MGMT7061 Leading High Performance Teams

Offered By

School of Mgt, Marketing & International Business

Academic Career

Graduate Coursework

Course Subject

Management

Offered in

Summer Session, 2011

Unit Value

6 units

Course Description

This is an intensive, interactive, and experiential course focusing on teams and teamwork. It is a theory-based, but highly practical approach to the subject, designed to provide students with essential skills to become effective and productive team members and leaders of teams. Proven teamwork tools, roles, and processes are introduced and used as part of the course so that participants are familiar with those they will use at work.

While prior or current professional work experience in teams is not essential for students' ability to contribute to and benefit from the course, much of the material with which we will be working comes from participants' day to day interaction with the real world and honest confrontation with self and others through classroom activities.

Learning Outcomes

In developing the course, special care was taken to generate learning objectives that are relevant, meaningful, practicable, and worth pursuing for individuals currently or likely to be in or lead teams. These, from the course outline, are reiterated here:

u Explore and critique a range of theories and perspectives on teams, teamwork and team leadership.

u Understand and use a framework for High-Performance Teams and a strategy for achieving and sustaining high levels of performance.

u Build practical and sustainable teamwork and collaboration skills, including problem-solving, decision-making, and action planning.

u Develop analytical skills to assist in assessing how well (and why) teams are performing and what corresponding appropriate courses of action to improve performance might be.

Indicative Assessment

Course assessment is a mix of individual and team assignments and projects, typically including:

1 team project: delivery and debrief of a team-building activity
1 team project: study and presentation on the state of the art of / for some aspect of teams in the organisational context
1 journal article review
1 or more reflective learning journal submissions

Workload

7 x 5 hour sessions.

Course Classification(s)

Areas of Interest

Management

Eligibility

At least an average of 65% (or equivalent) in the final two years of an Australian undergraduate degree and 3 years professional work experience since graduation.

Prescribed Texts

See Course Website: http://teaching.fec.anu.edu.au/MGMT7061/

Preliminary Reading

See Course Website: http://teaching.fec.anu.edu.au/MGMT7061/

Indicative Reading List

See Course Website: http://teaching.fec.anu.edu.au/MGMT7061/

Programs

Master of Business Administration, Master of Management, Master of Business Administration, and Master of Management

Other Information

For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=MGMT7061

Academic Contact

See http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=MGMT7061

The information published on the Study at ANU 2011 website applies to the 2011 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2010 website.