11/21/2024 5:22:40 AM	BMG 62.4 Course Outline as of Fall 2024	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  BMG 62.4	Title:  MANAGING WORKGROUPS
Full Title:  Managing Workgroups
Last Reviewed:1/25/2021

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.50	Lecture Scheduled	1.50		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	26.25
Minimum	1.50	Lab Scheduled	0		3 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	1.50			Contact Total	26.25
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  52.50

Total Student Learning Hours: 78.75

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:

This course will enable students to determine characteristics of effective team leadership and participation after analyzing stages of group development and group roles, and to examine strategies for creating, participating in, and leading high performance teams.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 OR EMLS 100 (formerly ESL 100) or appropriate placement based on AB705 mandates

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course will enable students to determine characteristics of effective team leadership and participation after analyzing stages of group development and group roles, and to examine strategies for creating, participating in, and leading high performance teams.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 OR EMLS 100 (formerly ESL 100) or appropriate placement based on AB705 mandates
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2008	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Identify and summarize the elements of high performance teams.

2. Examine the stages of group development and the best techniques for progressing through the stages.

3.  Determine group and leadership styles, with emphasis on production and relationship characteristics.

 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Identify and apply group/team ground rules and behavioral expectations.

2. Differentiate between the stages of group/team development.

3. Determine techniques for moving through the stages of group/team development.

4. Distinguish between production functions and relationship functions and identify role functions in a group.

5. Determine production and relationship styles for effective situational leadership.

6. Examine the elements of a high performance team.

7. Determine the roles of the meeting facilitator/group leader.

8. Distinguish between types of meetings, agendas, and minutes.

9. Differentiate between methods of decision making for groups/teams, considering the time and commitment required.

10. Identify and apply the steps in a traditional decision making model.

11. Assess reward systems for group/team and identify rewards that could be considered motivational and/or de-motivational for team building.

12. Compare and select evaluation instruments for group/ team performance as a team member and as a team leader.

Topics and Scope

1. Group Rules, Norms, and Behavioral Expectations

2. Stages of Group Development

3. Production and Relationship Functions

4. Role Functions in a Group

5. Role Functions of the Meeting Facilitator/Group Leader

6. Situational Leadership

7. High Performance Teams

8. Meetings, Agendas, and Minutes

9. Methods of Decision Making

10. Group and Leadership Functions Inventory

11. Team Orientation and Behavioral Inventory

12. Group Recognition and Reward Systems

13. Evaluation of Group/Team Performance

Assignments:

1. Reading approximately 20-60 pages per week

 

2. Written homework and in-class assignments or online

      

3. Self-evaluation inventories

 

4. Team participation and team leadership skills demonstration in class or via online

 

5. Zero to three exams, including final

 

6. Participation in large and small groups and interactive topical discussions in class or online

 

7. Reading analyses of reading assignments

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 30 - 35%
Written homework, and in-class or online
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 30%
Reading analyses of reading assignments
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 15 - 25%
Team participation and team leadership skills demonstration in class or via online
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 10%
Exams including one or more of these types: Multiple Choice, True/False, Short Essays
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 25 - 35%
Participation in large and small groups and interactive topical discussions in class or online

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Making the Team. 5th ed. Thompson, Leigh. Pearson. 2014 (classic)

 

An Experiental Approach to Organization Development. 8th ed. Brown, Donald and Harvey, Donald. Pearson. 2011 (classic)

 

Instructor prepared materials.

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