Engineering H191 - Drafting / CAD
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 Development
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 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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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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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 time
Respect other members
Criticize ideas, not people
Don’t take constructive criticism personally
Let all members participate and share the workload evenly
Take responsibility for your actions, ideas, and words
Avoid distractions and keep meetings on topic, and on time
Have 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
65 cm
3) Two plastic cups to use as beam
supports.
Load
Additional design constraints:
a) The file label NOT attached
to cups
b) Weight must not touch the
table;
Note: 65 cm is from edge of
cup to edge of cup.
One sheet = superior design of the year award
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