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Team Work

Contents:

Effective Teams Working as a Team

Some Team Tips

What Is a Team?
A team is several persons who are grouped together to accomplish a common goal, who are dependent on one another for results, and who are equally accountable for the quality of the results.

Characteristics of an Effective Team


Clear understanding of purpose and objectives
Mutual respect, trust, and support

Open, honest, and frequent communication


Appreciation of and productive use of individual differences Ability to accept leadership authority and to manage conflict

Purpose
Determine What the Team is Suppose to Do and Why? List Team Goals and Targets
Tip: Write a Brief Team Purpose Statement and Make it Visible at Each Team Meeting

Stakeholders
Who are the Stakeholders?
Your Team Members Your Classmates Not in Your Team Your Graduate TA Your Professor The ME Department Your Parents

We Are All Rooting For You

Team Limitations
Money/Budget/Materials Time and Deadlines Workloads and Priorities People on the Team Outside Resources Training

Team Roles
Team Leader
Keeps Team on Target Resolves Conflict Arranges Logistics Communicates to Stakeholders

Team Member
Focuses on Team Goals Listens Keenly Participates Fully Keeps Commitments Values Different Ideas

Tip:
The Team Leader is also a Team Member, and all Team Members Share Equal Responsibility for the Outcome.

Productive Team Meetings


Establish a Meeting Process Have an Agenda in Advance Be Punctual and Timely Know Team Meeting Roles
Meeting Leader Note Taker Timekeeper

Communication Skills for Team Meetings



Tip:

Leadership Skills Discussion Skills Listening Skills Feedback Skills

Rotate meeting leadership responsibility to help develop this skill in all team members. Everyone participates.

Making Decisions

Tip:

Clarify Exact Decision to Be Made Be Factual and Use Available Data Outline Pros and Cons Choose Decision Method Vote on Decision Check for Consensus

Explore important decisions by informal polling. Go around once and have each team member state which way they are leaning in the vote.

Consensus
Consensus Means Finding an Option That All Team Members Will Support. It Does Not Mean That All Team Members Would Select That Option as Their First Choice.
Tip:
Consensus Decisions are Smooth to Implement Since They are Supported by the Entire Team.

Documenting Team Work


Meeting Notes Customer Surveys Planning Charts and Data Graphs Individual Assignment Lists Engineering Sketches, Models, Drawings Final Report

Remember

The Key to Successful Team Work is:

Planning
and

Communication

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