IDENTIFYING DATA 2014_15
Subject (*) TEAM LEADERSHIP Code 20685119
Study programme
Chemical Engineering (2011)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Compulsory First AN
Language
Anglès
Department Enginyeria Química
Coordinator
ALABART CÓRDOBA, JOAN RAMON
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Lecturers
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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.
In this subject you only have the right to make the exam, because the degree you are studying is going to be extinguished. You have to take a look the timetable of the subject to know the exam's date. If you need an extraordinary exam session, you have to enrol for this, presenting an application to the secretariat of your campus or faculty.

Continguts
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.

Atenció personalitzada
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.

Avaluació
 
Other comments and second exam session

Fonts d'informació
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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