Question

Dwight was working with two of his colleagues to create a marketing plan for his company's new product. The team was scheduled to meet with their manager on Monday to present the plan, but the plan wasn't final when the team met with the manager. Instead of accepting any responsibility, Dwight told the manager that the plan was not final because the profile of the geographical area was inaccurate. Dwight's view of the situation is an example of

Answer 1

Answer: External locus of control

Explanation:

External locus of control is a situation where instead of a person to accept responsibility for their mistakes or failures, they make up excuse and attribute such mistakes,failures or shortcomings to external forces such as nature, fate, luck e.t.c.

People with external locus of control believe forces beyond their control are involved in what happened to them.

In the question above, Dwight attributed the reason for not presenting the marketing plan to manager as the geographical profile of the area being inaccurate instead of accepting responsibility and been truthful that he and his team mates couldn't finalised the plan on time.

Answer 2

Answer:External locus of control

Explanation:Locus of control refers to a degree to which you believe your are in control or external factors are in control of what happens in your life

A person with an external locus of control , is the person who tends to believe that outside factors are in control on what happens to them .

Dwight blames an inaccurate profile of the geographic area as the reason why the plan was not final.