Group Dynamics And Leadership Excellence

Syllabus

MBA- HRM-401

Group Dynamics and Leadership Excellence

Course Contents:

Nature of Groups at Work: Definition, Types of groups, Dynamics of group formation, Models, Group Decision making Techniques: Delphi Technique; Nominal Group Technique; Traditional Brain Storming; Electronic Brain Storming. Negative Brain Storming Workgroup Vs. Teams: Transforming Groups into Teams, Stages of Team Building and its Behavioral Dynamics; Interpersonal Competence & Team Effectiveness: Measuring Interpersonal Competence FIRO-B. Context; Goals; Team Size; Team Member Roles and Diversity; Group Dynamics: Norms, Cohesiveness, conformity, polarization, obedience, group shift and group think; Transactional analysis & Johari window helping process ; Team Effectiveness and influencing factors  of team effectiveness. Role of Interpersonal Competence in Team Building; Developing Collaboration in Teams: Functional and Dysfunctional Cooperation and Competition; Interventions to build Collaboration in Organizations; Social Loafing, Social facilitation, Synergy in Teams, Self-Managed Teams and Interpersonal Trust; Communication and Creativity: Communication Process; Communication Effectiveness &Feedback; Fostering Team Creativity;

Leadership- Leader v/s manager- Leadership styles, Concepts, Theories and Styles: Trait, Behavioral and situational; Transactional and Transformational Leaderships, Leadership effectiveness, effective leadership communication;