FUSE
Team Charter
“Focus Unity Success Excellence”
Ify Obigbo
Qing Cai
Daniel Dickinson
Chase Peevey
Vision
We of Team FUSE, strive for excellence in leadership as
individuals and as a team.
Mission/Purpose
We will apply the knowledge and skills obtained in the
“classroom” to our work as a team throughout this
semester. Team FUSE will encourage all members to
participate and strengthen their team skills week-toweek in meetings and by working on group projects. We
will rotate roles throughout the semester to allow each
team member to practice different skill sets. We will be
better leaders tomorrow, because of our work today.
Goal 1
At a minimum each team member will fulfill each role
established at our first meeting on at least one meeting,
e.g. Coordinator, Scribe, Timekeeper and Facilitator and
will fulfill their role before, during and after the meeting
according to our Roles and Ground Rules.
Tasks:
A) Rotate the tasks of Coordinator, Scribe, Timekeeper and Facilitator during
each weekly Skype call and monthly F2F meeting. Additional roles will be
rotated as we deem necessary, i.e. Devil’s Advocate.
B) Each team member will take the lead on different tasks and will coordinate
and delegate tasks to the other members and will be responsible for
compiling needed information and components from team members and
submit the final project to BlackBoard in a timely fashion.
Measurements:
A) Team will show that each member rotated the tasks through our meeting
minutes.
B) Each member will have taken the lead on at least one of the larger projects
due this semester, or have contributed a significant amount of work towards
the completion of the project, i.e. Team Charter, Website, Radio Infomercial,
etc.
Goal 2
By the end of this course, we will become better
managers by learning effective ways of team
management and conflict resolution.
Tasks:
A) Since we will rotate weekly meeting roles and roles on projects, we will be
able to practice management and coordination of meetings and projects and
practice the skills necessary to become effective managers.
B) We will actively coordinate tasks with our team members in order to ensure
excellent project completion.
C) The team will provide positive criticism to other team members and help
mold each other into successful managers.
Measurements:
A) Our grades on Team exercises and individual assignments will show if we are
progressing and learning to be better at team and individual assignments.
B) Our survey data will show if we have gotten better at managing our conflicts
and better at team effectiveness in decision-making and task completion.
C) Our individual Peer Assessments from our peers will show if our teammates
feel that we are contributing to the team equitably.
Goal 3
Building an integrated team by helping each other to
become better team-members, by providing in-time
feedback and improving relationships with each
other professionally.
Tasks:
A) Meeting frequently to increase opportunities to interact and become a better
team.
B) We will meet once a week via Skype and once a month face-to-face to discuss
team projects and other deliverables coming up.
Measurements:
A) We will use data from weekly surveys to determine the team’s perception of
our ability to deal with conflict and whether we provide constructive
feedback to each other.
B) Our overall team survey scores should show an improving trend throughout
the semester to indicate we think the team members work well together as a
team.
Goal 4
As a team, we will meet all deadlines required for each
project. In accordance with meeting the appropriate
deadlines, we will strive to receive a grade of 90% on at
least half knowledge checks and 100% on the remaining
knowledge checks. All other deliverables should be
within an acceptable range through 85-100%.
Tasks:
A) Complete all individual assignments on or before the class deadline.
B) Work as a team to complete all group projects well before the class deadline
with a goal of 100% accuracy and promptness.
C) Review all work and projects before submission to check that each member
is satisfied with final product.
Measurements:
A) Our scores will reflect whether we have achieved our goal. We should have
all scores in the 85-100% range with most being in the 95-100%.
Roles
Tasks-facilitating roles
Coordinator: Daniel Dickinson
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Will provide an agenda for each weeks meeting
Set time and place of each meeting
Make sure team meeting follows agenda and each topic is discussed
Scribe: Chase Peevey
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Provides minutes for each meeting to group
Make sure each group member knows deadlines that are to be met in the
following week
Will provide each team member with decisions that were made during the
meeting about project lead, editor, and managing roles
Timekeeper: Ify Obigbo
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Keeps team on track with agenda and each topic discussed in meetings
doesn’t exceed allotted time
Will keep team on topic during meetings and time is not wasted and the team
doesn’t get sidetracked on other topics
Constantly notify team of time and lead to decisions being made on topics in
a timely manner
Facilitator: Qing Cai
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Encourages each members thoughts and ideas on each topic
Makes sure each team member contributes equally in meetings and projects
Manages decisions made to make sure all team members ideas were
considered
Project Manager: All team members
All team members will take this role for at least one major project
 Divides work for each member of the team to contribute to the project
 Keeps the progress of each project on schedule
 Consolidates and finalizes the project for submission
*Roles will rotate each meeting to give every group member experience with
different roles.
Ground Rules
Administrative:
1. We will have face-to-face meetings once a month, Skype meetings each
weekend.
2. If any group member is not able to be at a meeting or Skype call, they must
send their contributions and thoughts on the proposed agenda for that weeks
meeting.
3. We will keep constant contact with each group member to manage the
progress on group projects and deliverables to make sure they are completed
in time.
4. On a weekly basis, it is preferred that our internal deadlines for our
information needed by other group members are provided by Wednesday,
Thursday at the latest.
Tasks:
1. The decisions that are made within the group will go to a majority rule in a
voting process.
2. Disagreements between group members will be discussed and handled
professionally, as it would in the “real world”.
Interpersonal:
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Each group member should treat others as they would like to be treated.
Always treat each group member with respect.
Be considerate of others and their point of views.
Each member should always act in a professional manner.
Honesty between group members will allow for this group to run smoothly
and cohesively.
Miscellaneous:
1. The members of the group should try to make this experience as fun and
informational as possible.
2. If it is needed, any group member that needs help on their specific
requirements can seek help from other group members.
Fuse’s Work Plan
Week 1 (Jan 14-Jan 20)
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Activities This Week:
By Jan 20- Everybody read: Student Orientation
By Jan 20 - Everybody read: MGMT 5133 Course Communications.
By Jan 20 - Everybody Review the PPT slideshow from the instructor:
Welcome to MGMT 5133 Teamwork and Leadership Skills.
By Jan 20 - Everybody review the course syllabus.
By Jan 20 - Everybody read the following:
- Curing Those Ol' My God Not Another Group Class Blues
- The GRP-I Model: The Basic Building Blocks of Teamwork
- Coping With Problems in Your Team
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By Jan 20 - Everybody read the Introductory chapter in the textbook (pp.
1-22).
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By Jan 20 - Everybody read: Advice to Teams (this information comes
from 132 teams who have successfully met the challenges of this course there is a lot of good advice here!).
By Jan 20 - Everybody (individually) submit Statement of Understanding
on Blackboard.
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Week 2 (Jan21-Jan 27)
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Activities This Week
Jan 21 - Everybody check class email to see who’s on your team.
Jan 23th. Every team member submit a post on Introduction Forum
with brief bio and introduction as per syllabus.
By Jan 24 - Submit contact info.
By Jan 27 - Create the Forums as outlined in MGMT 5133 Course
Communications – Dan to submit.
Everybody read document: Creating Team Websites) Team websites
should be posted by the end of Week 6 – Qing taking lead.
By Jan 27 - Submit Contact Info to Dr. T– Dan submitting.
Team Charter (due Feb 10) Prep-Work
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By Jan 26 - Everybody Read: Guidelines for Team Charters
By Jan 26 Everybody Read: To Create a Mission Statement.
By Jan 26 - Schedule First Team Meeting to discuss Team
Charter and Team Website
o By Jan 24 - Create agenda – Dan will create.
o Jan 27 - Each member brainstorms by themselves
and prepares for F2F meeting.
o Jan 27 - Discuss ideas for Team Name, Motto,
Mascot, Vision, Mission, Goals, Roles and Ground
Rules in f2f meeting at UHCL campus.
o Jan 27 - Schedule subsequent meetings and begin
assigning tasks and leads:
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Team Charter Lead – Chase Peevey
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information from team members,
compile and make suggestions for
improvement.
 Need feedback on Goals, Vision and
Mission by Wed Feb 06 from each
member.
 Feb 6 - Dan to send first draft of Team
Task schedule to Chase.
 By Feb 8 - Chase will compile rough
draft of Team Charter for team review.
 Feb 9 - Team will discuss Team
Charter on Skype meeting and finalize
draft.
 Feb 10 - Chase will submit team
charter.
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Team Website Lead – Qing Cai
 Feb 3 – Qing will create website and
coordinate with team members to get
all necessary information for website.
 By Feb 13 - Team will review website
and provide all feedback on content
and proofread.
 By February 24 - Qing will finalize
Team and submit completed website
to Dr. T.
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Team Metrics/Documentation Lead – Ify
Obigbo
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By Feb 2 – Ify will request information
from team members, compile data and
submit suggested metrics to the group
for vote.
By Feb 3 - Team will discuss metrics
on Skype meeting.
Feb 5 - Ify will take feedback from Feb
3rd meeting and revise/expand
Metrics as needed and suggest final
metrics.
By Feb 8 - Team will provide feedback,
i.e. vote yes or no on whether to
finalize. If final, Ify will administer
Survey by Feb 8 for first official Team
documentation.
Will use Survey Monkey to administer
Team Surveys and compile data
throughout semester for Metrics.
Survey will be administered every two
weeks?? After Feb 8th until end of
semester.
Task Schedule for Team Charter - Dan
Dickinson
 By Feb 8 – Dan will look ahead at
weekly schedule for entire semester
and compile a Master doc to keep
track of tasks and break the tasks
down into sub-tasks with internal and
external deadlines and provide to
team for review.
 Feb 9 - Master Task List and schedule
will be reviewed during meeting.
 By Feb 10 at 2 PM - Chase will
incorporate Master TL into Team
Charter
 By Feb 10 at 6 PM Team will review
final Team Charter doc to be
submitted for editing/proofreading
and provide feedback to Chase.
 By Feb 10 at 11:55 PM Chase will
submit Charter on behalf of team.
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By Jan 27 meeting Everybody Read: Tips for Team Documentation (The
importance – the how and why – of documenting individual and team
processes using multiple measures over time); See also the link to
Examples of 16 Team Assessment Tools .
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By Jan 27 - Everybody complete the TKI Conflict Management Survey.
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By Jan 27 - Everybody complete the FIRO-B Assessment.
Week 3 (Jan 28th – Feb 4th)
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By Feb 4 – Everybody read: Instructions for Taking Knowledge Checks.
Jan 30 - Everybody take KC for below referenced material by midnight
and record your answers to discuss on meeting Feb 3rd.
Jan 30 - One team member (Dan) will post questions and answers on
Team KC forum for others to review by Feb 3rd meeting.
Feb 3rd meeting, team will discuss questions and answers and decide
as a group which answers to submit.
Feb 3 - One member (Dan) will submit Team KC answers.
Materials for KC (need to read by Jan 30th):
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Ch. 9 Building Effective Teams and Teamwork
Suppl. C Conducting Meetings
The GRP-I Model
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By Feb 4 everybody watch:
 Using Diagnostic Tools to Assess Team Effectiveness
 Applying the GRP-I Model / SMART Goals
 Task and relationship roles
 Stages of team development
 Team leadership (leadership as a teamwork skill)
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Feb 3 - Skype meeting (Qing – Coordinator, Dan – Scribe, Chase
– Timekeeper, Ify – Facilitator) to discuss:
 Finalizing Team Mascot
 Finalizing Team Metrics/survey
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Activities This Week:
Week 4 (Feb 4-10)
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By Feb 10 - Team Charter due by 11:55 PM – Chase will submit
final doc using specified link shown on Week 4.
By Feb 10 - Read: Team Consensus Decisions
By Feb 6 - each team member will complete Activity #3: Team
Role Preferences (p.16) (Schnell)
By Feb 6 - Everybody complete FIRO-B Activity #3 and post to
BB.
By Feb 10 - Respond to Team Follow-Up to FIRO-B Activity #3
and post on blackboard. .
By Feb 8 - Ify to send out first official team survey.
By Feb 10 - Everybody respond to first team survey.
Feb 9 - Skype meeting (Ify– Coordinator, Qing – Scribe, Dan–
Timekeeper, Chase– Facilitator) to discuss:
o Finalize Team Charter
o Missing items for team website
o Timelines for completing upcoming weeks exercises
(Lost in the Desert, Debriefing the Lost in the Desert
Exercise)
Week 5 (Feb 11- Feb 17th)
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What’s next for the week
Ch. 9 Team KC responses.
Activities This Week:
By xxxxxx - As a team, first complete the team consensus seeking
exercise: Lost in the Desert.
After completing the Lost in the Desert Debrief exercise, team will
submit Team KSS Exercise by Sunday Feb 17 – _________will submit for
team.
Feb 13 - Each team member will complete Activity #4: Leadership
and Initiation Behavior (p.19) and Activity #5: Behavior Patterns in
the Leadership Role (p.22) (From Schnell)
Feb 16 - Skype Meeting Feb 16th (Chase – Coordinator, Ify – Scribe,
Qing – Timekeeper, Dan- Facilitator) to discuss:
 Team Website lose ends.
 Upcoming Survey for week 6 (Ify)
 Upcoming week’s work and deliverables.
Feb 17 - Everybody respond to Team Follow-Up to FIRO-B Activities #4
and #5 by midnight.
By Feb 17 - After completing the Lost in the Desert exercise, each team
member will complete Debriefing the Lost in the Desert Exercise.
On-going
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Feb 24th is deadline for Team Website. Qing will lead and submit.
Week 6 (Feb 18th- Feb 24th)
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Activities This Week:
Feb 20 -Everybody complete Individual Knowledge Checks Ch.
4 Communication Skills by midnight.
Feb 23 - Discuss Team KC responses on Skype call. _______ to submit
team responses.
Complete the skill development activity: Listening Styles Survey: How
Would You Respond?
Review the PPT slides (video): Developing Listening Skills [Note: You
must complete the skill development activity (see above) prior to
viewing the video presentation]
Read: Guidelines for Management Radio Infomercial
By Feb 23 - Everybody read: Software Guidelines for Management
Radio Infomercial (see links below for examples of previous Radio
Infomercials; not all examples reflective of "A" grade)
Feb 20 - Each team member will complete Activity # 7: Team
Chemistry (p.31) and Activity # 8: Reactions to Team Mismatches (p.
34); Then respond to Team Follow-Up to FIRO-B Activity # 7 and # 8
(From Schnell)
Prepare for Knowledge Check for Ch. 7 Conflict Management Skills
By Feb 22 - Ify to send out Team Survey.
Feb 23 - Team members to complete 2nd survey.
Feb 24 – Post to discussion board Team Responses to Activity # 8:
Reactions to Team Mismatches (p. 34); Then respond to Team FollowUp to FIRO-B Activity # 7 and # 8 (From Schnell)
By Feb 24 - Each team member will complete the Mid-Semester Peer
Feedback Form (see Guidelines for Completing the Mid-Semester Peer
Feedback Form)
By Feb 24 - Begin work on Management Radio Infomercials (team
members should choose service/industries, etc. from phone book)
Feb 24 – Pearland Meeting (Dan – Coordinator, Chase –Scribe, Ify –
Timekeeper, Qing - Facilitator) to discuss:
 Upcoming Radio Infomercial project
 Establish leads and internal deadlines for Radio
Infomercial deliverables.
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Activity 7 and 8 (FIRO-B)
Next week’s schedule
Week 8 (Feb 25-March 3)
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Activities This Week:
Feb 26 - Complete Individual Knowledge Checks for Ch. 7 Conflict
Management Skills
By March 2 - Everybody review PPT slides: Assertiveness Statements
By March 2 - Step 1 responses to Team Conflict Activity # 1 should be
posted to your Team Discussion Board by 11:55 pm.
March 2 - Skype Meeting (Qing – Coordinator, Dan – Scribe, Chase –
Timekeeper, Ify – Facilitator) to discuss:
 Upcoming project deadlines
 Weekly schedule
 Radio Infomercial progress and deadlines.
By Mar 3 - Everybody Complete skill development activity: Using
Assertiveness Statements to Manage Conflict (Note: Do not complete
this skill development activity until you have reviewed the PPT
slideshow Assertiveness Statements)
By March 3 - Teams will complete the exercise Using Assertiveness
Statements to Manage Conflict and submit their results no later than
Sunday, 11:55 pm/
By March 3 – Everybody review your results from the Thomas-Kilman
Conflict Mode Instrument: Profile and Interpretative Report (you
received this report at the beginning of the semester, along with your
FIRO-B profile)
By March 3 - From Thomas and Thomas (Introduction to Conflict and
Teams), read pp. 1 - 10. Then respond to Team Conflict Activity # 1
Everybody start preparing for KC Ch. 10 – Positive Leadership for next
week’s KCs.
Week 9
SPRING BREAK
Week 10 (March 4-March 10)
Activities This Week:
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March 7 - Complete Individual Knowledge Checks for Ch. 10 Positive
Leadership
March 7 – Everybody should post Step 1 responses to Team Conflict
Activity # 2 Team Discussion Board by 11:55 pm.
Prepare for Knowledge Check: Emotional Intelligence
(This KC is not from the textbook, it comes from two articles)
o For the upcoming Knowledge Check, read:
- What Makes a Leader?
- Building the Emotional Intelligence of Groups
March 9 - Skype Meeting (Ify – Coord., Qing - Scr.. Dan – TK, Chase –
F.) to discuss:
 Discuss Management Radio Infomercials project
submission. Deadline due Week 11.
By March 10 Everybody Review PPT slides: Leading Positive Change
March 10 – Submit Team KC - _______ will submit.
March 10 –Post Step 2 responses to Team Conflict Activity # 2 to
Team Discussion Board
On-going Work
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Continue working on Management Radio Infomercials should be posted by Sunday, 11:55
pm, Week 11 (Nov 11th)
Week 11 (Mar 25- Mar 31)
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Activities This Week:
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By Mar 27 - Complete Individual Knowledge Checks on Emotional
Intelligence
- Building the Emotional Intelligence of Teams
- What Makes a Leader? From Thomas and Thomas, read pp. 14-23
By Mar 27 - Respond to Team Conflict Activity # 3. Step 1 (note: there is no
Step 2 to this exercise)
Mar 31 F2F Meeting to discuss:
o Upcoming week-s deliverables
o Finalizing Radio Infomercial – all files due April 7 by 11:55 pm.
o Team Survey data
By Mar 31 – Team to submit Team KC. – _________will submit.
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Week 12 (April 1 – April 7)
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By April 1 - Team will submit its Management Radio Infomercial.
________ will submit.
By April 3 – Each member will respond to Team Conflict Activity #4
(step 1)
April 6 – Skype Meeting to discuss
 Upcoming week’s activities.
 Ongoing concerns
 Surveys – Self Analysis Report is due April 28.
By April 7 – Team will respond to Team Conflict Activity #4 (Step 2)
Week 13 (April 8 – April 14)
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Activities This Week:
Activities This Week:
By April 10 – Everybody review the "Radio Infomercial" submitted by
the other teams; - see the Instructions for Evaluating Team
Infomercials for details (these reviews are due this week; use the
Radio Infomercial Team Rating Form to submit your team's
evaluations)
April 13 – Skype Meeting. See website or previous meeting notes to
determine meeting roles. Discuss:
 Upcoming week’s deliverables.
 Radio Infomercial Review plan. Who will submit for
team.
 Team Survey
 Team Self-Analysis report. Due April 28. Who will take
lead.
 Do we have enough and good information for the SAR?
By April 14 – Each team member will complete Dipolar and Peer
ratings by 11:55 pm. (see Completing the Dipolar Self and Peer
Surveys). You should receive an email from Dipolar inviting you to
begin the rating process; this email will be sent to your UHCL email
address (NOTE: if you experience any technical problems contact
Dipolar Support directly at support@dipolar.com.au)
By April 14 – Team will submit Final team ratings of other
team's infomercials using the Radio Infomercial Team Rating Form, no
later than 11:55pm, Sunday (see Instructions for Evaluating Team
Infomercials for details). _____________ to submit for team.
Week 14 (April 15 – April 21)
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April 20 – Meeting. See Website or previous notes for roles. Discuss:
 Survey Data for Self Report
 Team Development Exercises.
 Self-Analysis Report – Who will take lead?
 Team Survey
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By April 21 - Complete the Team Development Exercise (No
submissions from the Team Development Exercise are required;
however, you will need the results of this exercise to complete the
Team Self-Analysis Report
By April 21 – Everybody read: Stages of Team Development
By April 21 – Everybody review: Guidelines for Team Self-Analysis
Reports (The Team Self-Analysis Report is due Sunday, 11:55 pm., Apr
28th, Week 15)
By April 21 – Everybody review: Guidelines for the Individual
Development Plan (IDP). The link to the IDP opens on Monday of this
week, 6:00 am; the IDP should be submitted no later than 11:55 pm,
Sunday, Apr 21st, this week
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Week 15 (April 22 – April 28)
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Activities This Week:
Activities This Week:
April 27 – Final Team Meeting. See Website for previous week’s notes for
roles. Discuss:
 Finalize work on Self-Analysis Reports.
 Who will submit report.
 Reminder on End-of-Semester Peer Evaluations are due.
By April 28 - Team needs to submit Self-Analysis Reports. (Note: this
assignment utilizes the Group Assignment Tool; submit your report using the
link in Week 15 on Blackboard)
By April 28 – Submit End-of-Semester Peer Reviews (Sunday, 11;55 pm) Pleas read: Instructions for End-of-Semester Peer Evaluations
Evaluating Team FUSE
On a weekly basis, our team will take a survey that consists of the questions listed
below. All group members must take this survey each week. These questions are
used to help the team progress throughout the semester and focus on any areas that
need improvement to make the group work more efficient. This survey will improve
each weeks meeting by providing team members with knowledge on how to
improve their participation in each meeting.
Answering each question of the survey is based upon these responses:
1-Strongly disagree
2-Disagree
3-Neither agree or disagree
4-Agree
5-Strongly agree
Survey questions:
1. I understand the team's goals, and what is needed to achieve the goals.
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2. I think the team makes decisions effectively.
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3. I think the team functions cohesively.
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4. I feel my team members consider my ideas and address my concerns.
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5. My team manages conflict effectively.
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6. I am able to play an active and productive role in this team.
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7. I am very satisfied with the quality of my team’s assignments.
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8. I feel the feedback and criticism my teammates have offered is useful.
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9. I feel I have contributed as much or more as each teammate in the achievement of
our goals and tasks.
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10. I feel comfortable sharing my ideas with the team, even if they are "outside the
box".
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11. I feel this team is a learning organization, i.e. we learn from our mistakes.
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12. I trust each team member to provide their part of each assignment to other
members in a timely manner.
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13. I am happy with the team’s decisions, even if sometimes they are different than
my initial opinion or ideas.
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14. My Team is a High Performing team.
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15. This team stays on task and meets the requirements for each assignment on time
(both internal and class deadlines).
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16. I feel this team is a cooperative team vs. a competitive team (i.e. members work
well together to achieve tasks vs. compete against each other to impose their “will”).
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Commitment Page
In signing this commitment page, each member is
agreeing that they have read and acknowledge the team
charter. All team members understand what they are
expected to contribute and what team FUSE is working
to achieve.
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Ify Obigbo
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Daniel Dickinson
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Qing Cai
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Chase Peevey