Team Building Workshop

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Team Building Workshop

• Coming together is a beginningKeeping together
  is progressWorking together is success. -
  Henry Ford

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Question of the Day

• Henry Ford held the patent for what invention?

• ANSWER

• The Assembly Line

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Prior Student Experience

• Team Membership
• Sports
• Marching Band/Ensembles
• Clubs (e.g., Chess)
• Team or Leadership Seminars
• High School
• Church Youth Groups
• ROTC

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So Why Teamwork?

• Industry Needs
• Teamwork skills
• Communication skills
• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• Provides support system for students
• Responds to wider range of learning styles
• Required skill among graduates for
  Universities to maintain national accreditation

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Workshop Goals

• To provide you with an overview of team
  organization and team performance
• To provide time for reflection and discussion on
  team characteristics and
• To give you a chance to practice teamwork skills.

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Team Organization

• For complex projects, it is often useful to
  assign roles for members of the team.

Facilitator
leads and controls meeting makes sure that all
members have a chance to speak
Recorder
creates a written record of what was discussed
and what decisions were made in each meeting
Referee
keeps the discussion in line and on time
Moderator
ensures that all topics are covered
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Enhancing Performance

• Individual Performance
• Assembly Effect
• - Process Losses .
• Team Performance

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Exercise Simply Supported Beams
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Exercise Simply Supported Beams

• Two sheets of newsprint
• One adhesive backed file label or equivalent
  piece of tape
• Two plastic cups to use as beam supports.
• Additional design constraints
• The file label NOT attached to cups
• Neigher Weight nor Paper maytouch the table
• One sheet superior design of the year award

Note 65 cm is from edge of cup to edge of cup.