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Effective Interpersonal/Intrateam Communication Definition A team is a small group of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.1 Although student teams may not satisfy all the requirements of the definition, the degree to which they do often determines their effectiveness. Rationale Students do not come to school with all the social skills they need to collaborate effectively with others. Teachers need to teach appropriate communication, leadership, trust, decision making, and conflict management skills to students and provide the motivation to use these skills in order for groups to function effectively.2 Faculty members must take responsibility to help students develop their skills to participate on and lead teams. Introduction What is interpersonal communication? Multidisciplinary teams are the vehicle through which much of modern Interpersonal communication is the process that we use to engineering is accomplished. Engineering graduates are expected to communicate our ideas, thoughts, and feelings to another person. Our function effectively on multidisciplinary teams. [EC 2000] interpersonal communication skills are learned behaviors that can be Communication, listening and speaking, is the core of the abilities improved through knowledge, practice, feedback, and reflection. required to function on teams. Therefore, faculty members are What is intrat