Getting Results without Authority Simulation

Overview/Description
 You have been hired within the last year as a design engineer at Autorad, a company that manufactures automotive components. Historically, the company specialized in custom-designed components for limited production runs. In recent years, the company has moved into more mainstream applications and must adapt to a mass-production mind-set. Your team has been working on a new steering wheel design for months, which you discover has been sent back by manufacturing for its third round of changes. Manufacturing claims the previous design version could not be produced cost-effectively. You have had past experience in production, as well as with "design for manufacturability" (DFM) programs, which incorporated manufacturing feedback early in the design process. You realize that such a program would reduce design iterations as well as production costs across the board. Having decided that you should be the one to lead such an effort, your challenge is to cultivate the image of a leader despite the fact the you have no authority and are the junior member of the design team. After assessing the risks of proposing a DFM program, you must use effective techniques to gain credibility, increase your influence and sell your idea in order to create change. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series "Getting Results without Authority" and is based on the following courses: COMM0511, COMM0513, COMM0514, COMM0515, COMM0516

Target Audience
 Staff members, team members, supervisors, and managers looking to get results through others, even when they lack direct authority

Expected Duration
0.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Getting Results without Authority Simulation

  • assessing risk.
  • building credibility.
  • building rapport.
  • making a good impression.
  • communicating clearly.
  • creating change.
  • developing effective alliances and partnerships.
  • increasing your influence.
  • managing conflict.
  • getting results from the boss.
  • selling your ideas.
  • adopting a problem-solving orientation

    • Course Number: COMM0510