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Courses Teamwork: Working in groups and teams

Teamwork: Working in groups and teams

This free Open Learn course, explores team working from start to finish.

Cost: £0.00 Free for all users

1 sessions • Self paced course

Course type: self-paced

Level: Beginner

Host: Open Learn

Course content

1. Teamwork: Working in groups and teams
"Self-paced"


This free course with Open Learn, explores team working from start to finish. It looks at how successful teams are created, roles within a team, the life cycle of a team, how to manage conflict within teams and evaluating team performance.


After studying this course, you should be able to:


  • recognise the difference between groups and teams
  • understand when each is more appropriate
  • understand issues in team constitution (team roles)
  • identify the different stages of team development and how a manager can support the team at each stage
  • understand and identify team processes (inputs, throughputs and outputs)
  • the manager’s role to understand and manage conflict

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