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Team and Teamwork

Prof. G.P. RangaiahDepartment of Chemical &

Biomolecular Engineering, National

University of Singapore

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Team and Teamwork?!

Findings from Surveys:

What is the biggest issue you have faced as a student?

People

Of the important issues your organization is facing,

what % are tied to people/relations?66% (and the rest are technical/financial

issues)

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Team and Teamwork?!

Findings from Surveys:

Which is the biggest people-side issue in your

organization?

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Team and Teamwork

This Presentation will Cover:

What is Expected?

What are the Problems andSolutions?

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Team or Group

Group: A number of individuals related

by a common factor/attribute

Team: A cooperativeunit;

Small number of peoplecommittedto a set of performance goals

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TeamworkQuotes

Team: when every one in the group wantsand works to improve the performance ofevery other member of the group

Teamwork Dividesthe Task and Multipliesthe Success

Coming together is beginning;Keeping together is progress;Working together is success.

- Henry Ford

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TeamCharacteristics

Concern for One Another

Leaving No One Behind

Constructive Criticism

Consensus, Not Voting

Compromise, Sacrifice

Trust

Responsibility & Leadership

Doing More Than Expected

Time on Task & Task on Time

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TeamworkRole of All

1. Commitment to Team Goals

2. Attend Meetings Punctually

3. Gather Information & Perform Research4. Introduce New Ideas

5. Complete Individual Tasks Promptly withHigh Quality

6. Accomplish a Fair Share of the Work

7. Express Clearly (Written and Oral)

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TeamworkRole of All

8. Share Opinions and Knowledge

9. Listen to Views/Opinions of Others

10. Adopt Suggestions of Others whenAppropriate

11. Provide Help to Others12. Solicit Help from Others

13. Respect for Other Team Members14. Distinguish between the Important

and the Trivial

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TeamworkLeaders Role

Build Team Spirit, Motivate Members

Set Goals, Assign & Monitor Tasks

Schedules, Progress, Deadlines,Deliverables

Gantt Chart (e.g., Figure E28.5 in Turton R.,

Baillie R.C., Whiting W.B., Shaeiwitz J.A. and

Bhattacharyya D., Analysis, Synthesis, andDesign of Chemical Processes, 4thEdition,

Pearson, 2013)

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TeamworkLeaders Role

Communications within the Team

Team Leaders Meetings Questions from the Team

Clarifications to the Team

Consensus from Conflicting

Requirements

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Leadership is

Vision

Setting Goals

Perseverance

Problem Solving

Inspiring

Humility

Integrity

Dedication

.

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Teamwork

1. Be Proactive

2. Begin with the End in Mind

3. Put First Things First

4. Think Win-Win

5. Seek First to Understand,

Then to Be Understood

6. Synergize

7. Sharpen the Saw

Google for BookSummary

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TeamworkProgress &

Problems

Minutes of the Regular Meetings Attendance, Decisions Made, Action Items etc.

Minutes Template on IVLE

Upload into IVLE (Project: Team LeadersProject Progress) By 22ndFeb. 2014 (Tnn-A.doc)and

By 19thApril 2014 (Tnn-B.doc)

Problems? - Contact Prof. G.P. Rangaiah(chegpr@nus.edu.sg; 6516 2187)

mailto:chegpr@nus.edu.sgmailto:chegpr@nus.edu.sg

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Teamwork - Importance

Peer Assessment at the End of the

Design Project

Participation and Contribution of each

Member (including the Leader)

Factored in the Marks for the Common

Sections

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Teamwork - Reference

Turton R., Baillie R.C., Whiting W.B.,

Shaeiwitz J.A. and Bhattacharyya D.,

Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical

Processes, 4th

Edition, Pearson (2013) Chapter 28 Teamwork

Chapter 29 Written and Oral Communications (on

the CD-ROM)