Competitiveness in the business world has led to a great need for increased productivity. One way that companies, as well as academic institutions, have tried to meet this need is by using teams. However, many of the promised gains of using teams have not yet been fulfilled. This research sought to find a way to make teams more effective by considering and utilizing each team member's psychological type information. Specifically, students in engineering senior design classes were given the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Test (MBTI) in the first week of their teaming experience. Half of the students then received the Myers-Briggs psychological type training. The training discusses various strengths and weaknesses of each type, as well as how each type might function in a teaming environment. At the end of the semester, team effectiveness was rated in two ways. The first measure was the grade the team received in their senior design class, while the second measure involved the Team Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ). The TEQ allows a team to rate its own effectiveness by answering a number of questions regarding different team related issues. This research study sought to test whether psychological type training had an effect on the effectiveness of a team.
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