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Terry A Ring Chemical Engineering UofU Teamwork Terry A Ring Chemical Engineering UofU

Overview Activity Teamwork Discussion Thinking Caps Concluding Activity

You and your team has just crash landed on the moon You and your team has just crash landed on the moon! As a group, rank the following items from 1 as most important to 15 as least important in your survival: Box of matches Food concentrate Fifty feet of nylon rope Parachute silk Portable heating unit Two .45 caliber pistols One case dehydrated Pet Milk Two 100-pound tanks of oxygen Stellar map (of moon's constellations Life raft Magnetic compass 5 gallons of water Signal flares First-aid kits containing injection needles

NASA Results NASA Rational 14 Box of matches No Oxygen 4 Food concentrate Can live for some time without food 5 Fifty feet of nylon rope For travel over rough terrain 7 Parachute silk Carrying 12 Portable heating unit Lighted side of the moon is hot 10 Two .45 caliber pistols Some use for propulsion 11 One case dehydrated Pet Milk Needs H2O to work 1 Two 100-pound tanks of oxygen No air on the moon 3 Stellar map (of moon's constellations) Needed for navigation 8 Life raft Some value for shelter or carrying 13 Magnetic compass Moon's magnetic field is different from the earth's 2 5 gallons of water You can't live long without this 9 Signal flares No oxygen 6 First-aid kits containing injection First-aid kit might be needed, but needles injection needles are useless

What is teamwork? Write down your definition of teamwork Are our definitions the same? What are key words that we used to describe teamwork?

Teamwork is… The process of working collaboratively with a group of people, in order to achieve a goal

Stages of Group Development

Group Formation Process Adjourning Performing Norming Storming Forming

Forming Members are getting to know each other Everyone wants to be accepted Finding your role in the group Characteristics overwhelming politeness nervous smiles humility to a fault courtesies

Storming Members competing for status Conflict around creating group goals Relationships are created Individual roles are not defined

Storming Characteristics Members are wondering if they are respected by the group Some hostility A sense of jealousy A degree of infighting Competition between people

Norming Members resolve status conflict Establish norms Characteristics Acceptance of roles Hidden agendas diminishes People understand how they fit into the group

Performing Mutual accountability for group results People are working effectively The group has methods to work through conflict people value the work of other team members

Performing Characteristics: A willingness to go the extra mile Quality job performance Pride in their group No “winners” or “losers” in disagreements

Adjourning The group has achieved its common goal The group disbands Characteristics People feel proud of their accomplishments Sense of loss

Where do you think you are with your team? Consider the decision making process earlier. Where are you with your lab work and understanding of individual responsibilities? Do you have a team identity?

Edward de Bono

White Hat Used to think about facts, figures, and other objective information What facts would help us further in making a decision? How can we get those facts?

Red Hat Used to elicit the feelings, emotions, and other nonrational but potentially valuable senses, such as hunches and intuition How do I really feel? What is my gut feeling about this problem?

Black Hat Used to discover why some ideas will not work, this hat inspires logical negative arguments What is the worst-case scenario? What are the possible downside risks and problems?

Yellow Hat Used to obtain the positive outlook, this hat sees opportunities, possibilities and benefits What are the advantages? What would be the best possible outcome?

Blue Hat Used as a master hat to control the thinking process Review thoughts and other suggestions Sum up what was said learned and think about what the next logical step is

Green Hat Used to find creative new ideas What completely new, fresh, innovative approaches are there? What creative ideas can help us see the problem in a new way?

CRITICAL THINKING HATS OBJECTIVE POSITIVE PROCESS JUDGEMENT INTUITION CREATIVITY

Team Working Agreements

What is a working agreement? A working agreement consists of ground rules (norms, expectations) that guide how a team will work together to achieve results/meet an objective/realize a goal

What should we include? Communication Participation Decision Making and Problem Solving Managing Disagreements/Gossip Responsibilities and Expectations Consequences

What does it look like?

What does it look like?

Task Create a working agreement, remembering that a working agreement consists of ground rules (norms, expectations) that guide how a team will work together to achieve results, meet an objective or realize a goal.

Purpose Help you learn how to effectively operate as a team and how to practically bring together very different individuals working toward a common goal Engineers need to be able to work in teams and take responsibility not only for their personal ideas and products but also for team performance and collaborative deliverables.  

Team Work Homework Due Friday Your Agreement should include: Communication Methods Participation Requirements Decision Making and Problem Solving Methods How To Manage Disagreements/Gossip Identify Responsibilities and Expectations Consequences Submit your team working agreement via canvas – 1 per team.