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IME 3020 - Engineering Teams: Theory and Practice
Catalog Description:
Methods of understanding, planning and presenting a conference with oral and written components. Task groups will be used to explore creativity, controversy, power, and process in leadership situations.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: IME 1020
Credits: 3 hours
Lecture Hours - Laboratory Hours: (3 - 0)
Course Objectives, Performance Criteria, and Outcomes:
Course Objectives |
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Performance Criteria Measured1 |
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| Demonstrate ability to research and present written and oral understanding of a variety of course topics: perception, small group and team definition, small group theories; group goals, roles, leadership, and conflict management; verbal, nonverbal, and listening communication strategies for small groups; strategies for enhanced problem solving and decision making | G/g | G1/g1: Provides content that is factually correct, supported with evidence and properly documented. G4/g2: Presents information in oral format that is well-organized, useful, and ethically delivered. |
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| Function as a member of two different teams, each of which produces two oral group presentations that incorporate primary and secondary research. | E/d | G4/g2: Presents information in oral format that is well-organized, useful, and ethically delivered. E1: Demonstrates follow-through on team commitments. E3: Supports team activities through professional behaviors. |
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| Demonstrate an understanding of group dynamics and its importance of task, relational, and procedural aspects in group work, problem-solving and decision-making groups | E/d | G1/g1: Provides content that is factually correct, supported with evidence and properly documented. G3/g3: Presents information in writing that is well-organized, addresses objectives and meets required standards of grammar and language rules. |
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| Demonstrate an understanding of personality preferences in terms of MBTI and other personality tests related to group roles, leadership, conflict management | G/g | G3/g3: Presents information in writing that is well-organized, addresses objectives and meets required standards of grammar and language rules. |
Performance Criteria1: IME performance criteria may be found at http://www.wmich.edu/ime/performance-criteria.html
ABET-EAC/TAC Outcomes2: Outcomes may be found at http://www.abet.org/
*results tracked in ABET course notebooks
Textbooks:
None
Course Coordinator:
Jerrie Fiala
Western Michigan University
F-225 Parkview Campus
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5336
Phone: 276-3359
Email: jerrie.fiala@wmich.edu
Revision Date: Summer 2011