Sell Yourself! - Recognizing Personality Types and Personalized Communication

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2023-2024

Thematik

Aim of the course is to help students in personality type recognition and perform appropriate, effective communication with all of them in everyday practice. Several personality typologies exist. However, one thing is common: every type requires different communication to avoid conflicts and reach results. This course help in the so important self-awareness. Everyone will receive exact guidelines to determine themselves at first. Later we learn, how to recognize the types in other people. Course offers guidelines for proper behavior, mental awareness and attitude towards each type of people. Through several role-plays we learn how to perform the best in different situations.

Vorlesungen

• 1. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): History, usage, limitations - Dr. Szentpéteri József László
• 2. Myers-Briggs Typology (MBTI): characteristics of the 16 personality types I. - Dr. Hargitai Evelin Gabriella
• 3. Myers-Briggs Typology (MBTI): characteristics of the 16 personality types II. - Dr. Hargitai Evelin Gabriella
• 4. The OCEAN model or “Big Five”: History, usage, limitations - Dr. Hargitai Evelin Gabriella
• 5. OCEAN model or “Big Five”: characteristics of the 5 personality types - Dr. Hargitai Evelin Gabriella
• 6. The Marston or DISC model: History, usage, limitations - Dr. Hargitai Evelin Gabriella
• 7. Understanding the basic structure of the Marston or DISC model. Why is it so popular and widely used? - Dr. Szentpéteri József László
• 8. Understanding the different personality tests and why are they so widely used at workplaces? - Dr. Szentpéteri József László
• 9. Dominant personality type: basic characteristics, recognition, proper communication - Hatházi Milán Attila
• 10. Inducement (Influencer) personality type: basic characteristics, recognition, proper communication - Hatházi Milán Attila
• 11. Submissiveness personality type: basic characteristics, recognition, proper communication - Hatházi Milán Attila
• 12. Compliance personality type: basic characteristics, recognition, proper communication - Hatházi Milán Attila
• 13. A mixture of Dominant-Inducement personality types: basic characteristics, recognition, proper communication - Dr. Várnai Réka
• 14. A mixture of Dominant-Compliance personality types: basic characteristics, recognition, proper communication - Dr. Várnai Réka
• 15. A mixture of Inducement-Compliance personality types: basic characteristics, recognition, proper communication - Dr. Várnai Réka
• 16. A mixture of Steadiness-Compliance personality types: basic characteristics, recognition, proper communication - Dr. Várnai Réka

Praktika

• 1. Completing a Myers-Briggs test. Report and discussion.
• 2. Completing an OCEAN test. Report and discussion.
• 3. Completing short DISC tests. Report and discussion.
• 4. Completing a long DISC test. Report and discussion.
• 5. Role plays I.: handling Dominant types, or people with such characteristics. Role plays in different situations and discussion.
• 6. Role plays II.: handling Inducement types, or people with such characteristics. Role plays in different situations and discussion.
• 7. Role plays III.: handling Steadiness types, or people with such characteristics. Role plays in different situations and discussion.
• 8. Role plays II.: handling Compliant types, or people with such characteristics. Role plays in different situations and discussion.

Seminare

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

None

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Will be provided during the course

Skript

Will be provided during the course

Empfohlene Literatur

- Steven Kessler (2015): The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity
- A.J. Drenth (2017): The 16 Personality Types: Profiles, Theory, & Type development
- Robert A Rohm (2005): Positive Personality Profiles: D-I-S-C-over Personality Insights to Understand Yourself and Others!

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

Maximum of 15 % absence allowed

Semesteranforderungen

Successful completion of the course requires continuous work. All along during the course, each participant will have to work on their own topic in addition to the centrally released assignments. The evaluation takes into account the degree of individual development, ability of critical thinking during the semester and the overall attitude.

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

None

Prüfungsfragen

Course ends up with a mid-term grade, so there is no exam during the exam period.

Prüfer

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen

• Dr. Hargitai Evelin Gabriella
• Dr. Szentpéteri József László
• Dr. Tuboly Ádám Tamás
• Dr. Várnai Réka
• Hatházi Milán Attila