PSBUS 380 High Performance Work Teams

3 Credits

The nature of organizational work teams, with a specific focus on helping students learn how to manage and lead work teams effectively, is examined in this course. Topics of study include internal team functioning (such as knowledge sharing, communication strategies, leadership emergence), external team functioning (such as interacting with stakeholders, managing external trends), and recent team designs (such as multicultural teams, virtual teams, cross-functional teams). Skills gained in this class can be transferred towards becoming a more effective, positive and influential team member or leader across a variety of professional, personal, and academic environments.