Transfer Activity - Departmental Interaction at Robotic Grippers |
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Overview As the culminating activity of the module, the Transfer Activity provides an example of a typical situation you many encounter in your career. Teamwork is integral to the role of a manufacturing engineering technician. As a support person for all professionals in an organization who are responsible for the manufacture of products, a manufacturing engineering technician is almost always working in a team situation. Within a manufacturing organization, teams may be within single departments such as marketing, product design, or quality control, or the teams may be multi-functional and include members from various departments. Manufacturing engineering technicians are likely to work on both kinds of teams during their careers. In a multi-functional team, often an entirely new group dynamic is created. Instead of being a team that is relatively independent in its work, a multi-functional team is just one part of a larger complex of roles, personalities, and ideas. Naturally, a multi-functional team system magnifies the issues that independent teams face. An individual who may have been a leader on a departmental team may not have that role as a member of the multi-functional team. Negotiation may become more difficult due to the increased numbers of teams and individuals. Conflict may be more difficult to manage because of the potential for so many differing values, personalities, goals and purposes. For example, a team from the sales department may have only a single goal (such as to increase profits), while a multi-functional team might find the representative of the sales department at odds with the quality control representative who is pushing for better (but more expensive) materials. In this Transfer Activity, you experience the forming, norming, storming, and performing processes twice: first as members of a departmental team and then as part of a multi-functional team. The performing stage, which includes decision-making, provides a real-world scenario in which company officers of Robotic Grippers, Inc. ask for solutions to help its bottom line. You apply the following competencies developed in the Authentic Learning Tasks (ALTs):
Materials and Equipment Safety and Disposal Pre-Activity To prepare for the Transfer Activity:
Activity In your team, perform the following steps to complete the activity:
Post-Activity Your team should now post all of its results recorded on Data Sheet: Follow-Up to Teamwork at RGI to the discussion board Assessment
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