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Engineering H191Engineering Fundamentals and Laboratory I

Lecture 05

Purdue Visualization Test

Team Building Activities

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Purdue Visualization Test

• Available through Carmen – on-line• Time limit 20 minutes• Diagnostic – NOT PART OF YOUR GRADE!!!• You will take it again at the end of the quarter to

determine gains in visualization

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Objectives

• Discuss teamwork and why it's important• Effective teams• Team development• Teamwork exercise• Team Working Agreement

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Team Building

"Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part."

Casey Stengel(famous NY Yankees manager)

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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– Tau Beta Pi (Engineering 695 Seminar)

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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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Enhancing Performance

Individual Performance

+ Assembly Effect

- Process Losses

Team Performance

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What is an Effective Team?

"A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable."

Katzenbach & Smith

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What it Takes to be EffectiveRef: Tools and Tactics of Design 3.1.2, 5.3

• 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. – Say what you’re going to do and then do what you

said!!!!

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What it Takes to be EffectiveRef: Tools and Tactics of Design 3.2-3.2.1, 7.3

• Meaningful Interaction

– All members do real work in a face-to-face setting. Not every team member needs to be at every meeting. Independent workgroups can be very effective as long as they are coordinated.

• Teamwork Skills

– Effective communication, decision making, and conflict management.

• Group Processing

– Periodic reflections on the progression of your work.

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Stages of Team DevelopmentRef: Tools and Tactics of Design 3.3-3.3.2

• Forming

– As the team forms, members tend to be on their ‘best behavior’ and work on getting along

• Storming

– As the team gets closer, conflict develops. Disagreements build and cliques appear

• Norming

– Rules of conduct develop and members discuss their differences rather than argue

• Performing

– 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 Leadership Workshop

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Goals for Team Activities

• 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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Exercise: Simply Supported Beams

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Exercise: Simply Supported Beams

• Materials– 2 sheets of newsprint– 1 adhesive label or

equivalent piece of tape– 2 plastic cups for beam

support– 2 cable ties– 1 weight (pipe + paper clip)

• Constraints– file label NOT attached to

cups– weight must not touch table

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

Load

65 cm

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Exercise: Simply Supported Beams

• Once the 65 cm span has been confirmed, see how far you can increase the span.

• You can use one or two pieces of newspaper to maximize the span.

• Measure and report your longest span.

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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

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Team Working AgreementRef: Tools & Tactics of Design 3.1.3 – 3.1.4

• 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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Team Working Agreement

• 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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Team Working Agreement

• 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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Teamwork 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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Team Meeting

• Take a few minutes to learn about each other

• Introduce yourselves: Name, hometown, phone or email address, strengths,

• Start to discuss team working agreement

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Peer Evaluation

• Peer evaluation within each team will be used to distribute points on team projects (H193).

• Evaluation should be based on:– 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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Today's Assignment

• Team Working Agreement for Laboratory Teams– Reading Problem– Discuss Problem– Plan activities and sharing activities– Set up Experiment– Take Data– Analyze Data– Write Report