Soft Skills: Leadership and Team Management

Code:

CTLGE01

Acronym:

CTLGE01

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Personal Development

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S (of 01-10-2013 to 31-12-2013)

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Soft Skills: Leadership and Team Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CTLGE	13	Syllabus	1	-	1,5	10	40,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Adapt leadership  strategies and team motivation according to:

     nature, structure, size and motivation of the team

      role to play

     activity sector
     personal motivations of employees

     personal characteristics of managers

     history and future of the organization

Working method

Presencial

Program

The concept of leadership and its role within the project team;
• Trait Theory vs Developmental theories on the emergence of leaders (personal, educational and contextual factors);
• Different styles of leadership;
• The main characteristics and behaviors of working teams;
• The different motivational patterns of work teams;
• The inevitability of conflict and role in organizational dynamics;
• The different strategies of conflict resolution and the impact of choices made;
• Technical (communication) that allow you to organize, encourage and motivate a team;
• Feedback: the role of praise and criticism in team management;

Mandatory literature

Almeida, F. N; Psicologia para gestores – Comportamentos de sucesso nas organizações., McGraw-Hill, 1995
Lourenço, P.R; Liderança e eficácia: uma relação revisitada, Psychologica, 23, 119-130., 2000
Rego, A.; Liderança nas organizações: teoria e prática, Universidade de Aveiro, 1998

Complementary Bibliography

Almeida, F. N.; O Gestor: a arte de liderar, Presença, 1996
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ; trad. Joana Morais Varela; com aguarelas do autor; O principezinho. ISBN: 978-972-23-2829-6
Dreyfus, C; Psicoterapia de grupo, Verbo, 1980
Estanqueiro, A.; Saber lidar com as pessoas, Presença, 1993
Fachada, Odete; Psicologia das relações interpessoais, Edições Rumo, Lda, 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	70,00
Trabalho de campo	30,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

 

Calculation formula of final grade

• Timeliness (10%)
• Participation and involvement (50%)
• Autonomous work: resolution of a hypothetical  problem presented in a case study (40%)