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CHARACTERIZING TEAM ORIENTATION, LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION STRATEGIES USED BY SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN TEAMS

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posted on 2019-08-02, 19:10 authored by Sebastian GarcesSebastian Garces
There is an increasing needto design and implement technological solutions to span scientific advances, facilitate people’s life and increase the efficiency of daily tasks. This bringsinto the picture professionals with sufficient technical skills to bring to life these technological solutions. Considering the outreach and size of said solutions, technical knowledge is not enough to succeed, but softskills such as communication and teamwork. Engineering and technology professionals need to function effectively in teams to accomplish a common goal. Therefore, this study characterizes the strategies that teams use in order to accomplish their goals through successful team interactions.In addition, this study explores how these strategies vary during asemester-longproject and how these variations mayaffectteam interactions and different performance indicators

History

Degree Type

  • Master of Science

Department

  • Computer and Information Technology

Campus location

  • West Lafayette

Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair

Alejandra J. Magana

Additional Committee Member 2

Ida B. Ngambeki

Additional Committee Member 3

Dawn Laux

Additional Committee Member 4

Matilde Sanchez-Peña