Course content - Learning outcome - Admission - Prerequisites - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation

Course content

This course addresses team design, team management, and team leadership in a development context. The focus is on the process and structural characteristics that influence the effectiveness of teams, individual behaviour, and the dynamics of interpersonal relationships. The purpose of this course is to understand the theory and processes of group and team behaviour so that you as a leader or team member can successfully work with/in technical and/or management teams.

Much of the learning that occurs in the course will involve exercises and simulations that draw on students’ current experience in the class as well as their previous experience in teams and organizations outside of UiO.

Learning outcome

This course will give the students analytic skills as well as interpersonal skills to effectively manage groups, and allow the students the opportunity to develop these skills experimentally as well as to understand team behavior in useful analytical frameworks.

The following is a partial list of objectives:
1. Motivate and lead people
2. Deal with conflict and creativity productively
3. Understand and use emotional intelligence (EI) in teams
4. Improve your ability to manage groups effectively

In particular, the learning outcomes are:
• The student is knowledgeable about the management literature on team work
• The student can use the above mentioned insights (methods and concepts) with regard to team design (composition), processes and performance.
• The student has developed a sound attitude with regard to team work.

Admission

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The course is only for students that are part of the 2-year Master`s program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Oslo.

The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

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Bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification is required.

Teaching

The core of the course is a series of team and group exercises and readings. The exercises are framed and analyzed in terms of readings, lectures, and in-depth class discussions.

Teaching takes place throughout the semester and you are expected to participate in all team and group exercises and simulations, when in class.

The lectures are mandatory, which means that you will need to attend 80 percent of the lectures. You are allowed to be absent 20 percent of the lectures even though this is not recommended. If you are absent more than 20 percent you will need to show to medical declaration for the absence otherwise you will not pass the course.

Access to teaching

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Examination

There will be one group based reflection report (which counts 50% of the grade). In addition will there be 4 quizzes (that together counts 50% of the grade) during the semester.

Students have to pass both the reflection report and 4 Multiple Choice tests to obtain a grade in the course.

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Language of examination

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Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

You may request an explanation of your grades, and you may also appeal against your grades or make a complaint about formal examination errors. Read more about explanations and appeals.

Grounds for and appeal against determination of the grade

Resit an examination

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Withdrawal from an examination

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Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Special facilities at an examination

Evaluation

Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.