Johari window

Johari window is a wonderful tool which helps us to figure out our relationship
with ourselves and with others. It contains four windows namely Arena, blind
spot, façade and unknown.
 Arena: By observing the arena window, we get to understand that our
characteristics which are known to us and which other people know
about us too. These characteristics are reflected by our behaviour out in
the open.
 Blind spot: These are our characteristics which are known to our peers
and people around us, but are unknown to us. These may be the points
which we reflect and other people notice however we are not aware of
them until our peers inform us about them.
 Façade: These can be termed as our personal behavioural secrets which
we know about ourselves but our peers don’t. Sometimes these are
hidden by us intentionally and sometimes it is possible that we generally
don’t reflect these characteristics out in the open however they are
present within us.
 Unknown: These are the characteristics which were have however
neither our peers know about them nor do we ourselves know about the
existence of these characteristics. Thus they are termed as unknown by
all.
Johari window helped me to understand my key behavioural areas which need
some work for me to be a better human being for myself and for my peers.
Big 5 model of personality
The five expansive character qualities depicted by the big 5 model of
personality are extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and
neuroticism.
Extraversion: This can be defined as our desire to open up to our social world.
People who are greater in extraversion are generally extroverts who enjoy
spending time with their friends and family and are generally outgoing. The
opposite of these people are introverts who tend to remain in their comfort
zone and try not to mix up socially.
Agreeableness: This a quality of personality which reflects the kindness, and
emotional part of a person. An agreeable person would be warm to others and
acceptable towards them while an un-agreeable person would be competitive
or manipulative in nature.
Openness: This property is about someone’s willingness to try new things in
life. People with high openness look for change in their lives every once in a
while.
Conscientiousness: A person with high conscientiousness will bear pain and
make careful decisions. Achievement is an important part of this personality.
Neuroticism: A person with high neuroticism will be an anxious one. This
person is used to be under stress, insecurity and vulnerability.
FIRO- B
FIRO-B can be characterized as the manner by which an individual typically
interacts with other individuals. It stands for Fundamental Interpersonal
Relationship Orientation- Behaviour.
This exercise helps us to understand how we relate ourselves with other
people in our surroundings. How we interact with them, which identifies
whether an individual can work in a team and what role would he/she play if in
a team. It defines how a person’s need for acceptance, affection and control
can change his/her behaviour towards others.
After performing this exercise I realised the area I have to work on with
reference from the Johari window exercise.
Knowing your conflict handling style
. Conflict arises when there is a mismatch of views or disagreement of views
between individuals.
Conflicts can have both positive as well as negative outcomes. The conflicts
which have positive outcomes are known as functional conflicts and the ones
with negative outcomes are known as a dysfunctional conflicts. Functional
conflicts are good for an organisation as it yields some progress whereas a
dysfunctional conflict is not desirable.
After the exercise, I found out that I have a compromise conflict style, which
means that I try to compromise in times of a consult. I will try to get some of
my views agreed upon and I myself would agree on some points of the other
individual. This way is known as win-some lose-some conflict handling style
Negotiation – Buying furniture
In this exercise I learnt the ins and outs of a negotiation. We were separated
into two groups, sellers and the buyers, where sellers were trying to sell a set
of furniture at the highest price possible while the buyer group tried to buy the
furniture at the lowest price possible.
A good negotiation is when we put our views in front of the other party and
also listen to their views with patience. A negotiation is successful when both
the parties come to an agreement. A negotiation should not be about winning
or losing. I experienced during the activity that both the groups were not
listening to each other but just trying to prove their favourable point. Neither
anything else was being discussed like the qualities of the furniture and its
selling point.
Desert survival
This was a very interesting exercise where we were asked to select the priority
from a list of products in a scenario, which was being stuck in the desert. Much
to my surprise when the list prepared by a survival expert was revealed, I did
not expect the products like a vanity mirror to be on the top on the list.
I realized that the things we use in our day to day life can be the reason of our
survival in a situation like this. They may not seem important right now but
they play a very crucial role in times of need. We have to think out of the box
when we are stuck in situations like this and should be patient and calm.
Staying calm and patient can play a major role in our survival and we will be
able to think it out.
Team building scenario games
In this exercise we learned about the differences between a group and a team.
 A group mainly focusses on the individual goals whereas a team focusses
on team goals along with individual goals.
 A group is kind of an informal setup whereas a team is a formal setup.
 A group does not need sub groups within them, while a team may
consist of sub teams, all working for the ultimate goal.
 A group may have internal conflicts however a team always competes
with a different team.
While creating a team, one should keep in mind a few important
characteristics required for an ideal team. These are diversity in a team, clarity
of mission that the team has to work towards, proper distribution of authority
and responsibilities, acknowledgement of achievements, accreditation to
creativity and innovation.
Self Leadership style

Through this exercise we learned about the different qualities required by an

individual to be a leader and how the qualities of a leader are different from
those required to be a manager. We learned that a leader requires to have a
vision in mind and should be courageous. He/she should have the power to
inspire people who follow him and should be proactive in taking an initiative.
We also performed the blake and moutan’s leadership theory to identify our
own leadership style. Through this exercise I found that lie somewhere in the
“middle of road” leadership style which means that I have equal task as well as
people concern. This exercise compares the people orientation and task
orientation of an individual.
Organisation structure
In this exercise we were divided into groups of ten and were given a machine
as our topic. The machine which my group received was an airplane. The task
was to utilize all the members of the group to create a model of respective
machine allotted. The aim of this exercise was to realize the importance of
every part of an organization, whether big or small and that the contribution of
all the parts of an organisation is what helps the firm to achieve the common
goal.
It is important for all the parts of an organisation to stay connected and to stay
linked in order to achieve maximum efficiency. Different parts are allotted with
different types of tasks and when all the parts perform their task in a good
manner, the firm prospers. An organisation structure can be of different types
and it depends on the goal of the organisation and its functioning.
Classroom culture
With the help of this exercise I was able to figure out the culture of my
classroom according to me. We were asked to rate our classroom on various
aspects from one through five where one mean strongly agreeing with the
aspect while five means strongly disagreeing with the aspect.
After completing the rating exercise I found that as per me my classroom is a
close structured, task oriented and individualistic classroom. It has a stability
oriented culture which represents consistency in high performance.