TDW 3010 - Teamwork and Team Building

Clock Hours: 42

Course Description:
This course focuses on the practical application of teamwork and team building. Emphasis will be placed on learning how to be a team member and how to become a team leader. The student will learn that groups and teams are created for many different reasons and purposes. Learning that successful teams can complete more tasks and produce more high-quality results than a person working alone. In this lesson, students will learn about the role of teams in organizations and what makes teams successful, setting and scheduling meetings, and most important aspects of teamwork and team building.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

Unit A-Working in Groups or Teams
1. Understand the role of teams in organizations
2. Define types of groups and teams
3. Recognize differences between groups and teams
4. Understand the common roles ensure team success and empower teams
5. Describe how to earn rewards for team efforts
6. Learn how to become a high-performing team and work with distributed teams
Unit B- Exploring Team Roles and Processes
1. Describe how to map the stages of group development
2. Describe how to recognize the need for team leadership and selecting team members
3. Describe the method for choosing the optimal team size, defining common team roles and establishing team rules
4. Learn how to clarify team objectives and make collective decisions
Unit C- Building and Developing Teams
1. Understand the benefits of working in teams
2. Describe how to Foster relationships and overcome resistance
3. Describe the procedures to create a team identity and to cope with conflict and ego alone with dealing with difficult team members
4. Describe how to celebrate team successes
Unit D- Leading a Team
1. Understand the benefits of pursuing team leadership and how to prepare to be a team leader
2. Describe how to get started with your team and how to take a project management approach
3. Describe how to manage a team diplomatically and learn what manage up means
4. Learn to be sensitive to intangibles and be able to conclude team activities
Unit E- Managing Meeting
1. Understand the role of meeting and how to plan meetings
2. Develop meeting agendas and how and when to schedule meetings
3. Describe how to conduct meetings and effectively take notes and publish minutes of meeting
4. Describe the procedures to conclude meeting, create action plans and solve common meeting problems