Fundamentals of Management, 8th ed

Job Values S urvey

Job Value

Student Average

Employer Perc eptions

Working Conditions

12

−

Work with People

7

−

Employee Benefits

11

−

Challenge

2

−

Location of Job

13

−

Self-Development

3

−

Type of Work

4

−

Job Title

14

−

Training Program

9

+

Advancement

1

+

Salary

6

−

Company Reputation

10

+

Job Security

8

−

Autonomy on the Job

5

−

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CHAPTER 9: PERSONALITY TYPES AT WORK

Conclude by addressing the following questions:

1. Do you feel that the online test accurately assessed your personality?

2. Is it easy to measure personality? What are some problems or limitations with

personality assessments?

3. Share your assessment results and your answers with the class. Are the person-

ality types equally represented in your class? If some types are over- or under-

represented, why do you think that is so?

For more information about Myers-Briggs personality types in the workplace, visit

www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/the-16-mbti-types.asp;

www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/mb-simpl.htm; www.mbtitoday.org; and www.bbc.co.

uk/science/humanbody/mind/surveys/whatamilike/index.shtml. A host of other personality

assessments are available online.

While none of these sites is scientifically validated and should not be used to replace the

advice of a professional, they can provide you with some interesting ideas and insights.

CHAPTER 10: ASSESSING YOUR NEEDS

This set of needs was developed in 1938 by H. A. Murray, a psychologist, and operatio-

nalized by another psychologist, I. W. Atkinson. Known as Murray’s Manifest Needs

because they are visible through behavior, they are the following:

1. Achievement

2. Affiliation

3. Aggression

4. Autonomy

5. Exhibition

6. Impulsivity

7. Nurturance

8. Order

9. Power

10. Understanding

To score your results, look at each question individually—the needs correspond one-

to-one to the items on the assessment questionnaire.

Although little research has evaluated Murray’s theory, the different needs have been

investigated. People seem to have a different profile of needs underlying their motiva-

tions at different ages. The more any one or more of these needs are descriptive of you,

the more you see that particular need as being active in your motivational makeup.

For more information, see H. A. Murray, Explorations in Personality (New York: Oxford

University Press, 1938); and J. W. Atkinson, An Introduction to Motivation (Princeton,

NJ: Van Nostrand, 1964).