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III. The case “Water treatment” and its outcome<br />

Figure 3. Innovations created at Karlsruhe (IPEK)<br />

If you want to solve a task or a problem the first thing that has to be done is to find a team. In this<br />

certain case we talk about student teams. In order to achieve a good per<strong>for</strong>mance of the project<br />

we put a great ef<strong>for</strong>t in chosing the students and in the composition of the teams. The student are<br />

chosen by assesment. Within the assesment the students do a MBTI (Myers-Briggs-Type-<br />

Indicator) Test. This test is a personality test designed to assist a person in identifying some<br />

significant personal preferences. The different types are shown in Figure 4. We use the test to<br />

compose the teams so that there are different types in a team.<br />

Figure 4. The different types of MBTI<br />

In the very beginning the whole group is given the task and they start together in seeking<br />

In<strong>for</strong>mation about it. After two weeks of investigation, the group presents their achievements and<br />

by this date the students are divided into five competing development teams of 5 – 6 students per<br />

team.<br />

ERIMA07’ Proceedings<br />

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