Teamwork Skills

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Teamwork Skills

• College of Science and Engineering
• The University of Texas Pan American

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Objective

• Explain the need for engineering teams
• Explain the characteristics of a successful team
• Assignment Final Project Team Members Contact
  List

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Engineering Teams

• Engineers are asked to solve extremely complex
  problems
• More factors must be considered than ever before
• Team collaboration provides greater understanding
• More corporations are international

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Teams Continued

• Rapid product development is the requirement
  today for success
• Concurrent engineering demands teamwork
• Corporations increasingly are using project
  management principles

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What Makes a Successful Team?

• Common goal
• Leadership
• Individual involvement
• Effective communication
• Creative spark
• Harmonious relationships among members
• Effective planning and use of resources

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Team Member Attributes

• Attendance
• Responsible
• Abilities
• Creative
• Energetic
• Personality

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Team Leadership Structures

• Traditional
• Participative
• Flat
• Consultant

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Modes of Team Action

• Consensus
• Majority
• Minority
• Averaging
• Expert
• Authority Rule without Discussion
• Authority Rule with Discussion

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Leader Attributes

• Focus on the purpose
• Team builder
• Plan well and effectively utilize resources
• Run effective meetings
• Communicate effectively
• Promote team harmony
• Foster high levels of performance

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Leadership Styles

• Task-oriented leaders
• People-oriented leaders

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Search for Creative Ideas Group Brainstorming
Process

• Pick a facilitator
• Define the problem
• Select a small group
• Explain the process
• Record ideas
• Involve everyone
• No evaluating
• Eliminate duplicates
• Pick three

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Group Activity
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Problem to Practice Group Brainstorming

• Provide a method for controlling the populations
  or access of pigeons or grackles to UTPA campus.
  There are excessive bird droppings. Must be low
  maintenance, low cost, and socially acceptable.
  It must not interfere with the normal flow of
  foot traffic.

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Open Forum