I need help with Part 1 on the assignment.

The purpose of the portion of the project is to help you develop a deeper, more empathic understanding of yourself. Effective employees and effective managers have abilities to reflect on and think about themselves and their experiences in a manner that helps them make sense of organizational life. This reflection extends one's view of the world and creates a more complex understanding of management. Research has shown this to be a key skill for effective leadership.

Over the course of your life you have received information relevant to you as a person - from experience (work, volunteer, school), from friends and family. The personality survey results and values exercises provide you with additional information about yourself. Some of that information will conform to what you already knew about yourself, other information may be surprising or unexpected. Additionally some of the information may be easy to understand in the context of your life while other information may be confusing. Your job is to refine that information into a coherent picture of yourself, and your future.

Using the information learned from the results of the personality survey and the values worksheets, assess your career goals and your goals for future growth (particularly in a management role), and communicate your findings in written formin a self-analytic manner.

Suggestions for Your Analysis:

• Step 1 - Read the corresponding textbook chapters and complete the Personality Survey and the 2 values exercises and have the results during our online class for analysis
• Review your survey results to determine where they are similar and/or where they differ from what you thought about yourself
• Look for themes, commonalities and contrasts among and between your results
• Present a coherent picture of yourself, who are you?What are you waiting to find out?
• Ask yourself how your skills, beliefs, attitudes, values, moods and the various facets of your personality influence the way you act in important work related roles and situations (e.g. as a possible employee, manager, or even an owner)
• Identify what you believe to be your most important characteristics! (provide evidence)
• Then answer the following set of numbered questions:

You may organize your paper anyway you see fit, however it should address the following issues in text form. The final length of Part 1 should reach about 6-10 pages (double-spaced).

1. What do I know about myself? (personality, motivation, values, attitudes, moods)
2. What do I know about my resources and capabilities? (knowledge, skills, abilities)
3. What does this mean for my future? (career AND personal)
4. What does this say about my future jobs/career? (ideal job, ideal organization? finding a good fit? jobs to be avoided, organizations to be avoided?)
5. Where do I go from here to develop into an effective manager (describe personal growth recommendations & implementation strategies for yourself)
6. Describe three decision making biases (from the Decision Biases List) that you believe you need to work on as you progress through your life and career

Use the results of the personality surveys and the two values exercises...only you know what sort of skills and abilities you have, so think about those and also what motivates you and include what you can.

Grading:

The distinguishing points for grading purposes will be:

• Diagnostic ability (the ability to identify and organize concrete and significant data about phenomena that you are trying to analyze)
• The thoroughness of your analysis
• Analytic and conceptual skills (the extent to which you are able to integrate your own personal experience and the various theories and concepts from the course for reaching an insightful understanding of the phenomena under examination)
• The depth of your analysis
• Communication skills (the extent to which you are able to communicate in a clear, non-judgmental and concise manner)
• Organization, grammar, correct usage, sentence structure and tone.