ABSTRACT
Acquiring reliable data about people is the starting point for effective team-building. Some thought therefore needs to be given as to how this may be done. The approach on which we mainly relied was the battery of psychometric tests, including some we had developed ourselves with the specific purpose of gaining the data we needed on team-role disposition and abilities. Some large companies well equipped with resources use comparable methods. The favoured approach is to collect the required information about people at the time of recruitment. This not only enables a firm to make a more informed decision as to whether a particular candidate should be taken on but also provides a data bank with good storage life offering a number of prospective uses: for example, the information can be used as an aid to career development. Individuals can be moved into positions where they are likely to fulfil themselves because their team-role capabilities fit the situation.
