Team Building

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Team Building

• BUS 340 Spring 2005
• Dr. McCormack
• TAs
• Dianne Fabian
• Murat Erenli

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Elements of Teamwork

• Quantity
• Quality
• Attendance
• Cooperation

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Communication

• Face-to-face
• Telephone
• Digital
• Email
• Chat
• Online groups Yahoo!

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Solid Teamwork

• Decisions made by consensus (sometimes the TL
  has to make the decisions and get things moving)
• Disagreements resolution sought but sometimes
  the TL must decide as fairly as possible)
• Objectives understood and accepted by all
• Free expression of idea listen carefully
• Self examination understand your role
• Shared leadership occurs as needed (the TL should
  not be expected to do it all)

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The Team Leader

• Its voluntary but it is a big factor to
  recruiters.
• Its a tough job so dont make it worse. Help
  out, give them some slack.
• The TL helps organize, plan, communicate and
  coordinate the team process. They arent the
  teams gofer.
• Dont expect them to do all the work while you
  cruise through.
• TLs-make sure you pass on any information you
  receive. You are the conduit to the team.

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Hat Colors and Functions

• White hat neutral and objective, concerned with
  facts and figures
• Red hat alarmist, provides emotional view
• Purple hat pessimist, negative aspects,
  considers why something cannot be done
• Yellow hat positive, optimistic, creativity
• Blue hat cool, organization, defines problem,
  summarizes contributions of others

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Team Review

• Team meeting and class attendance
• Quality of contributions (meetings, projects)
• Level of participation (class, meetings,
  projects)
• Overall attitude, cooperation, and teamwork
• Effective cooperation and responsiveness

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Team member non-participant

• Team warning
• Consult with professor or TAs
• Include only participating names on cases
  (requires approval by Dr. McCormack)
• Fire by submission of rough draft (April 7)
• Firing must be through Dr. McCormack

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Four stages you will be through with this team

• 1) Forming Stage
• Who are these people?
• Get Curious Break the Ice

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Ice Breakers Socialize
1) Form an email exchange group http//groups.yah
oo.com/ 2) Schedule a meeting 3)Learn your team
Resources
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4 Stages You will be through with this Team

• 2) Norming Stage

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4 Stages You will be through with this Team

• 4)Storming Stage
• 5) Performing Stage

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Reminders

• Include - team number, member names!
• File names start with team number A1
• Consistency format, style, quality
• Group review, proofreading
• Group consensus
• Group problems resolve early