CourseSL702

Week5 of 16

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This week’s topics

Work groups, teams and their leaders

Distinguish between groups, workgroups and teams
Types and forms of teams: project teams, self-managed teams, virtual teams and operational teams
Group values and norms
Formal groups and informal groups

What you will be able to do

2.1 Critically compare the relationships between leaders of work groups, and leaders of teams.
2.2 Distinguish between the influence of leadership on groups and teams, and on formal and informal groups.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: The meaning and importance of leadership
Week 2: Approaches to the study of leadership: traits, functions an…
Week 3: Contingency, transformational, visionary and authentic lead…
Week 4: Leadership in strategic management
Week 5: Work groups, teams and their leaders
Week 6: Characteristics of an effective work group and team
Week 7: Organisation effectiveness and performance
Week 8: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Leadership development
Week 10: Assessing strategic effectiveness from a leadership perspec…
Week 11: Leadership power and influence
Week 12: Ethics, values and ethical leadership
Week 13: Corporate social responsibility and organisational value
Week 14: Leadership and sustainability concepts and trends
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Week 16: Final evaluation and project assessment

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