Discussion:

Why is it important for managers and employees to be able to understand different types of personalities?

It gets to be really important since it is a way in which both managers and employees asume their rôles in the organization according to what is needed and the organization's main goals. 

Also, it has to be taken into account that different personalities enrich the organization's environment, giving creativity and different points of view, complementing in such a way other's job. Finally, by understanding different types of personalities, threats or conflicts can be solved in a proper maner, giving more fluency to relations in the organization.

Four basic personality types. Retrieved on february 8th, 2011 from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7mEh53rTc0