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.

Upon successful completion of the requirements for this course, students will be able to:

1. define, explain, illustrate and critique a range of theories and perspectives on teams, teamwork and team leadership;
2. apply a framework for High-Performance Teams and a strategy for achieving and sustaining high levels of performance;
3. display practical and sustainable teamwork and collaboration skills, including problem-solving, decision-making, and action planning; and,
4. analyse how well (and why) teams are performing and identify appropriate courses of action to improve performance.

Course assessment is a mix of individual and team assignments and projects, typicaly 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

3 hour seminar per week

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.

For further information please refer to the Course Website