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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Values, Attitudes, and Normative Team Dynamics

BOP705 · Team Building — Week 9 of 16

CourseBOP705
Week9 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Values, Attitudes, and Normative Team Dynamics

  1. Cultural value dimensions and work attitudes in teams
  2. Affective convergence and emotional contagion
  3. Psychological contracts and informal team norms
  4. Aligning individual values with collective goals
  5. Lecture 46: Managing Multicultural Teams

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Discuss the significance of values and attitudes and conflict situations in a team.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss the significance of values and attitudes and conflict situations in a team.

Study materials

Videos

  • Job Attitudes Defined - Organizational Psychology Lecture 3.1 · YouTube · Professor Q · 9 min · for registered students
  • Terminal & Instrumental Values Defined - Organizational Psychology Lecture 5,5 · YouTube · Professor Q · 3 min · for registered students
  • Engagement, Involvement, & Other Job Attitudes - Organizational Psychology Lecture 3.5 · YouTube · Professor Q · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 3.5: Work-related attitudes · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 74–84 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 6.2: Hofstede's cultural framework · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 144–151 · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 2: Managing Demographic and Cultural Diversity · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 33–83 · 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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