Organizational behavior is important due to the fact a better understanding can allow an organization to be extremely affective. To further the understanding, the McGraw-Hill Connect assessment helps identify unique strengths and weakness allowing us to make this possible. Furthermore, it asks a variety of questions that pinpoint our preferences on topics such as communication, organizational politics, and even leadership approaches. It is important for employees and managers understand how their differences affect the organizational behavior. This paper covers the McGraw-Hill Connect assessment and applies it to the United States Air Force. My personal experience in the military allows me to comment and discuss various issues I have personally …show more content…
I stated in the assessment that I experience high amounts of conflict and it is probably due to me not properly dealing with it. Again, the assessment highlighted that I avoid if possible and choose not to get in the middle of someone else’s disagreement. Collectively, these
PROJECT 2 PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT 5 areas need to be strengthened and I am positive the first has already been taken by identifying the deficiency.
Part III Life in Organizations Early in my Air Force career, I decided to stay enlisted instead of commissioning as an officer. As a young airman, I could see the politics involved with officers and it was something that I wanted to avoid. Of course, my supervisors tried to persuade me with money, but thankfully that has never influenced my decisions. To this day, I cannot grasp the politics involved in the military. According to Li, Wu, Liu, Kwan, & Liu (2013), individuals that have low self-esteem will likely have their opinions dismissed by leadership. Furthermore, I have never been hired for roles that would put me in the commander’s eyesight. My supervisors have told me that I need to play the game and get over myself. I understand that we have tradition but I am not going to lower my standards just because everyone else
But I’ve seen great leaders who stood in front of a platoon and saw it as 44 individuals, each of whom had his hopes, each of whom had his aspirations, each of whom wanted to live, each of whom wanted to do good. So, you must have character. Some great man once said that character is seen only when nobody is watching. It’s not what people do when they are being watched that demonstrates character, it’s what they do when they are not being watched that demonstrates true character.” (Shwarzkopf, N., 2001)
Should soldiers question the idea of blind loyalty to military leadership and superiority? Should the military search for a more effective way to draft suitable recruits? In either case, James Olson and Randy Roberts clearly help the audience to see the U.S. soldiers more directly and clearly, as well as illustrate that the perception of a war’s success should never by measured by body counts. Sadly, nothing will ever prevent innocent non-combatants, the men, women, and children, from being murdered in the heart of a war. Nothing will ever prevent some soldiers from acts of barbarity.
The Spartans believed that the youngest men in the army should defend the older and more experienced military men especially well. Although their “knees are no longer nimble” , it is apparent that the Spartans valued the wisdom and experience that seniors brought to the battle field nearly as much as their fighting ability. Through rank structure, this notion holds true today in nearly every armed forces organization. The longer a member devotes his life to the organization, along with the achievement of certain qualifications, the higher rank he achieves. Each rank has fewer members than the last, presenting seniors with a sense of reverence from the junior personnel.
Platoon Argumentative Essay If you’ve ever had an ethical dilemma related to upholding the Army Values, let me first warn you that this will not be your last ethical dilemma. Second, let me provide you with purpose, direction, and motivation to uphold the Army’s Standards to influence your decision. During the Vietnam War prompting this question to a second lieutenant may have been challenging due to little interest in prosecuting Vietnam war crimes.
The observations of this violations occur from the lowest to the highest levels regardless of rank. With the ever-changing operational environment, lots of positions in the Army are being fill by Soldiers with a rank below the requirement. Most Soldiers will look forward to serve in a position above their pay grade, and most of the time the person selecting them have confidence they are going to accomplish the mission. With the lack of experience, lack of time in service and grade, Soldiers can use tools like The High Ground – Facilitator Guide, the leadership requirements model, and others. The primary cause of abuse of power is inexperience and lack of respect for others as a person, and the lack of enforcing standards at all levels.
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS Canadian Tire Group 6 Navpreet Kaur (2215948) Azeem Younas (2231163) Sri Madhavi Surapaneni (2204956) Aastha Goel (2201337) Akanksha Kshatriya (2227093)
Many seem to over emphasize the many privileges gained as an officer and seem to completely overlook the ever more important duties that should be the true motivators. I must ensure to maintain this mindset. I must also remember to put “people first”. (Department of Defense, 1988) This will be a cornerstone in every decision I make.
The roles, rank, and status in the military determining
Among these five characteristics; military expertise, honorable service, trust, esprit de corps, and stewardship of the profession, I believe that military expertise and stewardship of the profession are the two characteristics that make a leader excel in the presence of their peers. ADRP 1 defines military expertise as, “Military expertise is the design, generation, support, and ethical application of land power, primarily in unified land operations, and all supporting capabilities essential to accomplish the mission in defense of the American people”. In order to gain trust from your subordinates for them to follow your guidance, a leader must have military expertise. Without being an expert in your field, subordinates will not trust your guidance provided unto them. ADRP 1 defines Stewardship of the Profession as, “Stewardship is the responsibility of Army professionals to ensure the profession maintains its five essential characteristics now and into the future”.
I have continued to strive to gain opportunities of both greater responsibility and authority. With this mentality, I have gained both the respect and confidence of those I work with. Although, I have made many decisions with the authority bestowed on by my command. I know that in order to truly challenge myself and effect the Army at
Introduction Organizational Behavior is the field of study which investigates the impact that individuals, group and structures have on behavior within the organization. We are born in an organization, we live, we work and most probably we will die in an organization. Yet most of us do not understand how people function, behave and interact between each other within these organizations. We also do not understand if people shape an organization or an organization shapes people. Different people work differently in different situations.
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The integrity they possess make them courage to fight the right thing to do. It is the basis for the trust that is essential for the Armed Forces to operate effectively. By having
The Army Profession rewards Soldier’s with honor, knowledge, and a sense of patriotism. Normal professions do not offer these rewards. Balancing the roles of Professional leaders is difficult in a large organization. The Army has an abundance of Soldiers in leadership positions. Balance can be achieved by focusing on two areas.
Before I attend to this class, I think Organizational Behavior (OB) is a concept how behavior affects the management, leadership and relationship among people in an organization resulting from the meaning of OB word by word. Nevertheless, this assumption was changed after I attend the Organizational Behavior class, which has the subject code BUS 314 thanks to my lecturer- Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hoang, who put huge efforts to inspire me to learn this subject. At the beginning of this course, he drew an overview of Organizational Behavior, is a field of study that explores the impact of three determinants: individual, groups and structure of an organization.