Effectiveness in teams

Effectiveness in teams

LEVEL: 4
UNIT STANDARDS: 242824 ; 242819 ; 242815
CREDITS: 27
OUTCOMES:

  • Be able to define leadership and explain using practical examples
  • The difference between a leader and a manager
  • The different levels of management
  • Delegation, Responsibility, Authority, Accountability
  • What do managers do?
  • The management process
  • The leadership concept
  • Leadership theories
  • Leadership power
  • Different leadership styles
  • Leadership with integrity
  • Leadership with passion
  • Leadership through service
  • Definitions of motivation
  • The person and his/her needs
  • The factors in the work environment that influence an employee’s motivation
  • The factors in the job that influence an employee’s motivation
  • The different phases of team growth
  • The importance of communication and organizational design in team work
  • Team communication and team roles
  • The elements of high performance teams
  • The value of diversification in the workplace
  • The principles of team effectiveness
  • Understand the concept of Corporate Ethics
  • Be able to distinguish between personal values, organisational ethics and organisational values and understand practical conflicts between these concepts
  • Understand the impact of organisational values and culture on the triple bottom line.
  • Understand the Imperatives for Ethics in the South African Workplace
  • Understand the South African Bill of Rights
  • Understand the requirements of the King Report of Corporate Governance in terms of Ethics in the South African workplace
  • Understand how the Principles of Batho Pele impacts on the South African workplace