Dr. Hyland

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Dr. Hylands PICTURES PRESENTS
The Power of Teamwork!
With your host
Dr. Hyland Himself!
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• WHY DO SPACE SYSTEMS NEED TEAMWORK?
• Space enterprises are expensive, complex and
  (often) dangerous - thus unforgiving of
  imprecision or errors.
• Balanced judgement and precision require the
  application of many talents and points of view.
• The knowledge required transcends the expertise
  of any individual.
• Hence we must work in teams! (It's also more
  fun!)
• More effective team work is badly needed because
  of
• Rapid technological change.
• Intense pressure to reduce costs, improve
  reliability and value
• delivered.
• Ever shorter development cycle time.

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• The challenges of space militate for new
  organizations that rely on team skills -
• Formal power hierarchies are less salient
  ?Influence processes jump to the fore.
• Broader-skilled employees are empowered ? Creates
  a larger arena of discourse, more open conflict,
  thus a need for conflict resolution skill.
• Increased interaction among functional
  specialists ? Requires ability to reason with
  communicate complex technical concepts.
• Tackling problems that transcend individual
  expertise ? Encourages free flow of information,
  management that elicits creative ideas.
• Need for flexibility and constant improvement of
  methods ? Requires understanding of dynamics of
  organizational change.

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• A Few Cautionary Notes
• Yes, we are going to improve teamwork skills -
  but remember, teamwork is not an end in itself.
  It's our means to get to a really creative design
  concept for a system that is right at the edge of
  present capabilities!
• Yes, the class organization is similar to gov. or
  industry teams - but we also have goals (besides
  a system baseline design) that industry teams do
  not have Each individual shall acquire the
  foundational knowledge in space systems
  engineering needed to usefully contribute to
  future space system projects.
• Foundational knowledge ? Basic knowledge of the
  "language" of a field that's needed before one
  can carry out further learning on ones own. The
  University is your best opportunity to get this
  kind of knowledge.
• Ephemeral knowledge ? Knowledge immediately
  needed for professional or life tasks. Can be
  acquired in the workplace once foundations are in
  place.

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• So, in addition to the usual goals (which require
  teamwork), we have this extra goal, i.e.
  acquiring foundational knowledge. This is
  something that requires individual effort -
  because the knowledge that allows you to go on
  learning and to begin contributing to future
  space endeavors, as a productive team member, has
  to be loaded into each individual brain. If it
  doesn't exist there, it doesn't exist anywhere.
• Finally, teamwork isn't just about "leadership".
  Good "contributorship" is (perhaps) more
  important. Good leaders start by being good
  contributors. Leaders are not usually the source
  of all the bright ideas - Their job is to elicit
  those ideas from contributors and get them
  listened to. We want each student to advance in
  technical knowledge and team skills!

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The Sixteen Types (Based on the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator)
I NTROVERT (I)
ISTJ "DOING WHAT SHOULD BE DONE" ISFJ "A HIGH SENSE OF DUTY" INFJ "AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS" INTJ "EVERYTHING HAS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT"
ISTP "READY TO TRY ANYTHING ONCE" ISFP "SEES MUCH BUT SHARES LITTLE" INFP "PERFORMING NOBLE SERVICE TO AID SOCIETY" INTP "A LOVE OF PROBLEM-SOLVING"
ESTP "THE ULTIMATE REALISTS" ESFP "YOU ONLY GO AROUND ONCE IN LIFE" ENFP "GIVING LIFE AN EXTRA SQUEEZE" ENTP "ONE EXCITING CHALLENGE AFTER ANOTHER"
ESTJ "LIFE'S ADMINIS-TRATORS" ESFJ "HOSTS AND HOSTESSES OF THE WORLD" ENFJ "SMOOTH-TALKING PERSUADERS" ENTJ "LIFE'S NATURAL LEADERS"
(E)
EXTROVERT
SYSTEMATIC (S)
INTUITIVE (N)
(P) P E RC E I V I NG
J UDG I NG (J)
THINKING (T)
FEELING (F)
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ISTJ "DOING WHAT SHOULD BE DONE" Jacob Hollister Mark Baker Travis Ravenscroft Jack Reagan Blaise Cole Colby Smith Megan Heard Kyle Monsma ISFJ "A HIGH SENSE OF DUTY" Steven Swearingen Erin Mastenbrook Jack Reagan INFJ "AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS" INTJ "EVERYTHING HAS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT" Michael Pierce Megan Heard Kyle Monsma
ISTP "READY TO TRY ANYTHING ONCE" Kevin Davenport ISFP "SEES MUCH BUT SHARES LITTLE" INFP "PERFORMING NOBLE SERVICE TO AID SOCIETY" INTP "A LOVE OF PROBLEM- SOLVING"
ESTP "THE ULTIMATE REALISTS" ESFP "YOU ONLY GO AROUND ONCE IN LIFE" ENFP "GIVING LIFE AN EXTRA SQUEEZE" Dave Hyland Keegan Colbert Chris Roach Terry Huang ENTP "ONE EXCITING CHALLENGE AFTER ANOTHER" Olga Rodionova Terry Huang Carl Runco
ESTJ "LIFE'S ADMINISTRATORS" Luis Carrillo Alex Herring Ryan Haughey Lisa Warren Andrew Tucker Jorge Santana Benjamin Morales David Wallace Mary Kate Willianson Brandon Baker ESFJ "HOSTS AND HOSTESSES OF THE WORLD" Andrew Nguyen ENFJ "SMOOTH-TALKING PERSUADERS Sarah Atkinson Paola Alicea Paul Schattenberg ENTJ "LIFE'S NATURAL LEADERS" Mario Botros Michael Pierce Collin Marshall Scott Motl Carl Mullins Paul Schattenberg
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Aero 489 Space System Design - Fall 2005 Phase I
Group Assignments
Contractor 1 Mario Botros Paul Schattenberg Mark Baker Lisa Warren David Wallace Terry Huang Erin Mastenbrook Contractor 2 Collin Marshall Travis Ravenscroft Megan Heard Ryan Haughey Benjamin Morales Keegan Colbert Brandon Baker
Contractor 3 Michael Pierce Jacob Hollister Jack Reagan Alex Herring Andrew Nguyen Sarah Atkinson Chris Roach Contractor 4 Scott Motl Blaise Cole Kyle Monsma Jorge Santana Andrew Tucker Paola Alicea Carl Runco Contractor 5 Carl Mullins Colby Smith Luis Carrillo Mary K. Willianson Kevin Davenport Olga Rodionova Steven Swearingen
Reza Karimi (Post doc Advisor)
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• First Assignment for the Contractor Teams
• (Due Sept. 14)
• Write a (1 page) essay on why space habitats
  should be built.
• Summarize the qualitative goals of the mission in
  a Mission Statement - a 3 to 4 sentence, crisp
  and cogent statement of overall objectives.
• All students should do this individually.
• Also each team should review the mission
  statements generated by its members and select
  the best one.

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Fin