Working effectively in teams is crucial to your success in today’s workplace. As a leader, you will manage individuals, but you will also manage teams. You will need to know how to organize and lead teams that produce results.

This course develops your understanding of the roles and responsibilities in business teams, helps you understand how to structure teams, and gives you the tools to guide a team as they plan and execute their work. At the end of this course you should be able to:

+ Describe the characteristics of effective workplace teams.
+ Discuss the organizational conditions that support team success.
+ Explain the differences between groups and teams.
+ Identify tools helpful in structuring a team to achieve desired results.
+ Name typical team roles and describe common responsibilities.