Teamwork Skills
The Teamwork Skills course is designed to help you work effectively as part of a team.
The course looks at how teams are formed, and how people with different personalities and skills can contribute to a team's goal. It also looks at different roles people can play within a team, and the way they can help to make the team successful.
At the end of the course, you will be able to work effectively as part of a team to achieve a specific goal.
This is an online course and takes between 6-10 hours to complete.
You can log-in online and complete your course at your own pace, at any time.
Course Topics...
What is a Team
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This section defines the term 'team' and explains the purpose of teams and the importance of teamwork skills.
Team Building
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This section introduces the concept of team building, its purpose and the skills needed to build effective teams.
Being a Team Player
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This section looks at the importance of being a team player, and explains the benefits of successful teamwork to a business.
Work Teams
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This section discusses the concept of work teams, their purposes and goals. It also introduces a number of different types of work teams.
What do Teams Do?
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This section explains the reasons for working as a team, and introduces a number of different tasks which can be more effectively performed by a team than by individuals.
Resources
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This section looks at different types of resources available to teams, and how these can vary based on the makeup of the team.
Team Performance
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This section looks at theories on the performance of teams, and looks at the major factors that can affect team performance.
Teams and Groups
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This section explains the difference between a team and a group, and looks at how groups function in a working environment.
Group and Team Development
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This section introduces the different processes a newly-formed group or team will go through, and looks at how these can affect team performance and change over time.
Building the Team
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This section looks at the process of building a team from a group, looks at the factors that must be introduced for this to happen and examines the process of team building both in theory and practice.
Conflict with the Team
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This section explores possible problems that can arise within teams, and looks at different reasons for and causes of conflict in a team. The effects of team conflict are discussed, and techniques for handling conflict are introduced.
Skills Needed for Teamwork
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This section looks at the range of social skills needed to successfully work as part of a team.
Effective Teamwork
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This section explores the factors needed for effective teamwork, and examines the process for effective team working as well as the importance of communication.
