OT Session Personality Traits: Do I have any?

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WS13

OT2004 Session
Personality Traits: Do I have any?

An opportunity to consider how your personality style affects your work

Monday March, 09:45

workshop - 75 minutes

Jane Chandler

Session results
When available, can be found at PersonalityTraitsDoHaveAnySessionResults??

Abstract
There are a range of techniques available for categorising personality styles and working styles. These can be used variously to help structure teams or to enable individuals to better understand their working styles and that of their colleagues.
This workshop will look at 2 or 3 of these techniques, including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, with a view to considering their appropriateness for the participants fields of work.

Audience
Anyone who wants to be more aware of their or their colleagues personality and working styles

Benefits

better understanding of own personality
appreciation of the ways in which groups of people can use their diverse approaches to work together

Materials

copies of OHPs
exercises
summaries of techniques of categorising skills and personalities

Jane Chandler University of Portsmouth	Jane's involvement with object technology began in 1989 when she was first introduced to Smalltalk. She has participated in the OT/SPA conferences since their inception both as a session leader and as an organiser. Jane is a Chair of the BCS SPA Specialist Group. She works for the University of Portsmouth where she combines being an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries with research into virtual worlds such as Second Life and continuing to teach such things as patterns, Java, UML and object oriented design processes to her students.

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WS13		OT2004 Session Personality Traits: Do I have any?
		An opportunity to consider how your personality style affects your work Monday March, 09:45
		workshop - 75 minutes
		Jane Chandler

Session results	When available, can be found at PersonalityTraitsDoHaveAnySessionResults??
Abstract	There are a range of techniques available for categorising personality styles and working styles. These can be used variously to help structure teams or to enable individuals to better understand their working styles and that of their colleagues. This workshop will look at 2 or 3 of these techniques, including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, with a view to considering their appropriateness for the participants fields of work.
Audience	Anyone who wants to be more aware of their or their colleagues personality and working styles
Benefits	better understanding of own personality appreciation of the ways in which groups of people can use their diverse approaches to work together
Materials	copies of OHPs exercises summaries of techniques of categorising skills and personalities