Team Building Workshop

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Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD

Gateway Engineering Education CoalitionAutumn Quarter

Team Building Workshop

“Coming together is a beginning;

Keeping together is progress;

Working together is success.”

- Henry Ford

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Prior Student Experience

Team Membership Sports Marching Band/Ensembles Clubs (e.g., Chess)

Team or Leadership Seminars High School Church Youth Groups ROTC

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So… Why Teamwork?

Industry Needs Teamwork skills Communication skills Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Provides support system for students

Responds to wider range of learning styles

Required skill among graduates for Universities to maintain national accreditation

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Workshop Goals

To provide you with an overview of team organization and team performance;

To provide time for reflection and discussion on team characteristics; and

To give you a chance to practice teamwork skills.

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Team Organization

For complex projects, it is often useful to assign roles for members of the team.

Facilitator: leads and controls meeting; makes sure that all members have a chance to speak

Recorder:

creates a written record of what was discussed and what decisions were made in each meeting

Referee: keeps the discussion in line and on time

Moderator: ensures that all topics are covered

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Enhancing Performance

Individual Performance

+ Assembly Effect

- Process Losses .

Team Performance

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Stages of Team DevelopmentForming As the team forms, members tend to be on their

‘best behavior’ and work on getting alongStorming As the team gets closer, conflict develops.

Disagreements build and cliques appearNorming Rules of conduct develop and members discuss

their differences rather than arguePerforming As the team reaches maturity, members are open

and supportive of each other.

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Stages of Team Development

Courtesy – Tau Beta Pi Engineering Futures - Leadership Workshop

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Individual Characteristics

Can be measured by Meyers-Briggs Personality Learning Styles Inventory

Teams should be heterogeneous Different personalities Different Learning Styles Different backgrounds Different experiences

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Index of Learning Styles

Go to WebCT > Course Tools

Click on “Learning Styles Inventory”

Complete Inventory and Submit

Please put Seat Number with name

Print Results

Make a record of your results on handout for later use

Give original printout to your TA.

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Learning Styles and Strategies

What is measured is preference, NOT competence

Understanding your preference and that of others may help in teamwork and engineering practice

ALSO – A better understanding of how you learn can help regardless of the teacher’s teaching style

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Team Working Agreement

A Team Working Agreement is a list of expectations each team has for its members.

These team agreements should be designed with your team in mind.

The agreement is effectively a contract you sign with all members.

You will be expected to abide by that contract.

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Tailor your agreement to meet the specific needs of your members.

All members need to be accountable for the statements in the agreement.

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Each member of your group needs to have input.

The agreement is a chance for all members to voice their opinion.

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Possible Issues To Address

Effective communication method

Participation by all members

Decision-making

Problem solving approaches

Management of conflict or differences

Responsibilities and conduct

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Peer Evaluation

Attends meetings; is on time.

Agrees to do a fair share of the assignments.

Completes assignments on time.

Attends class and lab; is on time. Actively participates in team discussions.

Listens to other team members’ contributions.

Shows respect for other team members.

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What it takes to be effective

Positive interdependence All members of a team must share a common,

realized goal

Individual and group accountability Each member of the team must take

responsibility for both his or her work and the work of the team

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What it takes to be effective

Meaningful Interaction

• All members do real work in a face-to-face setting

Teamwork skills• Effective communication, decision making, and conflict management

Group Processing

• Periodic reflections on the progression of your work.

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Write a Working Agreement

For Lab teams, in general

Take ~10 minutes to discuss and list ideas

Class discussion of agreement statements

Write a formal copy of the your Lab Team Agreement and turn it in tomorrow as Drawing 6 One per table/team.

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Samples From Working Agreements

Show up to all lab classes on time; if meeting outside of class always let others know of time conflicts ahead of timeRespect other membersCriticize ideas, not peopleDon’t take constructive criticism personallyLet all members participate and share the workload evenlyTake responsibility for your actions, ideas, and wordsAvoid distractions and keep meetings on topic, and on timeHave fun and reward the team for positive ideas!Always be prepared to work the full time allotted for meetings

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Exercise: Simply Supported Beams

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Exercise: Simply Supported Beams

1) Two sheets of newsprint

2) One adhesive backed file label or equivalent piece of tape

3) Two plastic cups to use as beam supports.

Additional design constraints:

a) The file label NOT attached to cups

b) Weight must not touch the table;

One sheet = superior design of the year award

Load

65 cm

Note: 65 cm is from edge of cup to edge of cup.

Team Building Workshop

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