Principles of The

Effective Teamwork
 At First…

 In this course , you will be working in a group-project.

 Each group consists of 6 incompatible students , works

collaboratively to develop a complete , high quality project within a
specific time frame. (The Goal)

 Why incompatible?
 Different skills
 Different interests.
 Different personalities.
 Different opinions.
 Different schedules.
 Different responsibilities….etc.

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 Principles of Effective Teamwork

1. Communicate, Communicate, Communicate.

2. Listen Actively.

3. Supporting and Building on Ideas.

4. Involving the Entire Team.

5. Make a commitment to excellence

for the team and with yourself.

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 1. Communicate

 Determine:

 Contact information (email, mobiles…),

 Meeting schedule by knowing students schedule, Exams
Schedule.

 For each meeting:

 Write down the meeting agenda before the meeting.
 Estimate meeting time.
 Record the meeting summary after the meeting.

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 2. Active Listening

 Pay attention to the speaker.

 Looking at the speaker.

 If you're unclear about something that's been said, ask for

more information to clear up any confusion before moving
on.

 Reviewing and summarizing the discussion.

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3. Supporting and Building on Ideas

 Support group member's ideas.

 Encouraging others to express conflicting views.

 Respect other opinions in the team.

 Pointing out positive aspects of ideas.

 Redirecting attention to ideas and information that have

been discarded.

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3. Supporting and Building on Ideas

“ALWAYS REMEMBER”

It’s all about OUR project, OUR Ideas

NOT
MY project , MY Idea.

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 4. Involving the Entire Team

 Avoid being dominated by one or two people.

 Encouraging quieter members to speak.

 Giving all members equal time and attention.

 Distribute workload fairly between team members according to

their preferences and assign a sample role for each member.

 To enhance learning, assign strong member with weak member.

 Avoid disabling students, and write “Kick Out Rules”.

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 5. Commitment

 Make a commitment to excellence for the team and with

yourself.

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 Common teamwork Problems
Problem
Problems in communications.
Problems in work distribution.
Problems in decision making and
acceptance.
Time management Problems.
Problems in the quality of the submitted work.
General conflicts between the team
members.
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Suggested Plan
Determine contact information, meeting
schedule by knowing students schedule,
exams schedule.
Distribute work fairly by knowing your
members.
Listen to others and determine your
guidelines in decision making.
Time management sheet.
Determine your quality standards in the
beginning of the project, and before every
phase.
Guidelines for each common conflict.
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 Finally , Always Remember

When Your Team Goal When Your individual

Comes First Goal Comes First

Complete
High Quality In Complete
on time Low Quality

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