Team Building Skills - University of Nevada, Reno团队建设技能-内华达大学里诺校区.ppt

Team Building Skills Paper Toss Please take out a piece of paper. Write down everything that you hate about working on teams. Throw it up here. If you hit me, you fail this class. Overview What is team? Personality types Resolving conflicts Stages of teams Definition of a Team What is the difference between a group and a team? Group vs. Team Group: an assembly of individuals who are together due to common interest, skill, or characteristic. Team: a special work group whose members are joined together in a united and coordinated effort towards a goal and whose work is mutually dependant with mutual accountability. QUIZ # 1 In order to be a team, a group of people must have: I. A common objective, defined according to their own departmental goals; II. Shared information; III. Shared responsibility? a. All of the above b. I and II c. II and III d. I and III When to Form a Team Specific, measurable objective Encouraged by organizational structure and culture Adequate time for training, deliberation, and discussions Interdisciplinary QUIZ # 2 Which of these problems signal the need to form a team? I. Several new engineers have been hired, and the old engineers and the new engineers arent getting along; II. On three separate occasions, production employees have produced low-quality products because they were not properly trained on newly-installed equipment; III. There is a company-wide joke that employees can either work or they can go to meetings. a. II. b. I., II. and II. c. I., and II. d. None of the above QUIZ # 3 If a problem can be resolved by a single person, why may it be better to use a team rather than a single person? (choose all that apply) a. A single person can carry out a task more efficiently than a group of people b. Involving people who will implement the solution will provide better motivation, and therefore improve implementation c. A team will always solve a problem better, because it has a broader