Team Communication and Facilitation in Projects (Workshop)
Lecturer (assistant) | |
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Duration | 0.5 SWS |
Term | Wintersemester 2022/23 |
Language of instruction | English |
Position within curricula | See TUMonline |
- 07.12.2022 09:00-17:00 WTG Online Präsenz
- 12.12.2022 16:00-18:00 WTG Online Präsenz
Admission information
See TUMonline
Note: Students require adequate English skills to achieve the expected level of participation. Finally, students need to write a short essay on their learning points.
Note: Students require adequate English skills to achieve the expected level of participation. Finally, students need to write a short essay on their learning points.
Objectives
• Team roles and team development stages (team development clock, team triangle)
• How to create a good and well-structured work environment and enhance collaboration
• Motivating a team with constructive feedback
• Basic elements of agile methodology
• Selected virtual project communication tools
• How to handle conflicts successfully
• How to create a good and well-structured work environment and enhance collaboration
• Motivating a team with constructive feedback
• Basic elements of agile methodology
• Selected virtual project communication tools
• How to handle conflicts successfully
Description
Previous knowledge expected:
Students require adequate English skills to achieve the expected level of participation. Finally, students need to write a short essay on their learning points.
Do you want to be competent in developing excellent team cooperation competencies? Do you want to enhance your communication skills? Do you want to develop your leadership and conflict facilitation skills while having fun with group exercises and role-playing games?
If so, this workshop is for you!
Here you will gain new insights into your own role within your team and gain appreciation of other roles that may appear during conflicts. By learning better ways of looking at team dynamics you will improve your ability to create a good and well-structured work environment and enhance team collaboration. After completing this workshop you will have an expanded set of useful communication and facilitation skills that will enable you to build good work relationships and deal with conflicts in a constructive manner.
Students require adequate English skills to achieve the expected level of participation. Finally, students need to write a short essay on their learning points.
Do you want to be competent in developing excellent team cooperation competencies? Do you want to enhance your communication skills? Do you want to develop your leadership and conflict facilitation skills while having fun with group exercises and role-playing games?
If so, this workshop is for you!
Here you will gain new insights into your own role within your team and gain appreciation of other roles that may appear during conflicts. By learning better ways of looking at team dynamics you will improve your ability to create a good and well-structured work environment and enhance team collaboration. After completing this workshop you will have an expanded set of useful communication and facilitation skills that will enable you to build good work relationships and deal with conflicts in a constructive manner.
Prerequisites
Students require adequate English skills to achieve the expected level of participation. Finally, students will write a short essay on their learning points.
Teaching and learning methods
Trainer input, mentimeter polls, exercises, role-playing activities, group discussions, feedback, etc. Each participant is encouraged to explore his/her style and thus expand their individual set of communication, dialogue facilitation and project team collaboration skills.
Examination
Essay (ECTS: 1)
Recommended literature
Please note: You're asked to read chapter 3 of the following book before the course:
Kendrick T (2012) Results Without Authority: Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn't Report to You. 2nd ed. American Management Association (AMACOM), New York, Chapter 3 pp.35-68.
Kendrick T (2012) Results Without Authority: Controlling a Project When the Team Doesn't Report to You. 2nd ed. American Management Association (AMACOM), New York, Chapter 3 pp.35-68.