WorkingwithParts

Introduction
Insuccessfulteamwork,theparticipationofeachindividualis
important.Beforestartingadiscussiononteambuilding,thisWorking
WithPartsexercisecanshowtheimportanceofeachindividualina
team.

Objectives
1. Todemonstratetheimportanceofindividualparticipationinsuccessful
teamwork.
2. Toshowtheessentialoreffectiveroleofeachindividual.
Duration
30minutes
Materials
Anillustrationofabicycle,withallpartslabeled.(Ifpossiblehavea
realbicyclestandinginfrontofthegroup)
Methodology
1. Putuptheillustrationofthebicycleinfrontofthebiggroup.
2. Asktheparticipantswhichpartisthemostimportant(expectdifferent
responsesfromtheparticipants).
3. Askthemtoexplainwhytheyfeelthattheparttheymentionedisthe
mostimportant.Acceptallresponsesastherearenorightorwrong
answersinthisexercise.
4. Wheneverybodyhashadhis/hertimetospeak,askifthebicyclewould
workwithanyofitspartsmissing.
5. Nowaskthemtothinkthebicyclepartsasindividualsinagroup.
6. Discusstheimportanceofindividualparticipationinsuccessful
teamwork.
7. Inthisentireexercise,acceptallanswersgivenbytheparticipants.This
willencouragethemtoparticipateinthediscussion.Makesurethat
everybodyhadachancetospeak.
Insteadofabicycle,thisexercisecanalsobedonewithpartsofa
sprayingmachineortorchlight.Starttheexercisebyasking
participantstomentionallpartsofasprayingmachineortorchlight
anddrawitinfrontofthem.

Someguidelinesfordiscussion
1. Namethepartsofthegiveninstrument(bicycle,sprayer,torchlight)
2. Whichpartsareveryimportantandwhicharelessimportant?
3. Ifanypartismissing,whathappens?
4. Concludethateverymemberofagroupisimportantforthefunctioning
ofthegroup,justlikethepartsinthedrawing.