Management and Organizational Behavior

Goal: The goal of this assignment is to learn about the world of personality assessments and related management dialogues by taking one of the leading and most widely accepted inventories-the "Big Five." Another such assessment is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which business students likely took in the BUS302 "Gateway" course. The working assumption is that personality is a factor that influences work performance.

Instructions: Go to the web site below and take the online assessment. The assessment consists of 120 items. First, you will need to check two boxes (look carefully on the screen) to indicate that you understand there is a slight chance the program might crash (don't worry-it won't crash) and that you understand the limitations of the test (which I will also explain in class). Second, go to the bottom of the page, click "Send" to begin answering the questions. I estimate that completing the entire assessment (the 120 questions are split into two sections of 60 questions each) will take between 15 and 45 minutes, depending on a number of factors. The profile works by comparing your answers to others' answers in similar (but broad) demographic groups.