Teamology: The Construction and Organization of Effective Teams
Teamology: The Construction and Organization of Effective Teams demonstrates how psychiatrist C. G. Jung’s cognition theory, a cornerstone of modern personality typology, may be used to form and organize effective problem-solving teams through a novel qua
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Douglass J. Wilde
Teamology: The Construction and Organization of Effective Teams
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Douglass J. Wilde, Professor Emeritus Design Division Department of Mechanical Engineering Stanford University Building 530, 440 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA94305-3030 USA
ISBN 978-1-84800-386-6
e-ISBN 978-1-84800-387-3
DOI 10.1007/978-1-84800-387-3 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Wilde, Douglass J. Teamology: the construction and organization of effective teams 1. Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875–1961 2. Group problem solving 3. Cognitive psychology 4. Typology (Psychology) 5. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 6. Group work in education – Case studies I. Title 302.3 ISBN-13: 9781848003866 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008935392 © 2009 Springer-Verlag London Limited Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Cover design: eStudio Calamar S.L., Girona, Spain Printed on acid-free paper 987654321 springer.com
To Ariana Wilde, my bright one and only grandchild.
Preface
This book is the product of sixteen years of studying student teams in engineering design project courses, mainly at Stanford University. The book shows how psychiatrist C. G. Jung’s cognition theory, a cornerstone of modern personality typology, may be used to form and organize effective problem-solving teams. It does this through a novel quantitative transformation of numbers from the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) psychological instrument directly on to Jung’s eight cognitive modes. The quantitative mode scores resulting make obvious what is needed to make a good team. Using these methods will make an entire team project class perform as well as what would be, without them, the top quartile. This extravagant claim is based partly on experience with the ability of Stanford’s graduate teams to win national design prizes. It also comes from direct observation of project courses small and large at Stanford and at other universities as far away as Shanghai. The basic idea is to have every team possess among its members the full range of problem-solving approaches available to the human race. People who individually
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