Leadership Dynamics

Assignment 2: Individual Assignment

Name                        :        Vijayakrishnan Thekkemakkadath

ID No.                        :        100047222

Course/Intake        :        MBA/28

Course Facilitator        :        Kerry Clark

Due Date                :        12th August 2005

Contact Details

Mobile                :        +65-90625737

Email                        :        [email protected]

Individual Learning Review:

Based on the self-assessment used in the course:

  1. Summarize in your learning journal the results of each assessment you complete in the course.
  2. Share your results, insights and conclusions with someone you trust and respect. Ask them for their reactions and comments.
  3. Discuss in the journal:
  • What you learned about yourself.
  • How your perceptions of yourself are similar and different from that of the person with whom you discussed your assessments.
  • How your style could affect your relationship with others, particularly your work relationship. Consider its influence on how you see and relate to others, how others react towards you, and implications for the kind of work you prefer.
  • Given this information, what can you do to take advantage of your strengths and minimize your weakness as a manager/leader?

Table of contents

Introduction

The purpose of this learning log is to understand myself as a leader and a person in a better way based on six quizzes done below.  This may not be an absolute and accurate measurement, but are more indicative in nature. Each person is made to think and act differently, so there is nothing right or wrong about the answers.

The brief descriptions of the quizzes, my own results and the interpretation and assessment of the tests follows.

  1. Rotter’s Locus of Control

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Locus of control refers to the extend to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them. The locus of control can be internal or external and the definitions are given below:

        

Internal: People with internal locus believe in their own actions or Karma that determine the events. For example, a person with internal locus of control is more likely to say, “I more strongly believe that promotions are earned through hard work and persistence."         

External: People with external locus believe in fate, chance and luck more than their actions that determine the events. A person ...

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