Do cognitive styles affect the performance of system development groups?
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Authors
Gaston, June Alyce
Subjects
cognitive style
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
group performance measures
system development groups
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
group performance measures
system development groups
Advisors
LaPatra, Jack W.
Spencer, Michael P.
Date of Issue
1986-03
Date
March 1986
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
Communication systems requirements analysis is an essential
ingredient for developing new communication systems.
Unfortunately, system development groups consisting of
system users, analysts, and managers have not been very
effective in performing the requirements analysis. Users
have been unable to communicate what they want, the technical
ideas suggested by the analysts reflect their particular
interests, and the managers have been unable to
facilitate the interactions between the users and the
analysts. This has resulted in systems that are inadequate.
Many techniques have been suggested to improve the
effectiveness of system development but none have been
particularly useful. There has been recent evidence to indicate
that poor requirements analysis is related to the
cognitive styles of the members of the system development
groups. It suggests that a mix of possible cognitive styles
is required for effective system analysis and design, and
that imbalances of cognitive styles may contribute directly
to poor system performance. This thesis evaluates the status of measuring group
performance and considers the useful tools for measuring
cognitive styles. The emphasis is on the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator and its utility as the primary tool for determining
cognitive styles.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
47 p.
Citation
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