Details for LEA520 Building Teams

Building teams effectively is crucial across all sectors, including business and ministry. This subject enhances your understanding of teamwork through a blend of Christian and secular models, backed by biblical principles. You will learn to assess team effectiveness, develop team cultures within Christian organisations, and tackle common performance barriers.

Quick Stats

• Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
• Course code: LEA520
• Credit points: 10

Subject Coordinator

Prerequisite

Nil

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Describe key elements for assessing effectiveness of teams within a Christian organisation;
2. Compare and evaluate secular and Christian theories and models for team development in the light of biblical examples;
3. Construct a plan for the development and implementation of a team-culture in a Christian organisation;
4. Assess the effectiveness and application of various instruments used in team analysis;
5. Describe performance barriers within a team and propose an effective means to address them.

Subject Content

• Definition and Reasons for Teams
• Distractions and Resistance for Teams
• Teams vs Groups
• Effective and Ineffective Teams
• Biblical Principles of Teams and Teamwork
• Teamwork Models and Applications in Ministry
• Building a Star Team
• Team Leadership
• Team Players
• Team Culture
• Building Capability
• Building Capacity

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to Face (onsite)
• E-Learning (online)
• Intensive

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Reading and Interaction Exercises (20%)
• Minor Essay (30%)
• Essay (50%)

Prescribed Text

• West, M.A. (2012). Effective Teamwork: Practical Lessons from Organizational Research (3rd ed). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Please consult your instructor before purchasing any textbooks.