Talk:Group Dynamics and Personality Types

Review by joh

Review of the content

General comment: The academic level and quality of the content, seems to me to be quite good. I understand what the article is describing about group dynamics and personality types - it goes quite good through what the terms mean, and in which context they are relevant. It seems relevant especially for project management. If nothing else mentioned here in my review, then it is safe to assume I don’t have a comment or I think it’s fine.

• Though I seem to miss a clear link between these two elements. Because I know how to find right personalities and I know how a group dynamic should be, but how would I know to put which personality into a group to give a certain dynamic?

Answer: I have tried to elaborate on the link in the Application and Benefit section: With the knowledge of the personality types the group dynamic can be incresed throu better communication + storming and norming can be accelerated.

• If possible, more visual illustrations might good especially in the group sections, because the text now seems quite dense.

Answer: I have seperated the different stages with a bold heading in order to make the text less dens and give a better overview. The illustration seem sufficient for me

• I guess a summary/abstract and a discussion is to come?

Answer: Jepp, Done

Review of formal aspects

The article is really taken shape in a good way, though it still looks like work in progress. But keep up the good work!

• In section introduction: behaviour -> behavior
• In section introduction: Sentence: their expertise, but on behalf of the individual profiles and behaviour. -> their expertise, but also on behalf of the individual profiles and behaviour.
• In section introduction: Sentence: Furthermore will this it explain the different personality types based on the theory -> Furthermore this will explain the different personality types based on the theory
• In section introduction: Senctence: To manage temporary project groups effectively, is it important to understand the group members, the behaviour, how group are developing and how the members are interacting with each other. -> ?? (I’m a little unclear on what this sentence is suppose to say)
• In section introduction: missing reference to Carl Jung and Myers Briggs in the bottom.
• In section Groups and Group Processes: organisation -> organization. (Do you use UK or US English, I would recommend stiking to the one or the other? Because in other place I’ve seen you spell organize, with a z.)
• In section Groups and Group Processes: sentence: the communication between the group members, as they interact in seeking to find a solution -> the communication between the group members, as they interact in seeking an solution (removing three words, and adding one)
• In section Group Dynamics: behaviour -> behavior
• In section Group Dynamics: sentence: This article is therefore explaining the development of a group on behalf Tuckmans theory, and clarify -> This article is therefore explaining the development of a group on behalf Tuckmans theory, and clarifies
• In section Group Development: behaviour -> behavior
• In section Group Development: Model: missing model caption
• In section Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – MBTI: organisation -> organization
• In section Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – MBTI: analysing -> analyzing
• In section Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – MBTI: connestions -> connections
• In section Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – MBTI: tp -> to
• In section Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – MBTI: 4 letter -> four letter
• In section the 16 MBTI types: behaviour -> behavior
• In section the 16 MBTI types: sentence: The table below are reflecting -> The table below is reflecting
• In section the 16 MBTI types: in table: Counsellor -> Counselor
• In section the 16 MBTI types: in table: Indipendent -> Independent
• In section the 16 MBTI types: in table: Sceptical -> Skeptical
• In section benefits of MBTI: sentence: The tool, helps people easily understand -> The tool helps people easily understand (no comma)
• In section benefits of MBTI: Career conseling -> Career counseling
• Headline of Diskussion of usability section shoud be Discussion of usability
• General: All reference should be the bottom (I guess that is to come, you have already set some reference in the test, you are only missing to specify “<reference/>” in the bottom in the section reference, and the references will afterwards appear by them selves.)
• General: Remember model/picture captions
• General: Remember all places in text that points to a figure actually point to a figure and not only X

Answer: Im using UK and have incorporated all spelling mistakes. Thanks.

General feedback

A very through article which might have been even better had it been split into two articles (for the sake of how a wiki is working)

Your title implies that you are looking at two areas, yet are there no other "Personality Type"-tests than MBTI out there?

if you go by the title to the letter, you are missing something related to the general topic of personality types, since you start straight into the MBTI.

My honest recommendation would be to split the article in two, one named "Group Dynamics" and another named "Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)" and then reference to the MBTI from the Group Dynamics..

Since a wiki is a criss-cross of references between subjects it kind of functions like the spaghetti marshmellow tower.. very poorly with few links, and alot more solid when a large grid is established.

Answer: Your opinion is understandable, but both topics have a strong dependency to each other and the different personality are affecting the group dynamic. I have elaborated on the relation between these two topics, trying to make this more clear. MBTI is the most popular and applied personality test in the world. Further more is Jung´s theory the baseline for other personality test, which is why I focus on this one.

Specific feedback

Introduction

Grammatical things

"have increased" or "have grown"

"brought" or "broad"

"attention of" => "attention on"

"successful project groups"

"is it important" => "it is important"

"behavior of" => "behavior,"

"way of behavior utilizing" => "way of behaving which utilizes"

"skills or" => "skills and"

"Furthermore .... phases" needs rephrasing, can't understand what you mean.

"just on behalf of" => "just based on"

"but on behalf of" => "but based on" (on behalf is when doing something for others)

"profiles" => "profile"

"Furthermore will this it" => "Furthermore it will"

Groups and Group Processes

Grammatical things

"amongst the memebers"

"the main purpose .... to make decisions" is it? what about working together towards a common goal?

"making a decision"

"It is crucial..." is it? for who? where?

"contribution to the organisation of the team" you contribute to organising the team? rephrase suggested.

"is a working group" => "a working group is"

"Different definitions" or "A different definition"

"of a group" => "of the term "group" "

"with a face-to-face" => "with face-to-face"

"Furthermore, the way a group evolve is a very essential..."

"the group process" => "the grouping process" ?

"the pattern of relating" not sure which pattern you refer to.

"we may" => "we will" .... "solutions"

"small group performance" => "the performance of small groups" ?

"be solved"

"Though will the group process" => "However the group process will"

Consider making quotes in italic text using "" also be wary of the switching use of team and group

Group Dynamics

Grammatical things

incorrect link

"is these studies" => "these studies are"

"project groups" => "project group"

"the phrase "group dynamics""

link showing

a very good chapter

Group Development

Grammatical things

"which are shown as patterns"

FigureXX ? remember to name the figure and sort it out :) and remember the stuff about copyright (if you found it on Google, you redraw it yourself)

I'm not sure what "vie" means?

"organizational" american English, "organisational" British English.. choose one and check the rest of your work.

"There are different"

"which mostly are" => "which are mostly"

Perhaps sort the explanation with ; and : like my comments

Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator - MBTI

Grammatical things

"how people are" => "how people"

"differences of" => "differences in"

"much misunderstanding" => "many misunderstandings"

"the four functions"

"and the functions of"

Extravision: "in the world of"

Intuition: "connestions" => "connections" ?

Perceiving: "people like tp" ?

very well written chapter

The 16 MBTI types

"Table continues for all 16 types" ... where? I count 16 already.

Benefits of MBTI

Grammatical things

"helps to build" => "helps build"

"development through" => "development by"

link error

"help better work together" => "help work better together"

the bullets in the end seems out of place, without much introduction or explanation

Diskussion of Usebility

A very empty part.. and it's called "Usability" and "Discussion" ;)

Answer: Thank you for the spelling and grammar correction. Very helpful!