Leadership and Team Management

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Objectives:

Knowledge and organizational practices acquisition that provide a thorough understanding of the current organizational relevance of developing and leading high-performance teams. Alongside the theoretical approaches and models, it is intended that students know behaviors, methodologies and instruments that, in an organizational context, allow them to fully participate in the implementation, management and leadership of work teams. Thus, in this way, contributing to value creation and employees individual achievement.

Skills to be developed:

– Understand the growing organizational relevance of developing leadership skills;

– Understand the organizational contribution of high performance teams;

– Know the perspectives and approaches of the “new leadership”;

– Interpret effective practices for work teams dynamization;

– Apply best practices of employee involvement and participation.

1.Introduction: Emergence of leadership and team management skills

1.1. The soft skills appreciation in the modern organizations context.

1.2.  Organizational culture and climate impact on the people and teams behavior.

 2. Leadership

2.1. Managerial and leadership effectiveness 

2.2. The theoretical evolution of leadership concept and models.

2.3. Recent leadership perspectives and approaches  – “New Leadership”.

2.4. The leadership pipeline in organizations

2.5. The dark side of leadership: causes and consequences.

2.6. Behavioral self-diagnostics.

3. Team management

3.1. High performance teams: development and participation.

3.2. Virtual teams: specific characteristics and challenges.

3.3. Dynamization and team management best practices:

 3.3.1.  Objectives negotiation and the delegation process;

 3.3.2. People and teams empowerment;

 3.3.3. Time planning  and team meetings effectiveness – “SPIC”.

3.4. Case studies analysis.

NAO

– Bass, B.M. (2008). The Bass handbook of leadership: Theory, research and managerial applications (4^th Ed.).N.Y: Free Press.

– Charan, R. Drotter, S. & Noel, J. (2011). The leadership pipeline. How to build the leadership-powered company (2^nd Ed.). S.F.: Jossey-Bass.

– Fortes da Costa, R. (2012). Equipas de alto rendimento: Saber liderar equipas de trabalho. Lisboa: Editora RH.

– Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R. & McKee, A. (2007). Os novos líderes: A inteligência emocional nas organizações. Lisboa: Gradiva.

– Northouse, P. G. (2019). Leadership: Theory and practice (8^th Ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

– Pina e Cunha, M., Cunha, R.C., Rego, A., Neves, P. & Cabral-Cardoso, C. (2016). Manual de comportamento organizacional e gestão (8ª Ed.). Lisboa: Editora RH.

– Rego, A.  & Pina e Cunha, M. (2013). Liderança positiva. Lisboa: Edições Silabo.

 – Robbins, S.P., Judge, T.A. (2017). Organizational behavior (17^th Ed). Essex: Pearson.

– West, M.A. (2012). Effective teamwork: Practical lessons from organizational research (3^rh Ed.). N.Y.: Jonh Wiley & Sons.

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