IDENTIFYING DATA 2013_14
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 Chemical Engineering
Coordinator
ALABART CÓRDOBA, JOAN RAMON
 E-mail joanramon.alabart@urv.cat
Lecturers
ALABART CÓRDOBA, JOAN RAMON
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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.
Because of the termination of the course you are studying, this subject is driven by tutorship. For more information, read the professor's meeting timetable.

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.

Personalized attention
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
 
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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