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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Strategic Value and Systems of Team Working

BOP705 · Team Building — Week 2 of 16

CourseBOP705
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Value and Systems of Team Working

  1. Cross-functional synergy and innovation
  2. Organisational agility and problem-solving capacity
  3. Team-based reward and operational performance systems
  4. Strategic alignment of collaborative working models
  5. HR People Pod – Ep 33: Enabling high performance working: The organisation lens – with Matthew Syed
  6. How Apple Is Organized for Innovation: The Leadership Model

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Assess the benefits to an organisation linked to team systems of working.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the benefits to an organisation linked to team systems of working.

Study materials

Videos

  • HR People Pod – Ep 33: Enabling high performance working: The organisation lens – with Matthew Syed · YouTube · CIPD · 24 min · for registered students
  • How Apple Is Organized for Innovation: The Leadership Model · YouTube · Harvard Business Review · 4 min · for registered students
  • How Apple Is Organized for Innovation: Leadership at Scale · YouTube · Harvard Business Review · 4 min · for registered students
  • HR People Pod – Ep 30: Enabling high performance working with Matthew Syed · YouTube · CIPD · 27 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OpenCourseWare 15.320 Strategic Organizational Design (Spring 2011) · Reading · MIT OpenCourseWare, course · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 7.3: Teams to enhance motivation and performance · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 227–230 · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 8.4–8.5: Reward systems and incentive plans · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 234–250 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Teams in Organisations
  • Week 2: Strategic Value and Systems of Team Working
  • Week 3: Theories of Team and Group Development
  • Week 4: Anatomy of High-Performance Teams
  • Week 5: Structured Management Team Development Frameworks
  • Week 6: Dysfunctions and Barriers in Team Building
  • Week 7: Organisational Demography and Team Composition
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Values, Attitudes, and Normative Team Dynamics
  • Week 10: Conflict Dynamics and Interventions
  • Week 11: Trust and Relational Architecture in Team Management
  • Week 12: Applying Team Building in practice: case studies
  • 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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