ILRHR 4603 - Work Groups and Teams

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: ILRHR 2600. Enrollment preference given to: ILR juniors and seniors or permission of instructor.

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In recent years, there has been a shift from work organized around individual jobs to team-based work structures. This course examines the factors influencing the emergence of teams as basic building blocks of organizations and the implications of team-based work structures for human resource management. The first part of the course focuses on the different types of teams that can exist within organizations and the determinants of work-team effectiveness. Attention is then shifted to examining the key aspects of the creation, development, operation, and management of work teams. The goal of the course is to provide students with a better understanding of how organizations can enhance the effectiveness of their work groups and teams.