Group Personality Composition And Total Enterprise Simulation Performance

Abstract

Evidence is presented suggesting that total enterprise (TE) simulations are biased. They favor teams with members characterized by intuitive information processing and thinking decision-making styles as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument. The dominance of such teams extends from an early competitive lead to an overall superior performance. These results, if consistent over TE simulations and participant populations, necessitate reconsideration’s of why TE simulations are used, how they may become more flexible, and how they may be integrated with well-established information processing and decision making concepts. Among these concepts, ones suggested for future research, are the amount of information processed and the number of alternatives considered before rendering a complete TE decision.