As teams (organized in class or outside of class, depending on your instructor’s preference), discuss each of the following (each student should turn in a separate set of answers): Considering each personality type described in Table 3.2,

a. Which role(s) described in Table 3.3 would each personality type tend to play?
b. How would each personality type tend to contribute to the problem solving steps outlined at the beginning of this chapter?.

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Table 3.2 Characteristic Responses to a Goal or Task (adapted from ref. 2) Fact Finder Follow Thru Methodical and systematic, this mode is focused and structured, and brings order and efficiency. Follow Thru people are meticulous at planning, programming, and designing, and predictability is essential to their being. Keyword: pattern. Quick Start Precise, judicious and thorough, this mode deals with detail and complexity, seeking to be both objective and appropriate. Keen at observing and at gathering informa- tion, sometimes Fact Finders can be too judicious, seeming overly cautious as they wait for more data. Keyword: probe. Implementer With an affinity toward risk, this mode is spontaneous and intuitive, flexible, and fluent with ideas. Quick Starters are deadline- and crisis-oriented. They need an at- mosphere of challenge and change, and sometimes they can be impatient. Keyword: innovate. Hands-on, craft-oriented, this mode brings tangible quality to actions. Implementers have a strong sense of three-dimensional form and substance and the ability to deal with the concrete. Keyword: demonstrate.