Team Dynamics
Agenda
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What is Team Dynamics?
What makes a successful team?
Roles and Responsibilities
Stages of Team Development
Productive Team Meetings
Time Management
Team Dynamics
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Definition of Dynamics
◦ The science dealing with
motion produced by
force.
◦ The forces operative in
any field
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Interaction of team
members which are
subject to many forces,
both internal and
external.
Successful Teams
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Leadership
Motivation
Common Goal
Roles and Norms
Communication
Responsibility
Achievement
Roles and Responsibilities
Team Sponsor
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Identify the project to
be studied.
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Determines any
boundaries
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Selects Project Team.
Team Leader
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Commitment
Learns to give and receive
useful feedback
Energetic
Organized
Reliable
Effective
Intelligent
Sense of humor
Charismatic
Skilled at resolving
conflict
Team Member
Disruptive Team
Member
Effective Team Member
Respectful
 Listens
 Participates
 Knowledgeable
 Contributes
 Delivers
 Reliable
 Cares
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Intimidating
 Confrontational
 Does not listen
 Dominant personality
 Overly critical
 Does not
communicate
 Unreliable
 Does not care
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Stages of Team Development
Forming
Performing
Adjourning
Storming
Norming
FORMING
Storming
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What are the goals?
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What’s in it for me?
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Who is the leader?
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Who’s in control?
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Who are these people?
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Is our leader qualified?
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Will I be accepted?
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Do I have a voice in our
group?
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What do they know?
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What are some ground
rules?
Why do I have to listen to
him?
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Do I need my team?
Norming
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Unity
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Team Identity
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Trust
Safe to say what’s
on my mind
Performing
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Knowing each other!
◦ Strengths
◦ Challenges
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Use strengths to accomplish
goal
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High Productivity
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Desire to succeed
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Respect
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I want to be here
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Succeed together
Adjourning
•Success!
•Mission
Accomplished!
•Celebration!
•Honor
each other
•Goodbyes
•Memories
Productive Team Meetings
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Use agendas
Have a facilitator
Take minutes
Come prepare for every meeting
Discuss in detail goals for the week and
project.
Time Management
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Effective Team Meetings
Identify action item and responsibility
Make a written plan
Set deadline
Plan
Schedule
Questions?
References
Adapted from McNeil, Bellamy & Burrows, Introduction
to Engineering Design, 2000.
http://sites.udel.edu/meeg401/files/2011/08/Phase-2Team-Dynamics.pdf
Laguette, S. (2013). Team Dynamics, Lecture presented in ME 189.
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Santa Barbara, Ca.
https://archive.gauchospace.ucsb.edu/gs20112013/thearchive2/file.p
hp/7079/dndupload/Team_Dynamics_041612.pdf