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Group and Project Work
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Lessons
In the afternoon: Exercises and case analysis
The following points can be helpful when working in groups:
Read the curriculum before the lecture
Consider how the theories can be used in practice Listen actively to your fellow students
Make sure everyone in the group gets a chance to makehis/her opinion clear.
Respect that you will probably have different viewpoints onthe case presented.
Make your argument clearbased on the theoriesnotcommon sense.
Try to organise your viewpoints even though they contradict.
Make the conclusions clear
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Challenges in group and project work
You are a part of a group
Team members have different professional backgrounds
different understandings, different interests etc.
Understand the goal, performance, content, quality, theprocess etc. differently
The basis for misunderstandings and different
expectations
Group and performance evaluation - a running process Individual performance measuresbut a collective project
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This afternoon
Describe your expectations for the teamwork,the content of the report, the learning processetc.prepare a mutual team contract
Set your ambitionshow high do your prioritisethis workset the frames and rules for theteam
Talk about how you prefer to workas a group,individually and how you see yourselftype ofplayer - roles
Discuss what kind of results you expect
Try to develop a mutual language andunderstanding of the goal, the project,performance, expectations etc.
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Team contract
A team contract is a toolwhich can help yourgroup to formulate therules of the game for
your group work and theexpectations towards thefinal result
To take to work out acontract is to invest ingood team work
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Frames and rules
Generate a common overview of: Regular meetings
Deadlines and milestones
Deadline for poster and project
Formal requirements regarding theproject and your work
Make agreements on:
Cancelling meetingshow and when
Late team members
Lazy team members
Conflicts in the group
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Roles
How will you divide the roles
Is it always the same person
who does the same thing?
Will you change roles
through the semester?
Or only do what you dobest?
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Personal reflection :
Which 3 statements fits you best?
Do you like to start new projects?
Do you always get new ideas?
Can you find solutions to various problems?
Do you think strategic?
Are you good at make other people join your ideas?
Do you have a good network?
Are you good at organising work?
Do you enjoy the social aspect of teamwork?
Do you try to prevent errors due to carelessness?
Do you always finish on time?
Do you basically prefer to work on your own?
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Who are you?
The shaper
Sets the direction
Makes sure that everyone has his/her attentionon the goals and priorities
The Co-ordinator
The social leader
Makes sure to make use of each members potential
The team worker
Supports each members potential
Makes sure of a good atmosphere in the group
The resource investigator
Explores new ideas and creates development withinthe group
Makes contacts
Negotiate and combine others ideas
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Two questions for you and another team member
1) List 3 good reasons for working professionally with
team and project work at DTUwhat can you use it
for?
2) List 3 things which can make your teamwork easier?
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Team contract
Spend the next few hours to work out a team contract. It is important that everybody in the
group has considered their attitude towards the issues which are to be discussed and
decided upon.
1 - MEETINGS________________________________________________________a) Meeting day:Do you want to have a regular weekly day? Where are the meetings going to
take place? What is the timeframe a meeting? Can the internet be used as an alternative?
b) Cancelling meetings:Are you to announce that you will not participate in a meeting if you
are prevented from coming? How and to whom?
c) Minutes:Do you want to take minutes from the meetings? Should there be a deadline for a
minute? Is it to be placed on CampusNet?
d) Roles: Are you going to change roles?
2. PERFORMANCE AND EXPECTATIONS_________________________________
a) Time:Should each member perform the same through the whole project? Is it okay to
perform at various levels at different times?
b) Expectations:What are the success criteria? Should all be owner of the project and learn
something? Should all pass the exam?
c) Ownership: How will you each perform to reach the criteria ? What are you good at?
3 - CONFLICTS___________________________________________________
What will you do if one is always late?
What will you do in one never delivers on time?
What will you do if there is bad chemistry in the group?
Write down your contract and put in on CampusNet so it is accessible to all group members and
the teachers.
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Contract
The group contact is a binding contract, between all team members. The purpose of which is the production of theproject and the creation of material for the presentations of the case studies in the individual oral exam, for thecourse 42490 at DTU
The agreement is made between
1 Leadership and environment
Type of leadership
Areas of responsibility
Working environment Level of ambition
Meeting plans / Non attendance
2 Method of working
Problem solving and basis on which decisions are made
Information sharing
3 Project management
Control of the project
Status meetings
Evaluating work
4 Conflicts
Options for change
Conflict resolution
Exclusion
Signatures are binding for the class 42490 during the period -------------------------