Principles of The Effective Teamwork

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Principles of The Effective Teamwork
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At First

• In this course , you will be working in a
  group-project.
• Each group consists of 6 incompatible students
  , works collaboratively to develop a complete ,
  high quality project within a specific time
  frame. (The Goal)
• Why incompatible?
• Different skills
• Different interests.
• Different personalities.
• Different opinions.
• Different schedules.
• Different responsibilities.etc.

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Open Discussion

• To complete your project effectively , you should
  work with your group as a team. HOW?
• What are the Common problems and fears in
  teamwork? and how to deal with them.

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Principles of Effective Teamwork

• Communicate, Communicate, Communicate.
• Listen Actively.
• Supporting and Building on Ideas.
• Involving the Entire Team.
• Make a commitment to excellence for the team and
  with yourself.

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1. Communicate

• Determine
• Contact information (email, mobiles),
• Meeting schedule by knowing students schedule,
  Exams Schedule.
• For each meeting
• Write down the meeting agenda before the meeting.
  
• Estimate meeting time.
• Record the meeting summary after the meeting.

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2. Active Listening

• Pay attention to the speaker.
• Looking at the speaker.
• If you're unclear about something that's been
  said, ask for more information to clear up any
  confusion before moving on.
• Reviewing and summarizing the discussion.

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3. Supporting and Building on Ideas

• Support group member's ideas.
• Encouraging others to express conflicting views.
• Respect other opinions in the team.
• Pointing out positive aspects of ideas.
• Redirecting attention to ideas and information
  that have been discarded.

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3. Supporting and Building on Ideas

• ALWAYS REMEMBER
• Its all about OUR project, OUR Ideas
• NOT
• MY project , MY Idea.

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4. Involving the Entire Team

• Avoid being dominated by one or two people.
• Encouraging quieter members to speak.
• Giving all members equal time and attention.
• Distribute workload fairly between team members
  according to their preferences and assign a
  sample role for each member.
• To enhance learning, assign strong member with
  weak member.
• Avoid disabling students, and write Kick Out
  Rules.

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5. Commitment

• Make a commitment to excellence for the team and
  with yourself.

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Common teamwork Problems
Problem Suggested Plan
Problems in communications. Determine contact information, meeting schedule by knowing students schedule, exams schedule.
Problems in work distribution. Distribute work fairly by knowing your members.
Problems in decision making and acceptance. Listen to others and determine your guidelines in decision making.
Time management Problems. Time management sheet.
Problems in the quality of the submitted work. Determine your quality standards in the beginning of the project, and before every phase.
General conflicts between the team members. Guidelines for each common conflict.
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Finally , Always Remember

• When Your Team Goal Comes First

• When Your individual Goal Comes First

Complete High Qualityon time
In Complete Low Quality