The Engineering Excellence Team Is Responsible For Product Safety

Teamwork cannot be demanded. Everyone involved must discuss and understand what the goal is and what is required of them. Teams should have traits such as goals and objectives, empowerment, trust, authentic participation, innovation, creativity, risk taking and leadership. (Temme and Katzel, 1995)

1.1 Explain the importance of the team having a common sense of propose that supports the overall vision and strategy of the organisation

Reid Hastie, in his book “Wiser,” discusses many of the common points of how groups succeed and fail mainly due to group think. Throughout his years of research, he found a number of attributes that effective teams have in common. From his book, we have extracted ten important lessons that we believe are the most important for teams to learn and implement to be high performing. These findings also relate to the “5 Dysfunctions of a Team” that are outlined by Patrick Lencioni. Teachings taken from “Wiser” are symptoms, or indicators, of dysfunctions within a team, and many of his solutions help teams to overcome certain dysfunctions.

Team members must understand the nature of team discussion and decision making---Differences in discussion habits can paralyzed a team. All team members have an approximately model in mind for how and how long a topic should be discussed.

To overcome these two challenges I had to sell the team on my vision while listening to their ideas. As a team leader, I can assert that achieving my goals is paramount. Yet this doesn’t denote that I would extensively pursue my goals or blindly follow my objectives at all costs. For that reason, I was open to their opinions no matter how different theirs may be from mine. I am proud to say that the outcome of this stage exceeded my expectations; the team was more motivated and evolved from being a group of strangers to a united team with common goals.

I also believe that the best philosophy is to have a commitment to excellence in everything that you attempt as well as a commitment to victory that will unify everyone on the

The one concept that I found to be most important was Individualized Consideration because I found it to be the most beneficial to my Airmen when addressing feedback and any problem(s) that may arise within the unit. It is most beneficial to my Airmen because if a problem were to arise I as their leader would be able to understand that my subordinates are individuals and my hay handle solving the problem differently and that they all would internalize constructive criticism differently as well. I would be able to encourage them along in their process to solve any particular problem that they may face and ensure that they know that in order for the team to succeed that we must have to have open communication. In past work centers, I have

It is our goal to help our members develop the necessary skills and resources to succeed in their academic and professional careers. Throughout the year, we plan to hold resume workshops, networking how- to events, and workshops on professionalism. We hope to produce young engineers fit with the skills, both technical and social, to excel in industry.

In addition, there are three aspects of action plan for improving teamwork skill. Firstly, I will share my information and experience as more as possible. Active participation and contribution would bring impetus to work together. Secondly, when a team gets together to solve a case, we would have to work through different opinions, methods, and perspectives. I would cooperate with other members to dig out clues from different voices and then identify useful data. Lastly, I would not restrict myself to one solution. In contrast, I would view all alternatives with critical thinking, and then make a decision through group discussion.

Learning aim A: examine common engineering processes to create products or deliver services safely and effectively as a team

Rules: The set of rules that the team should stand by. This should be set at the forming stage so that the group knows the boundaries of operation. An example of effective rule, one which is set by my team leader is, Team goal is of utmost importance – no personal goals should be made a priority over team goals. This is in fact true for the simple reason that even if you succeed in achieving your personal goal, failing to complete a project will have a negative impact on you credibility. Some of the other rules set forth by my leader are: Job titles is secondary, team interest comes first; Mutual respect – no matter the level of experience; do not hold on to a rigid idea- Be flexible; and finally work hard, but play harder- celebrating success is as important as setting goals. All these rules have been hugely advantageous for our team. We have helped contribute greatly to the first quarter of 2016 by completing two successful projects for leading aviation clients.

Each coach or facilitating leader in each of the films establish ground rules. Schwarz lists ground rules for effective groups a: “test assumptions and inferences, share relevant information, use specific examples and agree on what important words mean, Explain your reasoning and intent, focus on interests, not positions, combine advocacy and inquiry, jointly design next steps and ways to test disagreements, discuss undiscussable issues, and use a decision-making rule that generates the level of commitment needed” (GROUND RULES, p. 2). While the leaders in the films don’t list each of these by number, they focus on the key rules that will help their team succeed. The biggest rule that the films focused on was the emphasis on interests, not positions. Each of the leaders within the teams had to redirect the focus of the group to their end goal and not how they felt about each other to get there.

The purpose of a Safety engineer is to anticipate and reduce the risk of hazardous practices. Like every other job an Industrial Hygienist must work their assigned hours but the difference being hygienist working at very odd times. While working at these odd times they must help prevent any damage to the job site’s surrounding environment including the public and workers. They are responsible for examining any and every plan used to build any structure they are responsible for. This meaning an officer must basically shadow every activity a contractor has set in order to insure its compliance to regulations. According to the National Institutes of health(n.d.) an Industrial Hygienist responsibility is to ensure safety in and around the job site. In 2005 safety engineers were a tremendous help when the Pentagon was attacked with Anthrax. They were called to the scene when this substance was discovered in two mail facilities located somewhere in the pentagon. This was an enormous problem because theses mail rooms where the starting point of millions of piece of packages that would reach thousands of unsuspecting individuals. Sadly they caught this problem a bit too late because once they arrived a few hundred people were found to have been exposed to this substance. Consequently they had to work fast in order to stop the spread of this lethal strain of anthrax. Once they got to work their hundreds of hours of training kicked in and they solved the problem. They were also at

Learning Aim: Examine common engineering processes to create products or deliver services safely and effectively as a team.

Engineering has always been an essential pillar for industrial and technical development. Engineering is what keeps our people moving and up-to-date with technology. It is a satisfying career, both financially and mentally. The objective of this assignment is to interview a practicing Engineer who has worked or is working in the area of project management. This assignment provides a glance for future engineers into the daily routine of a professional and experienced Engineer, and the approach he/she pursued in order to arrive at the position they presently occupy.