You Are the Leader of a New Product Development Team

Multiple Choice

You are the leader of a new product development team in a consumer products company. Your team has been given the charge of creating highly innovative new products that will create new growth opportunities for the firm. In selecting the members of your team, you know that you need people who are highly self-motivated and take-charge types of individuals. Based on the personality dimensions considered in the text, which of the following characteristics would be most valuable to you in creating

A) individuals who are highly dogmatic
B) individuals who are high on authoritarianism
C) individuals with high external locus of control
D) individuals with a high proactive personality
E) individuals with low agreeableness