Leadership and Team Management

Not applicable.

Classes are theoretical-practical (TP).
In approaching the themes, audiovisual and digital media will be used to present the contents and examples that illustrate them, as well as practical cases, exercises, self-diagnosis and individual development plans, to encourage active participation.
The pedagogical methods used will be: expository, interrogative and case study, enabling the conciliation between the presentation and analysis of theoretical concepts and approaches with active methodologies and performance practices in real work contexts in an organizational environment.

Tools that facilitate learning and stimulate students will be used, using educational technology, such as: Kahoot, Socrative and Mentimeter.

The purpose of this curricular unit is to provide students with knowledge and organizational practices that provide them with the development of leadership and team management skills to work in an organizational context.
Alongside the theoretical approaches and critical reflection, anchored in the current state of the art, it is intended that students analyze and confront the current organizational requirements with different methodologies and practices of leadership and management of work teams. Therefore, the aim is to develop and apply behaviors, methodologies and instruments that, in an organizational context, allow them to participate in high performance, contributing to the creation of organizational value and to people’s individual fulfilment.

At the end of the course unit, students should be able to:

• Distinguish the main theories of leadership and motivation
• Identify the specificities of group work
• Characterize the functioning of work teams
• Identify the leadership style best suited to the characteristics of the team and its members
• Demonstrate attitudes and apply techniques to increase commitment and happiness
• Apply techniques to provide effective feedback to team members
• Apply motivational strategies tailored to the team and its members.

1. Introduction
1.1. The emergence of leadership and team management skills.
1.2. Impact of leadership and team management on organizational performance.

2. Leadership
2.1. The evolution and concept of leadership.
2.2. Managerial and leadership Effectiveness – leadership and management.
2.3. Evolution of leadership models and/or approaches.
2.4. Recent leadership perspectives and approaches – New Leadership
2.5. Leadership pipeline in organizations.
2.6. The dark side of leadership: causes and consequences.
2.7. the coach leader
2.8. Behavioral self-diagnoses.

3. Team Management
3.1. Groups Vs Teams
3.2. Team development phases and leader roles
3.3. High performance teams
3.4. Empowering people/teams
3.5. Motivation of people/teams: concept and approaches.
3.6. Formulation and monitoring of objectives and delegation.
3.7. Employee involvement and participation practices.
3.8. Fundamental attitudes and techniques to increase the happiness and commitment of people/teams.
3.9. Monitoring, performance evaluation of the team and its members
3.10. Practices for promoting and providing effective feedback and feedforward
3.11. Self-diagnosis and practical application exercises.

NAO

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