Six Sigma Team Dynamics and Performance


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Overview/Description
Yogi Berra once said, "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win." While the quote is just one of Mr. Berra's many adages, it does provide a clue to the importance the legendary baseball coach placed on effective teamwork. Teamwork is no less important in the Six Sigma® world. In fact, more than one Six Sigma expert has stated unequivocally that without effective teamwork, a process improvement project will fail. So how is effective teamwork ensured? The best way is by understanding Six Sigma team dynamics--that is, the way in which team members work together and interact. The more that team members understand team dynamics, the greater the team's collective performance is likely to be. This course, Six Sigma Team Dynamics and Performance, is a guide for understanding and improving Six Sigma teamwork. You'll learn about team member roles, responsibilities, and interaction styles, as well as methods for resolving team and people problems. In addition, you'll learn about that all-important organization gathering, the team meeting. Specifically, you'll learn which factors lead to successful meetings, and how to collectively organize and choose group ideas. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all rights, titles and interests in Six Sigma belong to Motorola.

Target Audience
Candidates for black belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the implementation of Six Sigma in their organization; consultants involved in implementing a Six Sigma proposal; and organizations implementing a Six Sigma project

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

Team Dynamics

  • identify the benefits a Six Sigma team can reap from understanding team dynamics.
  • match Six Sigma team roles with examples.
  • match Six Sigma team member interaction styles with examples.
  • choose the example that resolves a people problem.
  • match team problems with the appropriate method to avoid them.
  • Team Meetings

  • identify the benefits of understanding team meeting dynamics.
  • identify examples of factors that should be determined at the first team meeting.
  • sequence examples of the steps used in creating an affinity diagram.
  • apply the steps used in creating an affinity diagram in a given business scenario.
  • determine if a Six Sigma team used the multi-voting method correctly.
  • Course Number:
    OPER0174