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Page 1© University of Phoenix 2015 MGT/312: Individual Differences, Perception, and Diversity

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MGT/312: Individual Differences, Perception, and Diversity

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Jun 25, 2015 MGT312 Individual Differences, Perception, and Diversity Transcript

Speakers: Angelo Kinicki, Ph.D.

ANGELO KINICKI, PH.D.: Hi. I’m Dr. Angelo Kinicki. In this week’s readings, you are going to be studying two important topics, individual differences and perception and diversity. Now knowledge of individual differences is really important.

For example, Larry Bossidy, former CEO of Allied Signal and Honeywell and Ram Charan, a well-known academic consultant, they studied what it takes to be a good leader and you’d be surprised to learn what they found the number one trait was. Self-awareness.

That’s correct. And you’re going to be taking self-awareness assessments in this class that will help you to be aware of the individual differences that drive all of our behavior. What is an individual difference?

It’s things like personality, age, gender, and we know from research that personality affects our behavior. You will learn about your personality. You will learn how certain kinds of personalities are people who tend to be more successful. You’re also going to learn about perception and I’ll tell you something, the older I get, the more I learn that perception is critical for everything. Perception is like my glasses. When I take the glasses off, I can’t see. When I put them on, it’s clear what I can see.

Perceptions guide everything we see and what we think and how we lead and how we behave. Understanding of that process will help you to be more effective at home as well as work.

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