1. Power in Team Work Team Work In Projects

2. Work Group  A group who interacts primarily to share information and to make decisions to help one another perform within each member’s area of responsibility

3. Work Team  Generates positive synergy through coordinated effort  Individual efforts result in a level of performance that is greater than the sum of those individual inputs

4. Comparing Work Groups and Work Teams Share information Neutral (sometimes negative) Individual Random and varied Collective performance Positive Individual and mutual ComplementaryGoalSynergyAccountabilitySkills Work groups Work teams

5. 3. Who Matches the Roles Project Manager File Manager Time Manager Process Manager Project team Personal Roles Producer Administrator Entrepreneur Integrator Everybody has got all roles in different combinations

6. 4. Agreement on Cooperation ContentsDescription 1. Project hoursWorking Hours – Obligatory for members of the team 2. Work performancePerformance level – Ambitions with the project 3. Distribution of the responsibility* Copy the list from 3. Who matches the roles? 4. SanctionsBreaking the rules: Buy cake or cokes to members of the team 5. Other conditionsCall if you are late, ill, have problems cathing a bus etc. NamesSignatures

7. POWER Learning The five key steps The five key steps to get success in studying  P repare  O rganize  W ork  E valuate  R ethink

8. 1st Step: P repare  The trouble is that most planning is done without concious thinking, as if we are on autopilot  The key to success however, is to make sure, that planning is systematic  The best way to plan systematic is to use goal-setting strategies

9. 2nd Step: O rganize Intellectual Tools:  Too often students are in a hurry to meet a deadline! They just dive in and get it done!  Organizing can save you time, as you are not loosing your way  Success comes not from trial and error  We can often make our own luck through preparing and organizing

10. 3rd Step: W ork  Motivate your self: Find the energy Decide to focus your energy on the work Focus your attension on the work Start with an overview Go to details and solve the tasks

11. 4th Step: E valuate ”Great, I am done with the work. Now I can move on!”  Did Shakespeare quickly write the first draft of Hamlet and without another glance, send it to the Globe Theater for production?  Do professional sportsmen just put in a minimum of practice to get ready for a big game?

12. 5th Step: R ethink  Evaluating means considering how well your result matches your initial goals  Rethinking means re-considering not just the outcome of your efforts, but the ideas and the process underlying your efforts to solve the tasks.

13. Self-Managed Work Teams  Collectively control pace of work  Determine work assignments  Organize breaks

14. Creating Effective Teams  Effectiveness of teams is defined by: Objective measures of the team’s productivity Manager’s ratings of team performance Aggregate measures of member satisfaction