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Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Foundations of Team Development

AB406 · Leading and Managing Teams — Week 4 of 16

CourseAB406
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Foundations of Team Development

  1. Concept and purpose of team development
  2. Tuckman's stages of group development
  3. Belbin's team role theory
  4. Managing team lifecycle transitions
  5. Tuckman's Five Stages of Group Development | HRM| From A Business Professor
  6. Belbin's Team Role Model
  7. Team Leadership and the Tuckman Group Development Stages

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘team development.’
  • 2.3 Compare different team development models.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain what is meant by the term ‘team development.’

Study materials

Videos

  • Tuckman's Five Stages of Group Development | HRM| From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 7 min · for registered students
  • Belbin's Team Role Model · YouTube · Galton College · 20 min · for registered students
  • Team Leadership and the Tuckman Group Development Stages · YouTube · Management Courses - Mike Clayton · 8 min · for registered students
  • Belbin's Team Roles For Beginners · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 10 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 9: Managing Groups and Teams · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 357–402 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 13: Managing Groups and Teams · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 496–530 · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 10: Understanding and Managing Work Teams · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 295–316 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Distinguishing Leadership and Management
  • Week 2: Key Management Theories
  • Week 3: Key Leadership Theories
  • Week 4: Foundations of Team Development
  • Week 5: High-Performance Teams and Models
  • Week 6: Motivation Theories in Team Performance
  • Week 7: Techniques for Improving Individual and Business Performance
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Contemporary Challenges in Leading and Managing
  • Week 10: Assessing Own Leadership and Management Capacity
  • Week 11: Personal and Professional Development Planning
  • Week 12: Applying Leading and Managing Teams in practice: case studi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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