Fundamentals of Management 7th Edition by Ricky Griffin

Exercise 9

Exercise Overview
Interpersonal skills refer to the ability to communicate with, understand, and motivate individuals and groups. This exercise introduces you to a widely used tool for personality assessment and shows how an understanding of personality can be of use in developing effective interpersonal relationships within organizations.
Exercise Background
Of the many different ways of interpreting personality, the widely used MBTI categorizes individual personality types along four dimensions, which were discussed earlier.
Using the MBTI, researchers use survey answers to classify individuals into 16 personality types-all the possible combinations of the four Myers-Briggs dimensions. The resulting personality type is then expressed as a four-character code, such as ESTP for extravert, sensing, thinking, and perceiving. These four-character codes are then used to describe an individual's preferred way of interacting with others.
Exercise Task
Use a Myers-Briggs assessment form to determine your own personality type. You can find a form at http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/register.aspx, a website that also contains additional information about personality type. (Note: There are no fees for taking the Temperament Sorter, nor must you agree to receive e-mail.)