Communication and Facilitation in Projects Teams (Workshop)
Lecturer (assistant) | |
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Duration | 0.5 SWS |
Term | Sommersemester 2023 |
Language of instruction | English |
Position within curricula | See TUMonline |
- 07.07.2023 09:00-19:00 1221, Seminarraum
Admission information
See TUMonline
Note: Students require adequate English skills to achieve the expected level of participation. Finally, students will write a short written exam (ECTS: 1)
Note: Students require adequate English skills to achieve the expected level of participation. Finally, students will write a short written exam (ECTS: 1)
Objectives
• Team roles and team development stages
• How to create a good and well-structured work environment and enhance collaboration
• Motivating a team with constructive feedback
• Meeting structure and culture
• How to handle conflicts successfully
• How to create a good and well-structured work environment and enhance collaboration
• Motivating a team with constructive feedback
• Meeting structure and culture
• 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. At the end of the course, students will write a brief exam.
Teaching and learning methods
Trainer input, 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
Short written exam (ECTS: 1)
This course is assigned to the following modules:
CLA10555 Communication and Facilitation in Project Teams (1 Credit)
Please note that you can only contribute each module once in your studies
This course is assigned to the following modules:
CLA10555 Communication and Facilitation in Project Teams (1 Credit)
Please note that you can only contribute each module once in your studies
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.