INSTITUTE UIE ..: Introductions To Management and Leadership UCT-242
INSTITUTE UIE ..: Introductions To Management and Leadership UCT-242
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MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE
INDICATOR
(MBTI)
THE MBTI IS
A self report instrument
Non judgmental
An indicator of preferences
Well researched
Rich in theory
Professionally interpreted
Used internationally
A way to sort, not to measure
HISTORY OF MBTI
Based on Swiss psychologist Carl G Jung’s type theory
(1920s)
Behaviour is individual and predictable
Developed by Katherine Briggs (mother) and Isabel
Myers (daughter) 1940s
The most widely used personality indicator in the world
Approximately 1 to 3 million people are administered
by MBTI each year
THE MBTI DOES NOT MEASURE
IQ
Psychiatric disturbances
Emotions
Trauma
Stress
Learning
Normalcy
Maturity
Illness
Affluence
ASSUMPTIONS OF TYPE THEORY
THINKING FEELING
Decision based on the logic Decisions based on
of the situation impact on people
Uses cause and effect Guided by personal values
reasoning Strive for harmony and
Strive for an objective positive interaction
standard of truth May appear tender
hearted
Can be tough-minded
Fair-want everyone
Fair- want everyone treated as an individual
treated equally
J-P DICHOTOMY
• JUDGING • PERCEIVING
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REFERENCES
• Essential of Management by Harold Koontz and Heinz Weihrich
• Principles of Management by Stephen P Robbins
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