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>Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 1997 4:04 PM
>To:
MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Subject: Re: The TEAM!
>
>Jack <
Brittain@UTDallas.edu> wrote:
>
>>>... where in management training and
> education programs do individuals learn
> to work in teams and to manage teams?...<<
>
>I responded:
>
>"...during the first residency week of my Executive
>MBA program. The professors demonstrated to me,
>without a doubt, the value of team work..."
>
>David Croke <
dcroke@smcvt.edu> then wrote:
>
>>>... Bob, How? Could you give us a summary explanation? ...<<
>
>Item 1:
>
>During the weak of residency at the start of the program the 38 students
>we typed using the MBTI. We were then separated into the four major
>groupings (NT, NF, ST, SF) and each group was asked to design a company
>around a product of our own choosing and to develop as much as we could
>in one hour relative to the company structure and products.
>
>After an hour one person from each group went to the front of the class
>to present their groups results. While the four students were in front
>of the room, the professors were passing out a one page summary of what
>each of the four were going to say based solely on their MBTI.
>
>The impact on me was considerable. It demonstrated to me that team
>members need to compliment one another and not be clones of one another.
>
>Item 2:
>
>During that first week we also did the sub arctic exercise where each
>study group had to negotiate the ranking or importance of 15 items
>that were available to the group when were "crash landed" in the arctic.
>The exercise demonstrated to me quite convincingly that the a group
>can outperform the best individual efforts. Very enlightening to
>say the least.
>
>Bob
>
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