Team 5: Nolan Casey, Aidan Murphy, Robin Wu, Michael Pilson, Meha Kapur, and Chibuike Dumebi-Kachikwu Team Contract: Norms for team member behavior, but please use examples: 1. Effort: Group members should be doing their assigned work within the project, and putting their full attention into it. Do not just have-complete what you are assigned to do. If you are uncomfortable with your task or having an issue with effort, please inform the CEO and we can reorganize/reassign the tasks so that you can invest fully in your work. 2. Honesty: If you are to miss a meeting or cannot complete your part for any reason, be honest with your excuse. You shouldn’t be lying and making up excuses if you are too lazy to do it. Inform the CEO and the team will work around it and you can just make it up later down the road. 3. Respect: Respect is key when working with a group. Every group member brings their own unique and valuable background to a group setting. Each member is to be treated with respect, decency, and genuinity. If there's an issue with respect, inform the CEO and will meet and discuss the discrepancy. 4. Preparation: Come to meetings with your assigned work completed and be prepared to discuss what you did, as well as your findings. Make sure you are ready to work and talk about the next steps for the project. Preparation allows the team to continue its work on schedule and not fall behind. If someone is not prepared, explain the situation and the team can supplement the work. 5. Participation: Each member should participate in group discussions, there should not be a few people dominating the discussion. Participation is essential to the success of the team as everyone needs to contribute and share their opinion. 6. Learning: By participating and contributing to the group everyone will gain knowledge about working in a team, as well as knowledge about the project. If someone does not understand or needs to learn something other group members should be teaching them. 7. Support/help: If someone cannot do their part on their own other group members can contribute and support them within reason (they should not be doing their entire part). Support can help the group thrive. 8. Leadership: The CEO should be making the final decision while also respecting what the group said about it. Everyone should have a voice within the team no matter their role, and should be able to express their feelings on things. However, the CEO has the executive authority to make decisions. 9. Accommodative: If someone cannot commute to the meeting place, make sure zoom is an option for the group. If the team meeting place needs to change to accommodate someone within the group, then the group should discuss this change and adapt accordingly. 10. Accountability: Team members should talk to each other if someone is not doing their part, and can set up a separate meeting to discuss their effort if needed. Failure to do so will result in a punishment and possibly talking to the professor. But, any issues should be handled within the team. Everyone should be doing the work given to them but if something were to come up the CEO would reach out to them directly. Ground Rules: Meeting Time: Monday, 6pm (1 hour) Location: Tepper Breakout Rooms Additional meeting times will be decided on the basis of the workload. Meeting policies: - If a team member cannot make it to the meeting for any reason, they should inform the group at least one day in advance. - Team members should be on time for all meetings and let the team members know if they will be late for any reason. - Attendance policy: If a team member misses without telling the group they must provide snacks at the next team meeting for everyone. - There will be 5-10 minutes designated for small talk and catchingup, then the next 25-30 minutes will be each person presenting and explaining their progress, the final 20-25 minutes, we will discuss what else needs to be accomplished or any issues that are present. Decision-making approach: All decisions will be made collectively, with inputs from all team members. In case of any disagreements, the group members will discuss the issue at hand and depending on the opinion of the majority a decision will be made. Roles: CEO: Meha Kapur Chairman: Chibuike Dumebi-Kachikwu Head of Human Resources: Nolan Casey Associates: Tianqi Wu, Aidan Murphy, Michael Pilson Division of Work: Work will be divided equally among the team members, on the basis of each person’s strengths and weaknesses. Use of Technology During Meetings: Computers and cellphones will be allowed and used, just make sure everyone is on task and on-topic. Do not be playing games or on social media during the meetings. Free riders: The group members should all contribute to the team project. If we notice any free riders, we will first try to communicate and encourage them to work. If they don’t listen, we will report to the Professor or TAs for further actions. Dominators: All members deserve the respect of their peers and should contribute in a respectful way to the discussion/work, if a member is overpowering the conversation, the other group members should point it out and confront and individually and with civility settle the dispute. If the behavior does not change, we will seek the help of the professor or TA.