Jung's Typology in Work Processes

By Preben Grønkjær

I publish this free e-book because I have often heard people say, when working with individuals and groups in workplaces, “That’s so exciting with typology, but I can’t really remember what the different letters stand for.”
Thus, the purpose of the book is to give a very brief description of the typological functions and attitudes, so you can use it in a follow-up on a previous process with typology and get a brush-up on what the letters in your type profile represent.
The theoretical basis of the presentation is C.G. Jung’s type theory as it is implemented in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Its model of 16 type profiles is used by a number of other type-assessment tools, including Jungian Type Index (JTI).
You can use the book in your own reflections, and you can hand it out to, for example, customers, employees, colleagues, or students interested in typology in relation to their task solution.
As the descriptions focus on how the typological mechanisms affect work processes, they are obviously most relevant in relation to your performance in workplaces, in voluntary organizations, in schools, and in other places where you solve tasks on your own or in cooperation with others.
The book is based on the fundamental elements of typology: extraversion, introversion, sensation, intuition, thinking, feeling, judging, and perception, so it may also serve as a first introduction to the topic.
Since it is an e-book, you can easily navigate through it using the table of contents. Therefore, you may use it as a handbook on your smartphone, tablet, or PC if you need a quick introduction to or brush-up on a typological concept.
Along the way, I invite you to reflect on and assess your own preferences in connection with the solution of tasks.
The descriptions are presented in general terms, so they should cover any type of work, including, for example, industrial production and public services, research and study projects, nursing and medical treatment, management and consultancy, farming and fishing, and artistic and other creative processes. This requires that you “translate” the descriptions to match your own job context or the field of your profession.
Since typology is about preferences, you cannot use its concepts directly when you apply for a specific job, choose a certain career, or recruit employees to carry out particular functions because doing a job is mainly a question about skills.
Still, typology can be used helpfully in reflections on which job functions would suit you best, as well as in a dialogue about how tasks are handled in your group, team, department, or organization—in connection with a specific assignment or in general.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Preben Grønkjær
• Release date: Apr 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311487704

Preben Grønkjær

Preben Grønkjær holds a degree as mag.art. (magister artium in History of Ideas from Aarhus University, Denmark) and certifications in the use of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI, MBTI II), Jungian Type Index (JTI), and Teamkompasset (The Team Compass). Preben has lectured in Jung’s psychology, including typology, for 35 years at Aarhus University, Folkeuniversitetet (University of Continuing Education), and other educational institutions in DK. He is now also an organizational consultant and coach (trained Ashridge Accredited Executive Business Coach). Preben has published several books and articles in Danish, based on experiences working as a coach and consultant.

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Jung’s Typology

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Work Processes

Preben Grønkjær

Copyright 2016 Preben Grønkjær

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Attitudes

E – Extraversion

I – Introversion

Extraversion and introversion in your task solution

Cognitive functions

Perception functions

S – Sensation

N – Intuition

Sensation and intuition in your task solution

Judging functions

T – Thinking

F – Feeling

Thinking and feeling in your task solution

Lifestyle

J – Judging

P – Perception

Judging and perception in your task solution

Reflections on the result

About the Author

Contact

Introduction

This e-book describes how different typological mechanisms influence your effort in work processes. Reading it can strengthen your understanding of how you handle tasks at work, in your studies, and in other contexts.

I publish the book because I have often heard people say, when working with individuals and groups in workplaces, That’s so exciting with typology, but I can’t really remember what the different letters stand for.

Since it is an e-book, you can easily navigate through it using the table of contents. Therefore, you may use it as a handbook on your smartphone, tablet, or PC if you need a quick introduction to or brush-up on a typological concept.

The descriptions are presented in general terms, so they should cover any type of work, including, for example, industrial production and public services, research and study projects, nursing and medical treatment, management and consultancy, farming and fishing, and artistic and other creative processes. This requires that you translate the descriptions to match your own job context or the field of your profession.

The theoretical basis of the presentation is C.G. Jung’s type theory as it is implemented in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Its model of 16 type profiles is used by a number of other type-assessment tools, including Jungian Type Index (JTI).

Typology cannot tell anything about your true self, your real being, or which words you would associate with you as an individual. Instead, it can tell something about what generally characterizes a person using the functions that you particularly prefer.

The typological characteristics appear, among other places, in the job functions you prefer to perform. It is useful to be aware of this, both when working on your own, and when you solve tasks in interaction with others in a group. Whether you work alone or in a group, it is advantageous to think about which aspects of the work process come easier and which ones require you to pull yourself together to perform.

Many people claim that they deal with all aspects of a workflow, very often followed by the justification, You have to … This is undoubtedly true, but when you say, have to, it suggests that you do not prefer to perform all aspects of a work process and do not do it with equal enthusiasm for each of them. Most of us actually do many things that we prefer not to do, just because we have to or think we have to.

Since typology is about preferences, you cannot use its concepts directly when you apply for a specific job, choose a certain career, or recruit employees to carry out particular functions because