The big five (OCEAN)

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Summary / abstract

A brief summary of the key points of your article

• time of development
• different names: the big five, OCEAN model, five-factor model (FFM)
• common personality model in the psychology
• Individual personality profiles are created instead of being classified into types
• OCEAN stands for:
  • openness to experience
  • conscientiousness
  • extraversion
  • agreeableness
  • neuroticism
• why, when and how to implement that in a company structure?

Big idea

describe the tool, concept or theory and explain its purpose. The section should reflect the current state of the art on the topic

theory:

• when and who developed the theory?
• have the theory been changed over the time?
• in which psychologic area can you locate the OCEAN model
• is there something that influences the Big 5?

tool:

• longer explanation of the OCEAN model
• OCEAN tests and personality tests

purpose:

• how to analyze and read the OCEAN model outcomes
• usage of the OCEAN model in business cases

Application:

provide guidance on how to use the tool, concept or theory and when it is applicable

Limitations:

critically reflect on the tool/concept/theory and its application context. What can it do, what can it not do? Under what circumstances should it be used, and when not? How does it compare to the “status quo” of the standards – is it part of it, or does it extent them? Discuss your article in the context of key readings / resources provided in class. Substantiate your claims with literature

Annotated bibliography:

Provide key references (3-10), where a reader can find additional information on the subject. The article MUST make appropriate references to the and reference material provided in class – either incorporating it as a source, or critically discussing aspects that are missing from it but covered by this article. Summarize and outline the relevance of each reference to the topic (around 100 words per reference). The bibliography is not counted in the suggested 3000 word target length of the article.