1. TEAM WORKING AGREEMENT (TWA)
Worth 20 points toward team project
Due Sept. 28 (Friday recitations) or Oct. 1 (Monday recitations)
Designed to enhance teamwork and to provide a positive team experience
Violation of the TWA will result in loss of points for all team members

2. Why a Team? Decision making in a vacuum Lacks complete knowledge
Strong biases, tunnel vision
One
Individual

3. Why a Team? Aggregate knowledge, diversity Many insights Cooperative
Mitigate biases
Cooperative
Team

4. Groups That Are Not Teams

5. 1. Team Experience
Successful team
Unsuccessful team
Differences

6. 2. Ideal Team
Characteristics
Fishbone diagram

7. 3. Working on a Team Thoughts Things you look forward to
Things you have reservations about

8. 4-7. Working Through Adversity
Dilemmas
Team Goals Statement

9. 8. Team Working Agreement
Consider all questions carefully
One or two sentence answer to the questions
Include all names on the TWA
All members named sign the contract -- this establishes your team
Establish team leader, indicate on TWA