project will give you the opportunity to take online assessments in order to discover more about your leadership and management strengths and skills. • Go to https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/IPIP-BFFM/ and take the Big 5 Personality Test • Go to http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp and take the free Myer’s Briggs Typology Assessment. Take this assessment via paper and total your score: Orientation Toward Work Assessment (VandeWalle)

Here is a WIKI page explaining more about this assessment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal_orientation Individuals have different views about how they approach work. Please read each statement on the following page and select the response that reflects how much you agree or disagree with the statement. 1 = strongly disagree 2 = disagree 3 = sort of disagree 4 = neither agree or disagree 5 = sort of agree 6 = agree 7 = strongly agree

1. I am willing to select a challenging work assignment that I can learn a lot from _____ 2. I often look for opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge _____ 3. I enjoy challenging and difficult tasks at work where I’ll learn new skills _____ 4. For me, further development of my work ability is important enough to take risks _____ 5. I like to show that I can perform better than my co-workers _____ 6. I try to figure out what it takes to prove my ability to others at work _____ 7. I enjoy it when others at work are aware of how well I am doing _____ 8. I prefer to work on projects where I can prove my ability to others _____ 9. I would avoid taking on a new task if there was a chance that I would appear rather incompetent to others _____ 10. Avoiding a show of low ability is more important to me than learning a new skill _____ 11. I’m concerned about taking on a task at work if my performance would show I had low ability _____ 12. I prefer to avoid situations at work where I might perform poorly _____

Calculating Results •

Learning goal orientation: Sum and average your responses to questions 1 – 4

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Proving goal orientation: Sum and average your responses to questions 5 – 8

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Avoiding goal orientation: Sum and average your responses to questions 9 – 12

On which type of goal orientation do you score highest? ________________________

Print the results of your assessments or take a picture and upload the picture, reflect on your psychological profile and genetic traits as well as your orientation toward work. Attach the printout or results page to your paper. Analysis of Results Evaluate your Meyer’s Briggs results and the results of the Big 5 Personality Assessment as they relate to management functions and skills discussed in the SHRM article shared online or at this link https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/book-blog/pages/the-top-10-managementskills-you-need.aspx. Taking these two assessments will give you additional insights into your personality characteristics and your suitability for management. After taking the assessments, ask yourself: 1). What information in your profile supports you as a manager? 2). What are the areas that might need further development based on the profile, or that indicate you might not be a good manager at this point? * These assertions must be supported with the assigned reading and/or sources you find on your own. The sources must be cited. You are expected to cite at least four sources using APA. 3). Do you agree/disagree with the outcomes of the assessments? 4). In what ways do the results currently manifest themselves in your life or not? In what ways are the results of the assessments similar or different? 5). What difference will these results make in your life as a leader/manager? Include in the overall analysis of your readiness for management and use any experience that you have had either as a manager or in any type of leadership position (including work, school, volunteering, etc.) as examples throughout the report. For example, if you were president of a club in high school or college, how did the members view you in terms of leadership, planning skills, organization, and control? How did you enjoy the experience? What did you learn? Written Report Once you have taken the online instruments and analyzed your results, compile the data into a two-three-page business report, summarizing the outcomes and your reflections.

Paper Organization: This should be written as a business report. Here is a link to the format for a business report https://slideplayer.com/slide/762092/2/images/3/Business+Report.jpg. The information should be easy for me to read—concise and clear. Use headings throughout the report. First page: Title, Name etc. centered on the page; introductory paragraph that includes a hook, previews contents of report, and a thesis statement; the body, with headings—Heading Examples: Assessment of Outcomes, Comparing Results, and Application of the Results to Management and Leadership, conclusion, and a reference page (minimum of four sources-book and other sources). Sources should be cited in APA format. Report should be no longer than three pages (double space between paragraphs single space within paragraphs) and a minimum of two full pages. Your paper will be assessed based on four major areas: Organization and Report Format (followed instructions outlined in the assignment, followed format of a business report (single spaced within paragraphs, double spaced between, block format, name and heading centered at top, used section headings, etc.), Content and Critical Thinking (analysis and synthesis of results and application of results to leadership and management), Grammar and Mechanics (see instructions on writing in the syllabus), and APA Formatting (sources, including the textbook and assigned reading, used to support ideas and cited in APA format at the end of the report). Submitting Report When you have completed your report, please upload the document as a Microsoft Word document (including a screen shot of your results) in Blackboard under the Turnitin Assignment Tab....