Givers, Takers, and Matchers: Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
Working Independently, you will watch Adam Grant’s TED Talk from TED@IBM, November 2016: Are you a giver or a taker?
https://www(dot)ted(dot)com/talks/adam_grant_are_you_a_giver_or_a_taker
Your assignment should be 12-point front, double spaced, and not exceed three pages (not including title page). Please use APA Reference Format for all material you refer to in your report.
Please Answer the Following Questions
1. Define: Givers, Takers, Matchers. Explain why each type is or is not someone you want in your organization (on the bus)? (3-6 sentences)
2. Which Type(s) [Givers/Takers/Matchers] are most likely to display Organizational Citizenship Behaviours (chapter 4)? Give some examples from the Talk or from our Text of what those might be. (2-4 sentences)
3. How might a manager that is also a Giver, match the concept of the Five-Minute Favors with Awards (chapter 6) to help them avoid burnout while contributing to the success of the employees on their team? (1-2 paragraphs)
4. When we voted on which of the Big Five Personality Traits (chapter 3) was more or less positive, many students believed Agreeableness to be one of the best traits. Why is this a dangerous assumption when trying to avoid hiring a Taker? (1-2 paragraphs)
5. This Talk tells us that Takers “kiss up while they kick down”. During course introductions your professor shared her quote to live by. What is that Quote? Do you believe your professor is a Giver, a Taker or a Matcher based on this? Why do you believe that? (1-2 sentences)
Each question is worth 3 marks. Respond to all parts of each question using full sentence, proper grammar and spelling.
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Givers, Takers, and Matchers
1 Givers are individuals who are always willing to help others, and their interactions are mainly meant to benefit the other person. On the other hand, takers are individuals who are self-serving in their interactions. They all focus on what other people can do for them. Generally, they are individuals who focus care more about their interests. Matchers are individuals who strive to balance between giving and taking. The matchers tend to help others, but they expect a favor in return. I cannot tolerate givers in my organization because they might fail to perform through their selfless acts. The same goes for takers because by putting their interests first, they might forget the imperative values of the organization. However, the matchers can be tolerated because all their actions are on a balanced scale.
2 The matchers are the most likely to display organizational citizenship behaviors. This is because they try to keep an even balance of giving and taking. For example, according to the talk, their actions revolve around the concept of "I'll do something for you if you do something for me." This concept of sacrificing their efforts to help others but at the same time expecting some favors in return is crucial to the organization because, in the long run, the orga...