Syllabus academic year 2008/2009
(Created 2008-07-17.)
TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP 3TMA044

Higher education credits: 3. Grading scale: UG. Level: A (Second level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. TMA044 overlap following cours/es: TMA040 och TMA040. Compulsory for: TEMA5. Course coordinator: Associate Professor Stein Kleppestø, stein.kleppesto@fek.lu.se, Företagsekonomiska inst. Prerequisites: For participation in the course, the student is required to be accepted for the Technology Management program. Recommended prerequisits: This course is eligible to candidates that has completed Technology Management course Lund University. This course is compulsory for Technology Management majors. Assessment: The students are evaluated continually during the course partly based on discussions and observations, partly based on written reports and oral presentations based on individual and team work. Parts: 2. Further information: The course can only be accomplished in teams. The group constellations are determined by the course leader.

Aim
The aim of this course is to develop and train the students in their ability to work in teams and to lead others. Further the purpose is to motivate the students for personal development. This includes a life long learning, continues and contextual learning and a self managed development and learning.

A condition for the course is that the students show a willingness to develop and an active participation in the various parts of the course. The students are expected to take Responsibility for own as well as fellow students learning.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to understand basic phenomena in team work

be able to understand basic phenomena in leadership

be able to understand the need for reflection and self assessment in teamwork and leadership

be able to understand the basic patterns of own behaviour in team work and leadership

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to express and present an increased ability to reflect on own behaviour in teamwork and leadership

be able to express and present an increased willingness and ability to give and take feed back

be able to express and present an increased ability for self managed learning and development

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

be able to express and present an increased responsibility for own and others need for development and feed back in team work and leadership

Contents
The course is based on action—learning, training and self studies. The basic philosophy is that teamwork and leadership to a very large extent is a tacit knowledge, intuition and abilities rather than explicit, theoretical knowledge.

Literature
Väljs vid kursstart efter samråd med studenterna.

Parts

Code: 0701. Name: Part 1.
Higher education credits: 1,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Examinationen baseras på en individuell rapport som fokuserar på reflektioner kring kursens innehåll och vad detta ha för implikationer för deltagarnas ledarskapssyn.

Code: 0702. Name: Part 2.
Higher education credits: 1,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Examinationen baseras på en individuell rapport som fokuserar på reflektioner kring kursens innehåll och vad detta ha för implikationer för deltagarnas ledarskapssyn.