220-150 Leadership and Working in Teams

This subject introduces students to the theory and issues associated with leadership and teamwork within a workplace.

Generic skills

• Develop time management skills with regard to organising workloads and submitting assignments;

• Effectively investigate a problem and provide solutions;

• Demonstrate oral presentation skills;

• Participate in-group tasks and demonstrate leadership qualities;

• Participate in interview situations;

• Build initiative through self-directed studies and tasks;

• Develop social workplace skills and demonstrate an understanding of staff management principles;

• Demonstrate the ability to negotiate with a range of different people in a range of different circumstances.

The subject covers the areas of:

• Leading and Managing;

• Leadership and Your Work Environment;

• What is My Leadership Style?

• Leaders as Change Agents in the Workplace;

• The Benefits of Teams and Teamwork;

• The ways in which teams develop and some of the barriers teams encounter when they are introduced to the workplace;

• Building Better Teams;

• The differences between leadership and management;

• Tasks and issues that a team leader will need to address in order to maintain an efficient functioning team.

The workbook (50%) and report of up to 2,000 words (50%).