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AGED 380 Leadership in groups & teams
3 hours (lecture-discussion)
Fall Semesters
Course Objectives
AGED 380 is leadership course which will give participants the opportunity to examine leadership in a group/team context, analyze case studies related to team leadership, and design an experiential which will allow for practical application of group/team work. As a result of participating in this course, students will:
- Engage in self-assessment of personal qualities and contributions related to team leadership
- Discuss the factors which influence group/team development and dynamics
- Develop and analyze strategies for conflict resolution, goal-setting, decision-making, and problem solving within groups and teams
- Design and evaluate an experiential group/team leadership experience.
- Analyze Lencioni’s five dysfunction model and the case study posed in the text.
- Discuss factors related to group/team success (both in general and in specific contexts).
Topics
- Team building
- Group and team development
- Group socialization and project planning
- Personal goals, group goals and conflict
- Managing and resolving conflict
- Group decision making
- Problem solving
- Organizational culture
- Theoretical views of leadership
- Creativity and diversity
Graded Activities
- Reflection papers (4)
- Project proposal and reports (5)
- Case study
- Group project and paper
- Quizzes