Prelim Handout for HRM1F (eu100b)

HANDOUT IN EU 100B

Personality: Embodiment of feelings and behavior which makes man the unique person that he is.

Components of Personality:

1. Habits – Actions so often repeated at regular intervals until they become fixed characteristics.
2. Attitudes – Certain ways of viewing things as acquired through years of exposure.
3. Interest – Natural inclination to focus one’s concern towards a specific area of work.
4. Values – Ways of upholding certain priorities in accordance with hierarchy of needs.
5. Principles – Guides to a person in making judgments.
6. Intellectual Capacities – Innate faculty of the mind which gives the person power to discern, recognize and comprehend.

Developing One’s Personality
1. Self Awareness – Indicates what kind of person you are.
2. Assessment of Personal Assets and Liabilities – based on intelligence, talents, resources, flexibilities and attractiveness.
3. Personal Effectiveness – Means how useful you are to yourself and other people.

Reasons for Developing Personality
1. Self Satisfaction
2. Self Confidence
3.To keep ourselves on the job.


Foundations of Personality
1. Mental – Intellectual Capacity .
2. Social – How well a person conducts himself with other people.
3. Physical – The physiological structure of individual.
4. Emotional – Emotional makeup.
5. Moral – Awareness of right and wrong.
6. Spiritual – Consciousness of higher values in life.


External Attributes of Personality
1. Physical Health
2. Hygiene
3. Grooming
4. Accessories
5. Make-up
6. Posture
7. Use of Color Combinations

Physical Health
1. Brain 2. Exercise 3. Nutrition 4. Skin

Good Grooming: Appropriate clothes on appropriate occasions.
Essentials in Buying Clothes: Good fit, Good workmanship and Good Materials.
Accessories: Jewelry, shoes, bags.
Good Posture: State which enables the body to function to the best advantage.