Global Team Leadership (3 op)

Arviointiasteikko

0-5

Tavoitteet

In the era of disruptions, unpredictability and turbulent market environments challenge traditional management practices. The speed of change is fast, and many organizations will greatly benefit from management competences which fit requirements of constant change.

This course is designed to provide students with conceptual frameworks and practical tools, for leading modern teams ready to excel in global markets. The course will focus specifically on the skills and practices that future (and existing) team leaders need to master, in order to gain sustainable competitive advantage in the era of disruptions.

Sisältö

• Building Agile Global Teams
• Team Types, Structures, Roles
• Effective Design and Implementation of Team Strategies
• Project Leadership Frameworks
• Agility Focused Teams: Practices and Tools
• Communication Tools for Team Leaders
• Negotiations, Risks and Conflict Management
• Time Management
• Global Team Structures: Team Breakups/Reorganizations from Mergers and Acquisitions

Aika ja paikka

Online presence mandatory

Monday, June 1- Friday, June 5, 1,5 hours daily, 5 days
Monday, June 8 - Thursday, June 11, 1,5 hours daily, 4 days
Monday, June 15- Wednesday, June 17, 1,5 hours daily, 3 days

Oppimateriaalit

The lecturer will provide his own materials package. The bibliography indicated below, will provide a conceptual expansion on the main course subjects and frameworks:
- Christoph Meinel, Larry Leifer. Design Thinking Research: Investigating Design Team Performance. Springer International Publishing, 2020
- Jordi Canals, Franz Heukamp. The Future Of Management In An AI World: Redefining Purpose And Strategy In The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
- Nicole Pfeffermann. New Leadership in Strategy and Communication: Shifting Perspective on Innovation, Leadership, and System Design. Springer International Publishing, 2020
- Jef J.J. van den Hout, Orin C. Davis. Team Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Collaboration. Springer International Publishing, 2019

Opetusmenetelmät

Remotely instructed
Online lectures, and workshops, tutorials, and learning assignments

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

More information shared during the course

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

None

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

81 hours (online lessons & videos 12 hours; assignments 51 hours, independent reading & research 18 hours)

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

Sufficient (1) Knowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates basic conceptual knowledge. The fundamental course frameworks have been generally understood. The student demonstrates passable command of the essential aspects of the Global Team Leadership field.
Intellectual Skills: The student is able to somehow interpret team leadership issues and address rudimentary challenges. The student is able to support his/her argumentation using academic literature at a basic level.

Satisfactory (2) Knowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates acceptable conceptual knowledge. The central course frameworks have been generally understood. The student demonstrates sufficient command of the Global Team Leadership field.
Intellectual Skills: The student is able to interpret team leadership issues at a superficial level. The student possesses limited analytical skills, assessing uncomplicated challenges, and incorporating limited perspectives. The student reviews relevant academic literature satisfactorily.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

Good (3) Knowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates fairly good conceptual knowledge. The central course frameworks have been considerably well understood. The student displays a reasonable command of the Global Team Leadership field.
Intellectual Skills: The student is able to interpret and analyse properly team leadership issues and challenges arising from several perspectives. The student reviews relevant academic literature moderately well.
Very good (4) Knowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates substantial conceptual knowledge. The central course frameworks have been understood thoroughly. The student displays a high command of the Global Team Leadership field.
Intellectual Skills: The student is able to interpret and analyse with considerable depth team leadership issues and challenges arising from multiple perspectives. The student reviews skillfully relevant academic literature.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

Excellent (5) Knowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates solid conceptual knowledge in the area. The central course frameworks have been understood with great clarity and precision. The student displays a very high command of the Global Team Leadership field.
Intellectual Skills: The student is able to interpret and analyse in depth team leadership issues and challenges arising from multiple perspectives. The student reviews relevant academic literature with excellence.

Esitietovaatimukset

None

Lisätiedot

Lecturer is Jesús Bellé