1. Class Schedule

2. Terry A Ring Chemical Engineering UofU
Teamwork
Terry A Ring
Chemical Engineering
UofU

3. Overview Activity Teamwork Discussion Thinking Caps
Concluding Activity

4. 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

5. 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

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

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

8. Stages of Group Development

9. Group Formation Process
Adjourning
Performing
Norming
Storming
Forming

10. 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

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

12. 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

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

14. 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

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

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

17. 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?

18. Edward de Bono

19. 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?

20. 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?

21. 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?

22. 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?

23. 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

24. 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?

25. CRITICAL THINKING HATS
OBJECTIVE
POSITIVE
PROCESS
JUDGEMENT
INTUITION
CREATIVITY

27. Team Working Agreements

28. 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

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

30. What does it look like?

31. What does it look like?

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. 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.