SBUS42170 Introduction to Team Coaching

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module focuses on the science of team effectiveness in order to provide participants with an understanding of what constitutes team outcomes and which processes and inputs have been shown by research to impact team effectiveness. This grounding will assist the team coach in focusing their approach and building rigor and measurement into their work.

The importance and complexities of contracting with teams is also explored along with the role of diagnostics as a first key intervention into the team system. Types of team diagnostic approaches will be discussed and key instruments reviewed.

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Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

90
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Total

174
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
All details relating to the module are contained in the programme handbook. Students are required to complete the module pre-reading or pre-work prior to attending the seminar sessions. The sessions themselves will be a combination of lectures, group discussion, in-class presentations, case study discussions and classroom exercises. A heavy emphasis in the seminars is on teasing out the implications of theory for practical application in a workplace context. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Essay: 1. Essentials of Team Coaching (5,000 words)
Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Written feedback to be provided within 20 days of assignment deadline.

- Salas, E., Shuffler, M., & Thayer, A. (2015). Understanding and
improving teamwork in organizations: a scientifically based
practical guide. Human Resource Management, 54(4), 599–622.

- Duhigg, C. (2016) What Google learned from its quest to build the perfect team , New York Times Feb 25, 2016 (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/what-google-learned-from-its-quest-to-build-the-perfect-team.html)

- Farmer, S. (2015). Making Sense of Team Coaching. The Coaching Psychologist, 11(2), 72-80

- Hicks, B. (2015). Team Coaching: a Literature Review [Online]. Available at http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/system/files/resources/files/mp88.pdf
Name Role
Mrs Sue Featherstone Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Ciaran Heavey Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Colm Murphy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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