The Personality Dynamics of Technical Teams
OKA’s Consulting Director, Jennifer Tucker, visited Dallas, TX on 12-13 April 2010, to speak on “The Personality Dynamics of Technical Teams” at the ASME Global Engineering Management Conference (GEMC). Her session blended interactive exercises with the lessons from a five-year Department of Defense research study that explored the personality dynamics of technical teams. Here are the slides from the conference:
Researching IT Teams for Department of Defense
OKA has had a long interest in working with technical teams. You can read about some of this work in The Human Dynamics of IT Teams (PDF). This article in DoD’s CrossTalk Magazine was part of a five-year research project that OKA completed under subcontract to a large defense university. It describes the personality and team dynamics in Information Technology (IT) teams, using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) Assessment, FIRO-B, Work Environment Scales (WES), and an OKA Team Observation Instrument.
