Study Notes
Study Notes 3301
Study Notes
PUBH3301 1
Study Notes 3301 Week Two Outcome: The Meaning of
Personality is the persona or mask of a person. It is changeable. Personality is the typical way in which a person
Personality
responds to situations or a person’s preferred way of behaving in particular situations (I.P.C. 2010). Before now, we didn’t really think that personality could change, so the 1957 definitions says that personality is the ‘fairly consistent’ patterns that make someone ‘unique’. The 1930’s say that personality is the ‘entire mental organisation of a person at any stage of their development.’ Personality traits become a personality disorder when the pattern of thinking and behaviour is extreme. This can be caused by brain injury, illicit drugs (esp. cannabis), mercury (treatment for syphilis) or dementia. Can cause major disruption or (in unusual cases) be beneficial! Examples of personality disorders – paranoid, antisocial, narcissistic and obsessive compulsive disorders.
Character on the other hand is the combination of the enduring qualities or beliefs of a person. Character is harder and takes longer to change.
Usually tests assume that personalities don’t change by W.P.I. doesn’t – more valid. Paranoid personality disorders are hard to treat because they are distrustful of authority, including healthcare workers. Antisocial are lacking in empathy; they gain pleasure in violating the rights of others and manipulating others. They are not good workers. Narcissistic personalities spend a lot of time trying to look good and be praised, they are easier to work with, needing a little benefit and praise over time, but can be inefficient. OCP is different from OCD, OCP people are strong ‘sticklers’ for rules so are good for rule based jobs but not so much for creativity. Discuss
the
Concepts
of
Top traits of managers; productive, gets work done, insightful, ambitious, dependable and responsible, ethical, assertive, straightforward in discussions, high intellectual capacity and socially perceptive.
Leadership
Bottom traits of managers; feels a lack of meaning in life, thin-skinned, submissive, accepts domination
Personality and
comfortably, handles anxiety and conflict by playing ostrich, has hostility towards others, has doubts about self-
Managerial
competence, handles stressful situations poorly, deceitful and opportunistic, blames others for own mistakes,
Personality
self-defeating (acts in ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ way).leadership traits that are desire are a little different to management traits; “JJ DID TIE BUCKLE’ = Justice, Judgement, Dependability, Initiative, Decisiveness, Tact, Integrity, Enthusiasm, Bearing, Unselfishness, Courage, Knowledge, Loyalty, Endurance. Originally taken from the army. Still applicable to health though! Justice = being fair, Judgement = making a decision.
The influence of
Linking personality traits to successful leaders = must consider context of the role. Can find good traits by
personality
looking at current successful leader’s traits. PhD won’t be as good as TAFE grad in teaching primary school for
attributes
on
example. Job autonomy is also important as are job demands (3 most important = context, autonomy and
effective
demands). Peter principle = too many difficult tasks, disparaged workers or job autonomy means that some
leadership and
leaders, although competent, may not succeed.
management
Formal and informal groups – formal and informal leaders. Formal leaders = role is to manage and conduct meeting, carried out by specific appointed members. Informal leader’s duties can be shared; leadership is
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Study Notes
PUBH3301 1
Study Notes 3301 Week Two Outcome: The Meaning of
Personality is the persona or mask of a person. It is changeable. Personality is the typical way in which a person
Personality
responds to situations or a person’s preferred way of behaving in particular situations (I.P.C. 2010). Before now, we didn’t really think that personality could change, so the 1957 definitions says that personality is the ‘fairly consistent’ patterns that make someone ‘unique’. The 1930’s say that personality is the ‘entire mental organisation of a person at any stage of their development.’ Personality traits become a personality disorder when the pattern of thinking and behaviour is extreme. This can be caused by brain injury, illicit drugs (esp. cannabis), mercury (treatment for syphilis) or dementia. Can cause major disruption or (in unusual cases) be beneficial! Examples of personality disorders – paranoid, antisocial, narcissistic and obsessive compulsive disorders.
Character on the other hand is the combination of the enduring qualities or beliefs of a person. Character is harder and takes longer to change.
Usually tests assume that personalities don’t change by W.P.I. doesn’t – more valid. Paranoid personality disorders are hard to treat because they are distrustful of authority, including healthcare workers. Antisocial are lacking in empathy; they gain pleasure in violating the rights of others and manipulating others. They are not good workers. Narcissistic personalities spend a lot of time trying to look good and be praised, they are easier to work with, needing a little benefit and praise over time, but can be inefficient. OCP is different from OCD, OCP people are strong ‘sticklers’ for rules so are good for rule based jobs but not so much for creativity. Discuss
the
Concepts
of
Top traits of managers; productive, gets work done, insightful, ambitious, dependable and responsible, ethical, assertive, straightforward in discussions, high intellectual capacity and socially perceptive.
Leadership
Bottom traits of managers; feels a lack of meaning in life, thin-skinned, submissive, accepts domination
Personality and
comfortably, handles anxiety and conflict by playing ostrich, has hostility towards others, has doubts about self-
Managerial
competence, handles stressful situations poorly, deceitful and opportunistic, blames others for own mistakes,
Personality
self-defeating (acts in ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ way).leadership traits that are desire are a little different to management traits; “JJ DID TIE BUCKLE’ = Justice, Judgement, Dependability, Initiative, Decisiveness, Tact, Integrity, Enthusiasm, Bearing, Unselfishness, Courage, Knowledge, Loyalty, Endurance. Originally taken from the army. Still applicable to health though! Justice = being fair, Judgement = making a decision.
The influence of
Linking personality traits to successful leaders = must consider context of the role. Can find good traits by
personality
looking at current successful leader’s traits. PhD won’t be as good as TAFE grad in teaching primary school for
attributes
on
example. Job autonomy is also important as are job demands (3 most important = context, autonomy and
effective
demands). Peter principle = too many difficult tasks, disparaged workers or job autonomy means that some
leadership and
leaders, although competent, may not succeed.
management
Formal and informal groups – formal and informal leaders. Formal leaders = role is to manage and conduct meeting, carried out by specific appointed members. Informal leader’s duties can be shared; leadership is
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