Type A Personality Analysis

Whilst studying business in sixth form, I partook in a team for a charity event in which we created and sold our own milkshakes with the proceeds going to WaterAid. One of the main factors that contributed to our success was our overall efficiency and performance. We implemented our own individual skills which allowed us to merge our strengths and progress as a team. We respected each other’s differences and used this to our advantage. Whilst we were all very different, I do feel that these differences worked well and complemented each other’s style of working in a positive way.
Within the team, I felt that I was a conscientious character as I was responsible and dependable, thus was determined to contribute to the best …show more content…
These are usually distinguished into extra-organisational stress, which would refer to stress from personal life, or could stem from work life, which would then fall under the umbrella of organisational stress. Personalities of individuals can be differentiated into Type A and Type B personalities, and while everyone is bound to experience stress at some point in their life or another, individuals with a Type A personality are usually more prone to suffering from stress. A person with a Type A personality tends to carry out everyday tasks quite rapidly and constantly feel under time pressure. They can often be impatient and competitive, and tend to multitask quite frequently and find it difficult to cope with leisure. Contrastingly, a person with a Type B personality is often calm and never in a hurry, usually not punctual and has no deadline for tasks, and can relax without feeling any guilt. Whilst everyone will experience stress at some point or another, the most important part of stress is how you manage …show more content…
A person in a team or organisation may have to perform many roles which conflict with each other, or be required to perform many roles beyond their abilities due to understaffing or absences. This was evident during our event; there was a particular situation just before the lunch rush when we realised that we would require more stock in order to be able to continue producing milkshakes. Having been more popular in the morning than anticipated, our inventory was running low, therefore Usama took it upon himself to purchase additional stock. However, as it took longer than expected, he had still not returned when the lunch rush started, leaving Alex and I very understaffed. Alex, who can be seen to portray a Type B personality, remained calm and relaxed, and continued to produce milkshakes at his own pace. I however, was more stressed to produce as many batches of milkshake at any one time, as well as serving customers and collecting payments, thus portraying a Type A personality. This inevitably resulted in an incident, in which I spilt milkshake all over myself. As a non-team member assisted in taking charge allowing me to clean up, I later realised that it would have been wise to assign them to undertake some of my duties as soon as I realised that we were