Just like in team games, also during solving problems without the proper team which will have the right skills, we will not be able to go through the entire analysis process at the given time.
At best, it will be very difficult. Remember that working in the automotive industry involves cooperation with many departments. Teamwork is applicable not only when solving problems, but also during daily activities performing. That is why it’s so important to build the right relationships with another team members. Even if we don’t like someone excessively, we should remember to “separate the emotions level from the content level”. Thanks to which it will be easier for us to focus on the problem solving. Not on looking for the guilty.
There is also no such thing as “one man hero” – this is not a Marvel movie. Teamwork gives you the opportunity to look at the problem from a different perspective. Why? Because each of us has a different baggage of experience and skills. This translates directly into the synergy effect leading to a more effective problem solving.
In some training manuals you can also find information that people in teams should change from time to time. We should approach it rationally. As research on air crashes shows, more than 80% of accidents are caused in situations where the flight crew cooperates with each other for a maximum of a few weeks.
Of course, in a situation where one person leaves the team because they have been promoted or want to develop in another area, it is understandable. Then the team can be supplemented with a person who will look at the problem from a different perspective. This approach is also named as “fresh eye view”.
Teamwork and competences
There is also no need to cheat that there should not be a process engineer or technologist on the team, unlike the rest of the team. Why is it worth making friends with them? Because they have a great deal of process knowledge. In addition, it is recommended that the team also includes an employee directly performing a given operation in production area or a team leader. Their knowledge is invaluable for checking whether our hypotheses verified in step D4 are correct or whether they can be ruled out right away.
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