1. 11.4
1.1. Developing social skills in team
1.1.1. 11.4.1
1.1.1.1. communities of practice are groups of people
1.1.1.1.1. share a concern or passion for something they do and learn
1.1.2. 11.4.2
1.1.2.1. Learn as a community of practice
1.1.2.1.1. your team may be thought ofa s a community of practice
1.1.2.1.2. explore what encourages communities of practice to be effective and improve learning as participants
1.1.2.1.3. working as a team at university to practise the skills for your future jobs
2. 11.5
2.1. Developing self-concept through teams
2.1.1. Team roles
2.1.1.1. Plant
2.1.1.1.1. Creative,imaginative,free-thinking.
2.1.1.1.2. Generates ideas and solves difficult problem.
2.1.1.1.3. Ignore incidentals
2.1.1.2. Resource investigator
2.1.1.2.1. Outgoing,euthusiastic,communicative.
2.1.1.2.2. Explores opportunities and develops contacts
2.1.1.2.3. Over-optimistic.Loses interest once initial enthusiasm has passed
2.1.1.3. Co-ordinator
2.1.1.3.1. Mature,confident,indentifies talent.
2.1.1.3.2. Clarifies goals. Delegates effectively
2.1.1.3.3. Can be seen as manipulative. Offleads own share of the work
2.1.1.4. Shaper
2.1.1.4.1. Challenging, dynamic, thrives on pressure
2.1.1.4.2. Has the drive and courage to overcome obstacles
2.1.1.4.3. Prone to provocation.Offends people's feelings.
2.1.1.5. Monitor evaluator
2.1.1.5.1. Sober, strategic and discerning.
2.1.1.5.2. Sees all options and judges accurately
2.1.1.5.3. Lacks drive and ability to inspire others.canbe overly critical.
2.1.1.6. Teamworker
2.1.1.6.1. Co-operative,perceptive and diplomatic.
2.1.1.6.2. Listens and averts friction
2.1.1.6.3. Indecisive in crunch situations.Avoids confrontation
2.1.1.7. Implementer
2.1.1.7.1. Practical,reliable,efficient.
2.1.1.7.2. Turns ideas into actions and organizes work that needs to be done
2.1.1.7.3. Soomewhat flexible.slow to respond to new possibilities
2.1.1.8. Completer finisher
2.1.1.8.1. Painstaking, conscientious, anxious.
2.1.1.8.2. Searches out errors
2.1.1.8.3. Polishes and perfects
2.1.1.8.4. inclined to worry unduly.
2.1.1.8.5. Reluctant to delegate.
2.1.1.9. Specialist
2.1.1.9.1. Single-minded, self-starting, dedicated.
2.1.1.9.2. Provides knowledge and skils in rare supple.
2.1.1.9.3. Contrubutes only on a narrow front.
2.1.1.9.4. Dwells on technicalities
2.1.1.10. Contribution
2.1.1.11. Allowable weaknesses
2.1.2. Testing yourself in the future
2.2. To appreciate your particular strengths and weakness in a gruop setting
3. 11.7
3.1. Why consider conflict ?
3.1.1. Exploring different views and aspects of conflict
3.1.2. Not all conflict is necessarily 'bad'
3.2. What do we mean by 'conflict' in teams ?
3.2.1. Typical sources of conflict
3.2.1.1. Differences between individuals or sub-groups in work direction or approach
3.2.1.2. The presence or formation of cliques
3.2.1.3. a desire to perform well as a team
3.2.1.4. Confusion or resentment over allocated group roles
3.2.1.5. differences in perceived effort expended by invidual members
3.2.1.6. personality clashes
3.2.1.7. cultural differences
3.3. Is conflict always destructive ?
3.3.1. Not all conflict is destructive
3.3.2. Avoiding disagreement is unrealistic
3.3.3. One piece of advice on team conflict that you willhear is not to let disputes become personal
3.4. Conflict resolution styles
3.4.1. Win-Win
3.4.1.1. All your team menber ideas have all fed into your team process
3.4.2. Compromise
3.4.2.1. Still give reasonable result
3.4.2.2. Not get all what you want
3.4.2.3. Depending on your negotiate with the other side
3.4.3. Win-Lose
3.4.3.1. Represent an aggressive
3.4.3.2. Winner-takes-all approach
3.4.3.3. May end up by winning the argument but ultimately losing support
3.5. Other strategies
3.5.1. Agreeing to disagree
3.5.1.1. Attempting to avoid conflict
3.5.1.2. Winning every argument is not always a good ideas
3.5.1.2.1. It will drain your reserves and take time
3.5.2. Arbitration
3.5.2.1. Using to solve industrial disputes between unions and management when they cannot agree
3.6. Individual conflict competences to develop in team
3.6.1. Creativity
3.6.2. Listening
3.6.3. Diplomacy
3.6.4. Negotiation
3.6.5. Communication
3.6.6. Empatjizing
3.7. Team behaviours to adopt
3.7.1. Communicate with everyone in the team-don't go into cliques
3.7.2. Openness-adopt a 'no-blame culture'
3.7.3. Agree and move on-and support
3.7.4. Celebrate success
3.7.5. Help each other
4. Performing
4.1. how it is going to work - a functional unit
5. Yor experience cultural differences between the various people you work with
6. the group disbands at this stage
6.1. the task complete and the reason for the group's being together no longer exists
7. 11.1
7.1. 11.1.1.
7.1.1. What is a team ?
7.1.1.1. A group of people who work together to achieve a particular task(s)
7.1.1.1.1. performs (well)
7.1.1.1.2. represents someone's wishes for how that group should performs
7.2. 11.1.2
7.2.1. Why works in team at university ?
7.2.1.1. BENIFITS
7.2.1.1.1. Team skills development
7.2.1.1.2. Group assignments : skills and knowledge development
7.2.1.1.3. Coping skills development
7.2.1.1.4. social skills development and life as a university student
7.2.1.1.5. Self concept development
8. 11.2
8.1. Team skills development
8.1.1. 11.2.1
8.1.1.1. Forming
8.1.1.1.1. brought the group members together
8.1.1.1.2. a time of "orientation"
8.1.1.1.3. can be set up by a consultant (or your tutor...) and given a brief guide how to work in a group
8.1.2. 11.2.2
8.1.2.1. Storming
8.1.2.1.1. the airing the various opinions of group members
8.1.2.1.2. time when the EMOTION of group members appears
8.1.3. 11.2.3
8.1.3.1. Norming
8.1.3.1.1. decide how the group is going to do the jobs
8.1.3.1.2. time of AGREEING a range of group's "norms"
8.1.4. 11.2.4
8.1.5. 11.2.5
8.1.5.1. Adjourning
9. 11.6
9.1. Developing coping skills through teams
9.1.1. Learn from your team menbers
9.1.2. Reedy to share your acquired knowledge and information with your colleagues and subordinates
10. 11.3
10.1. Group assignments : developing subject knowledge and skills
10.1.1. 11.3.1 tackling large, complex project
10.1.1.1. systematic way of a tackling project
10.1.1.1.1. step 1
10.1.1.1.2. step 2
10.1.1.1.3. step 3
10.1.1.1.4. step 4
10.1.1.1.5. step 5
10.1.1.1.6. step 6
10.1.1.1.7. step 7
10.1.1.1.8. step 8
10.1.1.1.9. step 9
10.1.1.1.10. step 10
10.1.2. Benefits associated with teamwork
10.1.2.1. large , complex project possile
10.1.2.2. greater range of informantion available
10.1.2.3. more ideas generated
10.1.2.4. collaboration can lead to even better ideas
10.1.2.5. motivation aspects of teamwork
11. 11.8
11.1. Cultural issues
11.1.1. Working with others
11.1.1.1. Some will easilly accommodate
11.1.1.2. But other are likely to find difficult yo deal with
11.1.2. The teacher is always right ?
11.1.2.1. Ask questions in class if you do not understand-you will not be though of as disrespectful by you tutor
11.1.2.2. put forward your own thoughts
11.1.2.3. Test theories and ideas openly with other students and with your tutor-Be critical
11.1.3. Attitude towards time
11.1.3.1. 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do '
11.1.3.2. Acquaint yourself with the attitude of your university tutorr to keeping to deadline
11.1.4. Group versus individual
11.1.4.1. Find hard to adjust their thinking
11.1.5. Level of risk-taking
11.1.5.1. Obtain and average grade
11.1.5.2. Having done a reasonable amount of work
11.1.5.3. Or Go for more ambitious