Leading Groups and Teams
2 credit hours
This course examines the design, management, and leadership of teams in organizational settings. The focus is on the interpersonal processes and structural characteristics that influence the effectiveness of teams, individual behavior in face-to-face interactions, and the dynamics of interpersonal relationships. The purpose of this course is to understand the theory and processes of group and team behavior so that leaders can successfully work with teams. Students will become comfortable and adept in managing group and team enterprises. Much of the learning will involve exercises, simulations, and cases that draw on students’ experience in the class as well as their previous experiences in teams and organizations outside of UNC Kenan-Flagler.
The course design has four key features:
- Applied Learning: Each session, the instructor will introduce a theory or model and students will be encouraged to apply the model to: (1) the analysis of their own team’s performance and (2) work teams in real organizational settings.
- Theoretical analysis: Students (in teams) will analyze a case looking at teams in an organization
- Experiential Learning: Each session, teams will experience a challenge pertaining to a key aspect of building, maintaining, and designing teams using projects, exercises or computer simulations.
- Feedback: The instructor will lead the teams in a debrief that involves analyzing their own performance. Benchmark performance will also be provided.
This course is designed to complement the technical and diagnostic skills learned in the other courses. A basic premise is that managers need analytic skills as well as interpersonal skills to effectively manage groups and lead teams. The course will allow students the opportunity to develop these skills experientially and to understand team behavior based on analytical frameworks.
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