Week 2 discussion board

My MBTI Score:

MGMT.6010 Managing Organizational Change

MGMT.6910 Strategy Formation and Implementation

The INTJ's interest in dealing with the world is to make decisions, express judgments, and put
everything that they encounter into an understandable and rational system. Consequently, they
are quick to express judgments. Often they have very evolved intuitions, and are convinced that
they are right about things. Unless they complement their intuitive understanding with a welldeveloped ability to express their insights, they may find themselves frequently misunderstood.
In these cases, INTJs tend to blame misunderstandings on the limitations of the other party,
rather than on their own difficulty in expressing themselves. This tendency may cause the INTJ
to dismiss others input too quickly, and to become generally arrogant and elitist.
My MBTI test result is: INTJ with the following percentages: Introvert 22%, intuitive 16%,
thinking 16%, and judging 34%. The analysis of the test states that I have slight preference of
introversion over extraversion and so on. I agree with the test results. I do not find any problem
being an introvert; I do speak when it is necessary to do, but I think before I speak and make any
statement. Often, people misunderstand saying that "I am a person"; well it depends on the
occasion or where I am at. At work, of course I am as I focus on my tasks, projects. etc, and
when I have a deadline on a task or a project I am focused and quiet majority of the time when I
am busy thinking. However, I am also a team player and I like discussing any work or project
related issues openly with my co-workers, manager openly. As I work with end users I also have
to extrovert in the sense that I have to communicate with end users in solving problems over the
phone, and face to face.
I do not think there is anything wrong if someone is an extrovert; as we know that as humans
some of us are just wired like that. I, do however think that if I was an more an extrovert than
introvert I would still have to think before I spoke and not speak without thinking.
From the test results as far as the career choices that generally fall in this category describes me
as I am currently in the IT field, and have to use my analytical and logical reasoning to solve
problems and make decisions. I believe the test scored me somewhat correctly in "judging"
criteria as I like to gather information though not as much as a "perceivers" would do and like to
produce results or draw a conclusion and move to the next task. I, however, is not fully a
"perfectionist" as the INTJ type generalizes -- although I strive towards achieving it. There are
few characteristics INTJ's have such as INTJ's are quick to express judgments, and with their
evolved intuitions they are convinced that they are right about things -- this surprisingly

describes me. So, after the test I now begin to see myself when I say to someone " no, no, no -you do not understand" as it actually could be my blaming of the limitations other parties
misunderstandings of a matter is actually my own difficulty of clearly expressing myself of my
idea or a situation.
The opposite of INTJ would be ESFP. ESFP are people person -- and I love the fact that ESFP'
are generally a good organizer for social gatherings such as workplace, home and the impulsive,
spontaneous nature is entertaining. However, ESFP's nature of jumping from thought to thought
in mid-sentence, touching here or there can be incoherent and frustrating to a listener, especially
to INTJ's as the often look for end result or the point of the conversation.

Week 2: Discussion 2:
After this test I have a better understanding as to why I behave or perceive a situation the way I
do as an INTJ. I believe that as part of INTJ's characteristics of being ambitious, goal-oriented,
self-confident, deliberate and long-range thinker