Organizational behaviour - Johari window model by Sachin Sawhney MBA 1st sem. The Business School Jammu University

2. Index
• What is Johari Window
• Founders
• Formation of Name
• Base of Model
• Johari Window 4 Quadrants
• Using the Model – In Theory
• Advantages & Disadvantages
• Summary

3. Johari Window
• The Johari Window model is a simple and useful tool for illustrating and improving
self-awareness, and mutual understanding between individuals within a group.
• It states about one’s feelings, experience, emotions, skills, attitude, views, intentions,
motivations.
• The Johari Window model can also be used to assess and improve a group's
relationship with other groups

4.  The Johari Window model was devised by American psychologists
Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in 1955, while researching group
dynamics at the University of California Los Angeles
 The model was first published in the Proceedings of the Western
Training Laboratory in Group Development by UCLA Extension
Office in 1955, and was later expanded by Joseph Luft.
Founders

5.  Luft and Ingham called their Johari Window model 'Johari ' after
combining their first names, Joe and Harry. In early publications
the word appears as 'JoHari '.
Formation of Name

6. Base of Model
• Johari window is based on Four Square Grid
• It is based on two important factors – Self and Others
‘Self’ --oneself
the person subject to
the Johari window analysis
‘Others’ – other people in the team

7. Johari window four quadrants

8.  First Quadrant of Johari window is (open)- which means (Set of
those personality aspect- which is not only known to self but also
known by others.
Open (First Quadrant)

9.  Second Quadrant of Johari Window is (Blind)- which means (Set
of those personality aspect- which is unknown to self but known
to others.
Blind (Second Quadrant)

10.  Third Quadrant of Johari window is (Hidden) – which means (Set
of those personality aspect – which is known to self but unknown
to others.
Hidden (Third Quadrant)

11.  Fourth Quadrant of Johari window is (Unknown) – Which means
(Set of those personality aspect – Which is not only Unknown to
self but also Unknown to others.
Unknown (Fourth Quadrant)

12. Using the Model – In Theory
4 Tools available to expand the Open Area:
• Self Disclosure
• Feedback
• Shared Discovery
• Self Discovery

13. Self Disclosure
Where you tell your team something about yourself that you think they don’t already know. Example, perhaps
you love working as part of small team but you get anxious when asked to work as a part of large group.
Feedback
This is where the team tells you how they perceive you through feedback. As an example, perhaps you perceive
yourself as direct and to the point, but your team perceives you as abrupt.
Shared Discovery
Shared Discovery can be a sensitive topic and may in fact not happen with the team, but with the third party
such as counsellor.
Self Discovery
This is the process of gaining insight into one’s own character and talents.

14.  Used as a self assessment tool.
 Personal and Professional development.
 Identify team skills and characteristics.
 Help to communicate with others.
Advantages

15.  Some thing are perhaps better not to Communicated (like mental or health
problem)
 Some people may pass on the information they received further then we desire.
 Some people may react negatively.
 Using Johari window is useless exercise if it is not linked to the activities that
reinforce positive behavior or that correct negative behavior.
 Some cultures have a very open and accepting approach to feedback and others
do not.
Drawbacks of Johari window

16.  Using the Johari Model allows us to build trust between team
members, and allows us to better understand ourselves.
 When we use the model within a professional context we should be
aiming to increase the size of the Open Area for each member of the
team. Increasing the Open Area in this way builds trust within the
team. By starting small and building over time, a very effective and
collaborative team can be built with a high level of trust between team
members.
Summary