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Level 4 Diploma in Business Management

Team development and high performance teams

BM405 · Leading and Managing Teams — Week 5 of 16

CourseBM405
Week5 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Team development and high performance teams

  1. Aligned goals
  2. Mutual trust and respect
  3. Collaboration
  4. Effective communication

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘team development.’
  • 2.2 Explain what is meant by the term ‘high performance team.’

Study materials

Further resources

  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 7.3: Teams to enhance motivation and performance · PDF · OpenStax (2026), cross-functional teams; pp. 227–230 · for registered students
  • The impact of engaging leadership on employee engagement and team effectiveness · Open-access article · Mazzetti & Schaufeli (2022), PLOS ONE. Longitudinal study: leaders who inspire, connect and empower staff raise engagement and team results. · for registered students
  • Trust in leadership and perceptions of justice in fostering employee commitment · Open-access article · González-Cánovas et al. (2024), Frontiers in Psychology. Shows how trust in managers and fair treatment build employees' commitment to the organisation. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Leadership versus management: inspiring people and planning…
  • Week 2: Leadership theories: trait theory, behaviour theories and l…
  • Week 3: Leadership theories: situational, contingency, transactiona…
  • Week 4: Management theories: management schools and approaches
  • Week 5: Team development and high performance teams
  • Week 6: Team development models compared: Tuckman, Adair and McGreg…
  • Week 7: Improving performance: SMART goals, training, appraisals, c…
  • Week 8: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Why improving performance matters to the individual and to …
  • Week 10: Motivation theories: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Herzbe…
  • Week 11: Vroom’s expectancy theory and the role of motivation in tea…
  • Week 12: Determining own capacity to lead: personal SWOT and leaders…
  • Week 13: Self-assessment tools: MBTI and emotional intelligence asse…
  • Week 14: Assessing your own ability to improve: reflective journals …
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Week 16: Final evaluation and project assessment
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