Organizational Behavior: Personal Statement

From Childhood, we grew up with a dream to become a respectable person and hold a responsible position in a prestigious firm. To me, I always dreamt of holding a managerial positions handling people and driving the Organization. I started understanding the in and out of becoming a Manager after enrolling in Engineering Management Graduate program, especially Organizational Behavior.

I always felt that technical expertise would get me greater heights. My perception was clearly negated when I started reading Organizational behavior, [part of this course. While growing up, we were told that “maintaining good relationship with people is important’. It occurred to me like I need to maintain good friendship. It might seem sensible till the stage

My existence needs are satisfied partially. The reason being, I was desperate for a job during my Graduate program and I didn’t mind of pay. I always felt that when I deliver the best, I would be getting the desired pay automatically. Motivation in a job would help satisfying needs of relatedness and existence. When it comes to growth, since I am student and entered into a firm at entry level position, my growth expectations and their needs are really high. My current job is more of repetitive task and I made some plans to learn something new everyday to keep myself motivated in the Organization. I am looking forward to see my growth, relatedness and existence needs getting satisfied.I also have decided to work on Six Sigma project where I could develop new skills and contribute immensely to my work although it is not my

I was quite surprised with this result. I have to improve myself to earn a trust and handle my people better in workplace in order to achieve balance in workplace. I want to become a leader where I align my people towards Organizational goal and unite people of different competencies & skills. Engaging in team meetings, reading some leadership books will help me achieve better score of People Oriented style. To become a successful leader and Manager, I need to communicate my ideas explicitly. I found myself not being open, attentive and friendly in communication aspect. Participating in group discussions, class lectures, seminars will help me stimuli my thoughts and provoke me to communicate