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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
BMG 62.4 | Title:
MANAGING WORKGROUPS |
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| 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 |
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| | 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:
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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 and maintaining high-performance teams.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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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 and maintaining high-performance teams.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2008 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Distinguish among the four stages of group/team
development
2. Differentiate between typical roles within groups/teams
3. Identify and apply skills associated with being a productive team
member
4. Identify and evaluate characteristics of an effective team leader
5. Create a group/team mission statement and vision statement
6. Assess conflict management strategies for groups/teams
7. Compare evaluation instruments for group/team performance and select
appropriate evaluation instruments for specific groups/teams
8. Create reward systems for groups/teams within specific organizations
9. Assess whether a meeting is needed and create alternatives to holding a
meeting
10. Differentiate between three meeting types and the skills needed for
running each type
11. Plan a meeting, prepare an agenda, and produce a congruent logistics
plan
12. Appraise the eleven functions of a facilitative meeting leader
13. Evaluate the effectiveness of a recently concluded meeting
Topics and Scope
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1. Study the four stages of group development
a. Forming
b. Storming
c. Norming
d. Performing
2. Group roles and group dynamics
3. Effective team member skills
a. Communication skills
b. Organizational skills
4. Effective leader characteristics
a. Listening skills
b. Empathetic skills
5. Creating high-performance teams
6. Group definition and planning: Mission statements and vision statements
7. Norms and methods used to influence groups/teams
8. Group conflict
a. Sources of conflict in groups/teams
b. Conflict management strategies
9. Controlling workgroups
a. Instruments for evaluating group/team performance
b. Recognition and reward systems for groups/teams
Assignments:
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1. Reading, approximately 20-40 pages per week (or 60-120 pages total)
2. Workbook exercises, approximately 4-5 per week (or 12-15 total)
3. Writing assignments:
a. Develop model for group dynamics (3-5 pages)
b. Develop model for managing team meetings (3-5 pages)
4. Skill demonstrations:
a. Meeting planning, agenda development, and follow-up documentation
b. Practice meeting management techniques
c. Dealing with group conflict
5. Case studies (1-3) with in-class participation and analysis
6. Quizzes (1-2)
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
25 - 35% |
| In-class written assignments, short essay question | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
20 - 25% |
| Group activities, workbook exercises, case studies | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 40% |
| Role playing, skill-demonstrations | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
10 - 20% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Short essays | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 15% |
| Participation in classroom activities | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Donald R. Brown and Donald Harvey. An Experiential Approach to Organization Development, seventh edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.
and
Instructor prepared materials
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