Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Team Work (17.IM2913)

Native organizations units: Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Chair of Production Systems, Organization and Management

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Ljudski resursi i komunikacije Proizvodni i uslužni sistemi, organizacija i menadžment
ECTS	4

The goal of this course is acquiring knowledge about team functioning, their creation and maintenance. The conditions and laws that determine the success of the team are very often part of the overall organizational culture and intellectual capital which is defined as structural. Practical course objective is to enable students to function in teams.

Obtained knowledge provides an opportunity for understanding the importance of teamwork, manners and conditions of its functioning. Application of learned useful information about the prerequisites for the success of the team and its performance is the expected educational outcome.

The difference between groups and teams; Organizational preconditions for team creation; Stages of team creation; Cooperation in team; Types of teams; Building team performance; Team roles; Team success; Decision making in teams; Management teams.

Teaching activity is organized on interactive method of cooperation with students, including analysis of case studies and practical tasks of modern organizations. Lectures and exercises are designed to create clear principles of team functioning.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Gustavson, P. Stewart, L.	A Team of Leaders:Emprowing Every Mumber to Takle Ownership, Demonstrate and Deliver	2014	Amacom	English
Katzenbach, J.	The Discipline of Teams	2009	Harvard Business School Publishing	English
Clutterbuck, D.	Coaching the Team at Work	2007	Nickolas Brealey International	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Practical part of the exam - tasks	No	Yes	20.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	50.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Term paper	Yes	Yes	20.00