IDENTIFYING DATA 2011_12
Subject (*) TEAM LEADERSHIP Code 20685119
Study programme
Chemical Engineering (2011)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Compulsory First Only annual
Language
Anglès
Department Enginyeria Química
Coordinator
ALABART CÓRDOBA, JOAN RAMON
 E-mail joanramon.alabart@urv.cat
beibei.huang@urv.cat
Lecturers
ALABART CÓRDOBA, JOAN RAMON
HUANG ., BEIBEI
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General description and relevant information The economic environment is increasingly complex, competitive and unpredictable. To succeed in this environment, organizations need to: 1) Have flatter organizational structures, with fewer hierarchical levels, to be more agile and flexible. 2) Be focused outward. 3) Be obsessed with continuous improvement and excellence. 4) Be able to generate innovative ideas from all staff. 5) Be much faster to generate and implement new ideas. The organizational unit that most consistently delivers these advantages is a team. Therefore, it is expected that more and more organizations adopt team-based organizational structures. While there may be some teams that are able to reach high performance with a poor leader, it’s generally true that the success of a team depends on whether or not the leader has the right skills and attitudes for the job. This course equips you with a framework of effective leadership behaviors and a set of team facilitation skills that you need to lead teams successfully.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
  Professional
  AP7 A2.3 Lead and technically and economically manage projects, installations, plants, companies and technological centres in the ambit of chemical engineering and related industrial sectors. (G3)
  AP12 A3.5 Lead and supervise all types of installation, process, system and service in the different industrial areas related to chemical engineering (I5).
  AP14 A4.1 Lead and organize companies and production and service systems by applying knowledge and abilities regarding industial organization, commercial strategy, planning and logistics, mercantile and labour legislation, and financial and costs accounting (P1).
  AP15 A4.2 Lead and manage the organization of work and human resources by applying criteria regarding industrial safety, quality management, occupation risk prevention, sustainability and environmental management (P2).
  AP16 A4.3 Manage research, development and technological innovation whilst ensuring the transfer of technology and taking into account property and patent rights (P3).
Type B Code Competences Transversal
  Professional
  BP1 B1.1 Communicate and discuss proposals and conclusions in a clear and unambiguous manner in specialized and non-specialized multilingual forums (G9).
  BP3 B2.1 Lead and define multidisciplinary teams that are able to make technical changes and address management needs in national and international contexts. (G8)
  BP4 B3.1 Work in a team with responsibilities shared among multidisciplinary, multilingual and multicultural teams.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
  Common
  CC1 Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English
  CC5 Be committed to ethics and social responsibility as citizens and professionals

Learning aims
Objectives Competences
Describe the role of the team leader as one of facilitative leadership. Identify and explain a set of highly effective team leadership behaviors. Design the composition of diverse teams and appreciate individual differences. Launch a new team. Help determine how to handle decision making. Facilitate effective meetings. Deal with a team member whose performance is unsatisfactory. Manage conflicts. Apply feedback exercises to improve people and team effectiveness. Know a basic set of process tools for facilitators. AP7
AP12
AP14
AP15
AP16
 BP1
BP3
BP4
 CC1
CC5

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Why teams now?
Demand for a new leadership style: Facilitative leadership. What is facilitation?
Core practices.
Forty highly effective behaviors.
Team launch components.
Sharing feedback.
Facilitating conflict.
Coaching individual members.
Effective decision making.
Meeting management.
Process tools for facilitators.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours Hours outside the classroom (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 1.5 2.5
 
Lecture
8 12 20
Project proposal
12 20 32
Debates
5 10 15
Presentations / expositions
1 0 1
 
Personal tuition
1 1.5 2.5
 
Mixed tests
3 0 3
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Simulation to appreciate the key role of the team leader to team effectiveness.
Lecture Introduction of the topics of the program by the instructor.
Project proposal Observation and coaching of instructors that act as technical coaches in the integrated design projects of the Chemical Engineering program.
Debates Debates based on a few topics of the program and driven by students.
Presentations / expositions Oral presentation of projects' results.

Personalized attention
 
Personal tuition
Project proposal
Description
It is strongly recommended that students check their findings periodically with the help of the instructor and other people who will support the project from the School.

Assessment
  Description Weight
Project proposal Final report 35%
Presentations / expositions Oral presentation of the results of the project 15%
Mixed tests Test 50%
 
Other comments and second exam session

Sources of information

Basic Frank LaFasto; Carl Larson, When Teams Work Best, 1st, 2001, Sage Publications
Ingrid Bens, Facilitate with Ease!, 1st, 2000, Jossey-Bass Inc.

Complementary Ingrid Bens, Team Launch! Strategies for New Team Start-Ups, 1st edition, 2001, GOAL/QPC
Ingrid Bens, Advanced Team Facilitation: Tools to Achieve High Performance Teams, 1st edition, 2000, GOAL/QPC
Ingrid Bens, Facilitation Dynamics: Interactive Video Series, 1st edition, 2001, GOAL/QPC

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Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
COMMUNICATION AND HUMAN RELATIONS/20685118
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