1 The communication goals addressed in this document are:
2 The communication rules are:
3 Performance in the communication context of Engineering is:
4 Successful performance (best answer in communication context)
5 Repeated successful performances (best answer in communication context)
6 When young, performance is taught through
7 Kids need what in order to learn performance
8 Adults mess up kids by:
9 How are gifts related to performance?
10 What is meant by emotional space? (Best answer)
11 How is discipline related to performance?
12 Which gifts should an engineer have?
13 What is a common mistake of people hiring engineers (that don't have an engineering background themselves?
14 The best engineers feel
15 What style of communication is better initially?:
16 What needs to be within every message communicated?
17 What does "Be Direct" mean?
18 What are the reasons given for not being civil initially?
19 Which of these is types of student communication is necessary?
20 What is scope?
21 Who worries about time management?
22 Why is time something students don't have to worry about during task negotiation?
23 Which below is good advice for giving feedback?
24 What is the problem(s) with tasks that involve two or more people in the same place at the same time with the same physical objects?
25 What is tasking (as used in this course)?
26 Tasks can result in many things. What doesn't a task result in?
27 Tasks are ideally figured out and negotiated
28 Why is it dangerous to negotiate tasks with the instructor?
29 What could cause an instructor to reject tasks?
30 Why is research such a dangerous word?
31 Why is asking task details, steps, instructions, procedure of the instructor so bad?
32 What do instructors (project managers) want from an engineering team?
33 What does majority tyranny refer to?
34 Criticizing team mates for unproductive behavior is phrased with these code words:
35 The problem with unproductive behavior is:
36 Constructive dialogue is dealt with at which team stage?
37 Discovering each other's talents and weakness is done at what stage?
38 When can one expect a feeling of accomplishment, a buzz, even euphoria?
39 Super team not super hero feelings occur at what stage?
40 The shared expectations and rules of conduct that eventually lead to standards and ethics occur at which stage?
41 What does praise look like in a team that is functioning well together?
42 Checking each other's work looks like:
43 Comparing top 10 lists looks like:
44 Telling atoms what to do looks like:
45 Focusing on the problem statement solves problems because:
46 The negative aspect of a Cave Dweller personality is:
47 The positive side of a Cave Dweller personality is:
48 The positive side of a communicator personality is:
49 The negative side of a communicator personality is:
50 The term "slacker" has what positive values associated with it?
51 What are the positive virtues of polychronic time that benefit engineering?
52 The Brilliant Problem is also called:
53 How does an evolution context help understand the brilliant problem?
54 How does between group evolution influence engineering projects?
55 Why does good engineering documentation indicate group dynamic success?
56 Why can engineering be described as successful when merely documenting failure?
57 Why grade documentation rather than technical success?
58 If engineers are only paid if things work, then why focus on documenting failure?
59 What motivates business managers, project managers, and clients to demand documentation?
60 Who is in the audience that reads engineering documentation?
61 Why is it that business managers/clients hire engineers to represent them like lawyers?
62 What is the group mind?
63 Why is the group mind better captured by failure documentation?
64 What are the characteristics of a brilliant individual within a team?
65 How should brilliant (a student personality trait) success be moderated?
66 Why is it said that "A" students end up working for "C" students?
67 When a team member disappears and stops informal communication, what should you do?
68 What should you think and say in response to queries by others about the student that has disappeared?
69 What should you do with someone who is stuck, will only do certain things?
70 What are some ground rules you should negotiate?
71 How should you handle someone who is not pulling their own weight?
72 How should one handle someone who wants to talk a lot?
73 Which student profile is the most difficult to deal with?
74 "Absorbing" is something that a group does wrong. What are the characteristics of absorbing?
75 Dealing with a hitch hiker almost always ends in talking to your instructor. But involving your instructor is dangerous because:
76 How might the professor deal with the couch potato or hitchhiker?
77 What are some facts about a hitch hiker/couch potato that the professor will respond to?
78 What will hitch hikers teach you about yourself?
79 What are your chances of meeting a hitch hiker in engineering projects?
80 How is a couch potato different from a hitch hiker?