Team Dynamics

Catalog description

In today’s world, teams are a keystone of work life and managing change. The process of establishing and leading effective teams involves thoughtful attention to diverse personalities, perspectives and skill sets in addition to many other sociocultural factors. This course analyzes the impact of individual, group and organizational variables on team dynamics, and vice versa. Students critically discuss key theories, research and principles on teamwork and apply them to address an array of problems faced in modern actual and virtual team settings through case studies, as well as group and individual projects.