Management Skills
Week 5

Before we begin team presentations...
- -	In doing this first team assignment,
- -	What have you learned- -
- -	Benefits discussed in TOOLKIT- -
- -	Is your team stronger- -
- -	Did conflict emerge- -
- -	Please use your experiences to let me know what's going on:  BARS
Relax… You're among friends
- -	How to give feedback
- -	Feedback sheets will be used in class for future presentations
- -	Please them yourself in planning
- -	Keep copy with your class records
How did you do- - 
What would you do differently- -
- -	Style- -
- -	Pacing- -
- -	Reaction to audience- -
- -	Rapport- -
Team Building Toolkit, Part 2
- -	Team decision making, problem solving
- -	Evaluating and rewarding team performance
- -	Training
Ch. 5:  Team Decision Making 
		Questions
- -	What are:
- -	NGT
- -	Fishbone diagrams
- -	Pareto charts
Acme Pen Co. case analysis
- -	Mike:	
- -	Packing materials
- -	Joan:	
- -	Decides which people to downsize
- -	Paula:
- -	Wants open discussion, brainstorming
- -	Kurt:  
- -	Wants to finish process ASAP, wants to downsize
Emergent problems, using NGT:  
Nominal group technique
- -	Packaging problem causing defects
- -	"Bad" management in a rush
- -	Too many people in department 
- -	People with family obligations
NGT initial rating,  
	using (1/2) + 1 rule
- -	A.  Packaging
- -	  3 + 2 + 1 = 6
- -	B.  Management
- -	  2 + 2 + 3 = 7
- -	C.  Top Heavy	
- -	  1 + 1 + 0 = 2
- -	D.  "Family" salaries
- -	  0 + 0 + 3 = 3
Cause and Effect Diagrams
- -	AKA Fishbone diagrams
- -	AKA Ishikawa diagrams
- -	after inventor, Kaoru Ishikawa
- -	Used for studying processes, situations
Pareto chart:
Decision Tools foster 
CONSENSUS
- -	Why is this desirable- -
- -	How do you know when you have reached consensus- -
- -	Why is consensus sometimes a problem- -
You've reached consensus when...
- -	Find proposal acceptable enough that all members can support it.
- -	NO member is against it.
Consensus is NOT…
- -	Unanimous vote
- -	Majority vote
Costs of Consensus:
- -	Time
- -	Full participation
- -	Listening, persuasion skills.
Ch. 6:  Team Evaluation Questions
- -	Why do methods have to differ- -
- -	Individual versus team-based
- -	Recommended techniques- -
Measurement challenges- - 
 Jot down (3): 
- -	Hard to focus on PROCESS of team membership
- -	Manager may not KNOW employee
- -	Timing issues
- -	Tied with compensation decisions, may prevent digestion of feedback
- -	Bias
- -	Varying and unclear performance standards
Some ideas to overcome problems:
- -	Multiple ratings from:
- -	Peers,
- -	Customers,
- -	Self
- -	Team leader
- -	Management
Other ideas:
- -	Focus on:
- -	Process Issues
- -	Outcome Issues
- -	Reward the TEAM:  
- -	Gain sharing
- -	Profit sharing
Ch. 7 :  Training Teams
- -	What's different about THIS kind of training- -
- -	What have YOUR experiences been- -
- -	Unique characteristics of trainers- -
In your teams:
- -	Take teambuilding techniques to your organization
- -	Assume PERFECT receptivity
- -	15 minute training plan
- -	3 simple steps to building a team
- -	In your department or work group