Organizational Behavior Ch. 13

Presented by P. Liu, J. Verbakel, S. van der Molen and G. Kuiten

INFLUENCES ON THE NATURE OF WORK

STRUCTURE

• Personality

• Roles

• Application

• Video ‘Hire the Right People’

• Case Study

• Management Take-aways

PERSONALITY

• Each person is unique

• The importance for organizations to understand the nature of work

• http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do.html

ROLES

• Roles in general

• Role Management & Development

• Roles transparency

• Disfunction and stress

ROLES

Applying different roles within a company leads to a decline of credibility

APPLICATION• We all use it

• Nyenrode

• Managing

• Matching personality, expertise and role

APPLICATION

• Physical

• Intelligence

• Verbal reasoning

• Presentation

• Numeracy

• Literacy

• Skills

• Aptitude

• Attainment

• Pressure

• Work sampling

• Work portfolios

• What if?

• Personality

Tests:• Numeracy Understanding of numbers

• Intelligence Test the mind

• Verbal reasoning Argumentations

• Skills Level of skills and quality

• Pressure How to work under pressure

APPLICATION

Can do Will do

VIDEO

• 'Hire the Right People'

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSnWnqq23JU

CASE STUDY

• Matching personality with function

• Moviehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpKWKlUuOIM

CASE STUDY

Supervisor

Fitters Rigger

Welders Operators

MANAGEMENT TAKE-AWAYS

In an organization it is critical to match characteristics and abilities of

personnel with the right function.

QUESTIONS

Yes No