Course Title: Ensure team effectiveness

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5215

Course Title: Ensure team effectiveness

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 60.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EMPL5887C

City Campus

TAFE

365T Global, Urban & Social Studies

Face-to-Face

Term1 2012,
Term1 2013

Course Contact: Bronwyn Tanti

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9079

Course Contact Email: bronwyn.tanti@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit of competency describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to facilitate all aspects of teamwork within the organisation. It involves taking a leadership role in the development of team plans, leading and facilitating teamwork and actively engaging with the management of the organisation.

This unit of competency applies to managers and addresses the need for managers to facilitate work teams and to build a positive culture within work teams. The unit of competency takes a systematic and planned approach to developing teams. It includes the soft skills as well as more structured approaches to the management of teams.
At this level, work will normally be carried out within complex and diverse methods and procedures which require the exercise of considerable discretion and judgement, using a range of problem solving and decision making strategies.
 


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no pre-requisites for this unit of competency.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

BSBWOR502B Ensure team effectiveness

Elements:

1. Establish team performance plan
2. Develop and facilitate team cohesion
3. Facilitate teamwork
4. Liaise with stakeholders


Learning Outcomes

By completing this unit of competency you will achieve and demonstrate competence in the following skills:

Establishing team performance plans
Developing and facilitating team cohesion
Facilitating teamwork
Liaising with stakeholders

 


Overview of Assessment

Assessment in this unit of competency will be through a mix of in-class tasks, workplace based projects, responses to a range of underpinning knowledge questions and the development of an evidence portfolio linked to the unit of competency elements and workplace practice. An upfront assessment to develop an individual learning plan will occur. An individual assessment appointments will be undertaken with each student to allow students to present and discuss workplace evidence.