EME 105 Intro to Engineering

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EME 105 Intro to Engineering

• Week 05 Lecture B
• Teamwork and Good Citizenship

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Teaming and Expectations

• Do you ever think about the intrapersonal
  dynamics or the expectations other members have
  of you when working on a group project?
• People may come into a group interaction with
  different expectations about what their roles and
  responsibilities are or should be.

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Class Discussion

• Why do you think different people have different
  expectations about how they participate in a
  group activity?

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Activity 1

• Take out two sheets of paper. On the top of one
  sheet write

Personal expectations of myself when given a
teaming assignment

• Take 2 minutes and make a list of your own
  expectations about your role as a team member.

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Activity 2

• Take the other sheet of paper. On the top of it
  write

My expectations of other members when working
with them on a team assignment
Take 2 minutes and make a list of your own
expectations about other members contributions to
your team
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Summary of Teaming Expectations

• You are to share with the class these
  characteristics that you identified.

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Individual Assignment

• You are to make a list of the 6 most important
  characteristics that members of a team should
  exhibit.

a) Do it by yourself on the back of your sheet
of paper.
b) Share characteristics with the class
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Characteristics should measure ?

• We would like the characteristics to
• --measure each individuals level of
  participation
• --measure of each individuals effort
• --measure of each individuals sense of
  responsibility to achieving team goals.
• -- not be a measure of a team members academic
  ability.

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Agree on Team Characteristics

• Class come to a consensus on the top 8.

• Once characteristics are identified,it is
  possible to develop an assessment form for use to
  rate the performance of the team members.
• What purpose does this form serve?

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Team Citizenship Form

• On the Rating Team Citizenship form fill in the
  eight characteristics you have selected as
  responsibilities.
• Also fill in your name and the date at the top of
  the form.

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Team Citizenship Qualifiers

• Excellent
• Very good
• Satisfactory
• Ordinary
• Marginal
• Deficient
• Unsatisfactory
• Superficial
• No show.

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Team Citizenship....The Skit

• Please welcome the members of a recent team
  activity
• Bill.... Phil...
• Jill and Will.
• Fill in their names under the team members list
  on the Rating Team Citizenship form

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Team Citizenship Assessment

• You will be asked to list the strengths of each
  character and the improvements that need to be
  made for each character
• After listing the characters strengths and
  improvements, you will be asked to rate
  the citizenship of each fictitious character.
• Rating means Excellent, Very good,
  Satisfactory, Ordinary, Marginal, Deficient ,
  Unsatisfactory, Superficial, or No show.

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Let the skit begin

• As you listen to the scenario, you should
  individually be writing down your assessment of
  the characters strengths and need for
  improvement.
• Try to emphasize improvements in a positive way.
• You can feel free to ask questions about the
  characters as the scenario is read.

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Jill's Story

• Let me tell you about Bill
• Bill is the kind of student who was struggling to
  maintain a C in the course.
• He often asked for explanations during the team's
  sessions, offered ideas when he could, always
  showed up for meetings, and prepared beforehand
  to the best of his ability.
• He is friendly and willing to work.
• Oh and one more thing about Bill you probably
  dont know is that he ....

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Will's Story

• Let me tell you about Phil.
• Phil missed a number of meetings with no excuse,
  and when he did show up it was almost always
  without having even looked at the assignment.
• He contributed very little during the meetings,
  was late to one meeting because no one told him
  the meeting time, and missed a meeting because
  his alarm clock didnt go off.
• He didnt bring his part of that weeks work
  because he figured that I would do it on my own
  way anywaywhich I did.
• In my view, Phil is .....

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Bill's Story

• Let me tell you about Will
• Will is very bright, usually first to figure out
  solutions to difficult problems, but not
  particularly cooperative.
• He tended to just work out the solutions and
  discourage attempts of others to contribute.
• He was reluctant to spend time explaining things
  to the others, and was particularly impatient
  with my questions.
• He doesnt like to explain things that he thinks
  are obvious.
• I think that Will ......

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Phils Story

• Let me tell you about Jill
• Jill is not as bright as Will but shes super
  responsible.
• She spent a lot of time giving one-on-one help to
  Bill and me.
• However, after a while she didn't seem as willing
  to help me as much as she did earlier in the
  quarter.
• She's always on time to meetings and often
  volunteers to call and remind everyone (I
  remember her calling me a couple of time) when
  the next meeting is.
• You probably don't know this about Jill, but she
  ....

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Following the skit

• Complete the strength/Improvements form for each
  team member.
• Beside the team members name at the bottom of
  the citizenship form rate their citizenship
  within this group.

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Class Discussion

• Come to a consensus on the rating given to each
  member on the team.

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Expectation of a team member

• A Team Member-- is expected to participate
  fully in defining the problem, solving it, and
  documenting the solution.
• -- is expected to be fully committed to the
  project.

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Team Roles

• Leader
• -- Brings the agenda to the meeting
• -- Keeps the team focused on the task
• -- Ensures that members do their followup work.
• Recorder
• --Writes down all the ideas and material
  generated during the meeting.

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Still Other Team Roles

• Scheduler/Timer
• -- Schedules meeting times and resolves time
  conflicts
• -- Ensures the team stays on its time budget
• Encourager
• -- Makes sure that everyone gets positive
  recognition for their contributions.
• Summarizer
• -- Periodically summarizes what the team has done
  so far and the plan for completing the task.

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Even More Possible Team Roles

• Questioner/Devils Advocate
• -- Makes sure that alternatives are considered
  and decisions are reasoned out.
• Reflector
• -- Monitors the process rather than the task.
• -- Provides feedback on the teams process and
  progress.
• -- Gives guidance to leadership.
• Gatekeeper
• -- Makes sure that all members are contributing.

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Responsibilities of a Team Leader

• In the Big Picture, the leaders responsibilities
  are to
• To supply and maintain organization
• Assure fair participation of all of the
  participants 

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Team LeaderResponsibility Before a Meeting

• Get the right people to the meeting (decision
  makers, experts, stakeholders)
• Create and distribute a detailed Agenda in a
  timely manner before the meeting
• Make sure all parties have the information to
  find the meeting place at the correct time and to
  perform the tasks for which the meeting is called
• Make sure that the location has sufficient
  resources (chairs, whiteboard, overhead, network
  connections, phones, ..) 

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Team LeaderResponsibility At and During a
Meeting

• Welcome and introduce the members
• Establish the ground rules with group cooperation
  (how decisions will be made, how tasks will be
  divided, what processes will be used)
• Keep discussions on track and in the time limits
• Make sure everyones views are heard
• Repeat and summarize views to clarify and to
  demonstrate listening
• Try to get to Win/Win solutions
• Make sure individuals have assignments and
  deadlines including providing the minutes

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Assignment

• Read the handout
• PPS 1A Working in Groups