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Mapping CLOs to Assignment Questions
Course Learning Outcomes
CLO1: Explain the concepts, theories and principles of
organizational behavior as they relate to employee motivation,
team development, leadership and organizational structure.
PLOs
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CLO2: Evaluate the role of employee individual characteristic on 5
team performance, organizational performance and
commitment, and provide recommended solutions to address
deviant employee behavior.
CLO3: Identify and analyze major job attitudes and their impact
on employee and organizational performance.
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CLO4: Draw a set of interventions to improve productivity and
enhance job satisfaction in organizations.
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Review the materials on the Big 5 personality model - Assess the below Exhibit and fill in
each of the blue blocks considering the workplace under the headings WHY IS IT
RELEVANT and WHAT DOES IT AFFECT
Each blue block to contain 3 answers (i.e., short sentences) - this means 10 blue blocks
multiple with 3 sentences each = 30 sentences in total - see example below regarding structure
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EXAMPLE
The big five trait
Openness
Why is it relevant
What does it affect
 It reveals the behavior
 The response to
and mindset of an
decision-making. A
person who is closeindividual’s response
minded might prefer
to decision-making.
using an old but
 It determines the
successful method.
efficiency of an
An open-minded
employee to achieve
person prefers to new
their goal.
ideas.
 A closed-minded
 The planning and
person will reject or
execution of tasks. For
be overwhelmed to a
example, a systematic
bold feedback so the
person would be more
most effective
efficient to do a
approach to them is
repetitive task while a
an explanation and
spontaneous person
reasoning. Whereas,
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an open-minded
person can be
approachable and is
more open to
feedback.
Conscientiousness
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Extroversion
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Agreeableness
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Emotional stability
(Neuroticism)
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To be good at
planning ahead
To be responsible,
disciplined and
organized
So that they can
regulate and control
their behavior
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It analyses the factors
required for each
individual to thrive or
feel energized.
It makes the person
more sociable.
High level of comfort
and assertiveness by
being interactive with
in social situation
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Sympathetic, which
allows them to work
well in team.
Empathy: Helps build
healthy and positive
organizational culture
Compliance: They
work within the rules
of the company.
It’s a measure of
emotional stability.
It gives an insight to
an employee’s
performance
capability.
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would be more
efficient to do
something different
and new.
The approach to idea
or criticism.
Affects the ability to
be reliable and are
careless and
procrastinates most of
the time.
Tend to be more
impulsive and
unorganized
They might not be
able to plan ahead for
any foreseeable
trouble
It affects the
relationship and the
expectations amongst
individuals.
To share thought with
people and exchange
ideas
Tends to maintain low
key and deliberate and
fatigued by too much
interaction
They respect the ideas
of the group members.
It will allow people to
social connections and
have a friendly
culture.
It reduces the
organizational risk.
Individuals with a
high score are easily
stressed and have
anger management
issues.
Self esteem and
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Emotionally stable
individuals tend to
make more
pragmatic decisions.
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mental health are at
stake.
It creates a
communication
barrier between the
managers and
employees.
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