NUI

MAYNOOTH

TEAM BUILDING

EXCURSION

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The purpose of ‘Operation Collaboration’ is to improve the group working abilities of the business students at NUI Maynooth by providing them with a series of professionally organized teambuilding activities. This package provides the business department with a costed proposal encompassing the transport costs, excursion activities, food and beverages, health and safety regulations and administration requirements affecting all participants embarking on this excursion. Students embarking on this excursion will gain a renewed sense of co-operation and teamwork, gained from efficiently accomplishing group activities in a non-academic setting.

‘Give a powerful boost to the spirit and effectiveness of your team’ Benefits of Operation Collaboration By setting students challenging but achievable goals, the professionally organized teambuilding activities as envisioned by “Operation Collaboration” will help business students at NUI Maynooth to: Develop and improve their communication and listening skills

Enhance and inspire their creativity

Promote innovation and constructive feedback

Generate self-confidence and self-awareness

Commit towards a winning attitude

Increase stress relief

Build up trust amongst their peers

Encourage relationship building

Focus on achieving their objectives

Learn to more effectively deal with change

Increase team effectiveness and productivity

Enhance their abilities to communicate within a team dynamic

Gain a greater understanding of the impact team members have on each other

Translate organizational goals into team outcomes

Understand the role of leadership and how to direct and support a team

Learn different ways of approaching problem solving

Improve grades that will ultimately benefit the School of Business and the reputation of

‘Operation Collaboration’ is acutely aware that the challenges posed by teambuilding activities should be fun, engaging and highly participative. They should help foster healthy competition whilst working toward a common goal. By recognizing and appreciating everyone's contributions, team building activities will help students to get to know each other better, focusing on team members' strengths, commonalities and diversity whilst having fun!

What students EXPERIENCE, they WILL remember!!!

OVERVIEW

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30 Students

Transport

Outdoor activities

Indoor activitie

Lunch

Conference Room

Insursnce

Costs € Per Student

Per 30 Students

Transport 10 300

Outdoor activities 45 1350

Indoor activities 5 150

Lunch 10 300

Conference Room 0 99

Insurance 0 0

Total 70 2199

COSTS

THE COST PER STUDENT IS €70. THE EXCURSION HAS A TOTAL COST OF €2199. THE COST OF A HALF DAY BOOKING OF THE

KYLEMORE CONFERENCE ROOM IN THE GLENROYAL HOTEL IS €99 THAT WILL BE KINDLY FUNDED BY THE NUIM SCHOOL OF

BUSINESS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EVENT BY PROVIDING TWO OR THREE

(RESOURCE DEPENDANT) MEMBERS OF STAFF TO FACILITATE THE INDOOR GROUP ACTIVITIES AT THE GLENROYAL HOTEL, STUDENTS

WILL EACH PAY A €5 FEE FOR THIS SERVICE THAT WILL BE DONATED TO A CHARITY BY THE NUIM SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. SHOULD

THE EVENT NOT RECEIVE A BOOKING OF THIRTY PEOPLE; THE EXTRA COST OF TRANSPORT WILL BE SUBTRACTED FROM THE €150

MORNING 8.00am: Collected at Rowan House by Couch 9.00am: Courtlough Adventure Centre Team Building Activity Package (3 hours) 12.00pm: Coach to Glenroyal Hotel

AFTERNOON 1.00pm: Lunch at the Glenroyal Hotel (Soup, Sandwiches, Tea/Coffee) 2.00pm: Team Building Seminar and Indoor Facilitated activities 3.30pm: Break 4.00pm: Group Activities 5.00pm: De-Briefing

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

Health and safety during transport and activities at Courtlough Adventure Centre and

The Glenroyal Hotel is Managed by Health and Safety officers of each company.

All students are covered by public liability insurance at each location. NUI Maynooth

are not held responsible for the loss or damage of property or accident injury of

student while on this excursion.

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Team Building Zone @ Courtlough

Crate Stack The aim of this exercise is to build a stack out of giant crates, and to build it as high as you can. The higher the stack the more likely it will topple over. If the crate stack falls so does the team! This is a fun and participative activity that will involve four team members to climb the stack. Each time the team add a crate the tower will get higher.

Jacobs Ladder This is another high rope activity where we offer the opportunity for both team building and self development by confronting a range of practical challenges. Simply climb the ladder to the top! It will take all members of your team to reach the top; testing teamwork, trust and communication to the full

High All Aboard Four members of the team will climb up a central pole; 18 metres high and then climb onto a small platform. Once all four members are ‘all aboard’, the team will hold hands and gradually lean back together - until all members are leaning fully over the platform.

Leap of Faith Individuals will climb a central pole, reaching approx 18 meters high. Once at the top of the pole, they need to position themselves onto a small platform. Once in position the whole group will count down 3, 2, 1 and shout jump! The jumper will jump off the platform to catch the trapeze – dangling a few feet in front of them. Each time a jump is successful the bar is placed further away!!

Facilitated Activities @ The Glenroyal Hotel Group activities at The Glenroyal Hotel will be facilitated by NUIM School of Business staff. These activities will help the student to be able to: Describe the key behaviors required for successful team leadership of a task Describe the key roles of team membership as identified by Belbin Explain how these roles may assist team effectiveness *The session will conclude with a de-briefing of students performance

What students EXPERIENCE, they WILL remember!!!

Operation Collaboration Directory

NUIM Business Student Representative is responsible for Administration, Bookings, Coordinating and Communicating with students and associated companies for this event: NUIM School of Business: Dr. Graham Heaslip -Program Director BBS Business and Management Telephone: 00 353 (0) 1 7086632 Email: graham.heaslip@nuim.ie Dr Paul Donovan -Group Activity Facilitator; School Director of Teaching and Learning Telephone: 00 353 1 7086627 Email: Paul.Donovan@nuim.ie School of Business, Department of Management, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Transport Company: Barton Coach Services- Telephone: 00 353 1 6286338

Courtlough Adventure Centre: Xtreme.ie, Courtlough Shooting Grounds, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Telephone: 00 353 (0)1-690 2070 Email: info@xtreme.ie

The Glenroyal Hotel: Kate Voice; Conference & Banqueting Manager, The Glenroyal Hotel, Straffen Road, Maynooth. Telephone: 00353 1 610-6252 Email: www.glenroyal.ie

In Collaboration with NUI Maynooth School of business