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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Applying Team Building in practice: case studies

BOP705 · Team Building — Week 12 of 16

CourseBOP705
Week12 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Applying Team Building in practice: case studies

  1. Case analysis
  2. Linking theory to practice
  3. Evaluating evidence
  4. Building Team Trust to Manage Change at Work: Grover Wray
  5. Team Leadership (Chap 14 or 16) Leadership by Northouse, 8/9th eds.

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Discuss the developments that have given rise to the interest of teams within organisations.
  • 1.3 Assess the benefits to an organisation linked to team systems of working.
  • 2.1 Evaluate models of teambuilding or group development at an organisation.
  • 2.2 Evaluate the features of high-performance teams at an organisation
  • 2.3 Critically analyse the issues that can occur around team building and offer solutions in an organisation context.
  • 2.4 Assess management team development programmes i.e: Dyer’s approach; Belbin’s approach and team management wheel in an organisational setting.
  • 3.1 Analyse the concept of organisational demography in an organisational context.
  • 3.2 Discuss the significance of values and attitudes and conflict situations in a team.
  • 3.3 Critically evaluate the role of trust in team management in an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

  • Building Team Trust to Manage Change at Work: Grover Wray · YouTube · Kellogg School of Management · 5 min · for registered students
  • Team Leadership (Chap 14 or 16) Leadership by Northouse, 8/9th eds. · YouTube · David Dunaetz · 21 min · for registered students
  • Building Team Trust to Manage Change at Work | Northwestern University · YouTube · Kellogg School of Management · 5 min · for registered students
  • Chap 12 Team Leadership · YouTube · David Dunaetz · 20 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students
  • The impact of engaging leadership on employee engagement and team effectiveness · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Workplace Dispute Resolution and the Management of Individual Conflict: Five Case Studies · PDF · Reading, article · 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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