2 sam eng100 teamwork

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Working as a Team

ENG 100

Lecture 2

Silvia Mah

Individual commitment to a group effort --

that is what makes a team work, a company work,

a society work, a civilization work.-Vince Lombardi

(American Football Coach,

national symbol of single-minded determination to win)


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Recommended Textbook, Not required:Service-learning: Engineering in Your Community

M. Lima and W. C. Oakes

Great Lakes Press

(On Reserve in Science & Engineering Library)(Available for ~$18 on Amazon.com)


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Agenda

Why Have Teams?

Getting Started on Teams

Define the Context

Establish the Rules

Designate Responsibilities

Communication

Team Development Stages

Next Agenda


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Why Have Teams?

Society & technology are complex

Require interdisciplinary knowledge

Advantages in diversity

One vision, many hands

Shared responsibility

Timing is essential


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Top 10 Characteristics a Recruiter Looks For

1. Communication ski l ls

2. Honesty/ Integr ity

3. Teamw ork sk il ls

4. Interpersonal skil ls

5. Mot ivat ion/ ini tiat ive

6. Strong work eth ic

7. Analyt ical skil ls

8. Flexibi li ty/ adaptabi li ty

9. Computer sk il ls

10. Self-confidence


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Getting Started: Define the Team Context

Who is the customer?

What is the product?

How is it evaluated?

What are the resources?

How long do we have?

What are the benefits?

RodinRodin--thinking manthinking man


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Getting Started: Designate Responsibilities

Who will lead?

Who will facilitate?

Who will coordinate?

Who will keep records?

Who will interface?

Who will advocate?

Team

Leader

Team Facilitator

Project Leader Project Leader

Webmaster

Liaison withCommunityClientE

xternal

Liaison

StudentAdvisory

GroupRepresentative D

ocument

Keeper

Financial

Officer

Corporate

Liaison

For ENG100L


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Designate Responsibilities

Team

Leader

Team Facilitator

Community Client Liaison

For ENG100

Coordinator

Record keeper


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Getting Started: Establish the Rules

How often, how long, and when will we meet? Whosets the meeting agenda?

What level of commitment is expected?

How are decisions made? How are tasks assigned?

How are results evaluated?

How are conflicts resolved?


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ProductiveMeetings

Why (not) hold a meeting?

Who attends?

How is the meeting planned?

Taking minutes

What is discussed? When is it over?

Meeting evaluation


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Team Discussion

From your experience, discuss and list 3-5characteristics for Holding an effective meeting

Participating effectively in a meeting

Points to consider:

When (regular vs. as needed) Who

What/Why

How

How Long

Coordinator and Record keeper from last time,Presenters should rotate


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Team Development

Coming together is a beginning.Keeping together is progress.

Working together is success.

-Henry Ford


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Team development modelTeam development model

Telling:Telling:guidance & directionguidance & direction

Selling:Selling:coachingcoaching

Participating:Participating:

facilitates and enablesfacilitates and enables

Delegating:Delegating:overseesoversees

Leadership modelLeadership model


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Stages of Team Development

Forming: Nice to Meet you, not sure why were here,it looks like a lot of work!

Leader encourages equitable participation, begin focus on project

Storming: Do I HAVE to work with this team??? Leader helps team to focus on strengths, not weaknesses, in working toward thetask at hand

Norming: Maybe we will be able to pull this all

together, if we stop fighting and listen toeach other. Collective decision to behave professionally, and agree to norms Leader and others may have to facilitate towards group accountability

Performing: Weve got a great plan, and everyone is

pulling together. True teamwork and cooperation, members individually committed, multiple

leaders

Adjourning: Goal accomplished, Project Over


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Team Discussion

Set up a meeting time for your team.

Discuss/form potential project ideas that wouldaddress TECHNICAL needs in your surroundingcommunity


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ENG100 Project: Presentation & Reports

Team elevator speech (Due date: Monday, October 9)

Midterm review (Due date: Monday, October 23)

Decide on the agency/organization (=client) you wish to work with

Meet with the client to talk about needs

Assess and analyze initial needs to propose possible technical projects

Class presentation: 5 minute oral presentations with power point slides

Final report (Due date: Final exam time)

Write a proposal, one per team, to the agency/organization regarding theanalysis of their needs and possible technical solutions

Proposal format

5-page limit Single space, Times New Roman, size 11-12 font

Final presentation (Due date: Final exam time)

Turn in your notebooks at this time

When: December 4-8, exact time and date TBA 10 min. each team with power point slides

Each team will develop a proposal for a potential project that would bebeneficial to society or a specific non-profit agency or organization.


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Communication: The Elevator Speech Mini-speech that succinctly tells people who you are, what you do,

and, more importantly, what you can do for others.

Goal: stand out from the crowd, be memorable.

It is an expression of you Focus

List 5 strengths pertinent to the job

Experience, traits, skills

What do you want the interviewer to knowabout you after you leave?

Scripting

Begin with past experience and proven success

Mentioning strengths and abilities

Attention to details, follow through,

Concluding statement about current situation

looking for a company where I can have a positive impact on xxx

Practice


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A Few Points on Giving a Presentation

Beginning, Body, andSummary

Self-confidence Dont apologize.

You know more than

the audience. Face the audience

Make eye contact Holds audiences

attention. Scan the audience.

Especially importantwhen you use

PowerPoint

Gesture Some for emphasis

Some to be avoided(playing with the pointer,etc.)

Voice Loud enough

Clear enunciation

Within time limit

+ 1 min. in 20-min. talk + 10 sec. in 1-min. talk

Practice, practice


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Hearing vs. Listening

Listen: Pay attention

What is the main point of the speaker?

Ask Questions

Shows you have paid attention

There are no stupid questions

Provide constructive criticismto the speaker

I have a doubt about.


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A Few Points on PowerPoint Slides

Beginning, Body, Summary

Use pictures and graphics to illustrate your points

Avoid too much information on one slide Avoid too many words on one slide

Talk about everything on the slide

Show progress

If using graphs, label axes

Use large enough fonts

Avoid too many colors Dont read from your slide


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Some Points on Writing Active sentences

More concise and forceful than passive sentences

It has been shown that plasma damage increases with anincrease in dc-bias. In contrast, it is known that plasmainduced damage can be reduced with a decrease of dc-bias.

An increase in dc-bias increases plasma damage, and a

decrease (of dc-bias) reduces it. Conciseness

Sentences no more than 25 words

Avoid run-on sentences (split into 2)

Spell-check

a vs. the (general vs. specific object)

Reflective writing is more personal (like a journal or

diary).


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Next Agenda:Project Management

Discuss Dynamics of Picking Team

Leaders

Planning

Work Specification and Assignment

Scheduling and Planning Tools

Next Agenda

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