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Managing Teams in Organizations
Management skills and the ability to lead high-performance teams are greatly prized by top companies and executives. In this dynamic, two-day course, you’ll be able to develop and practice these skills—and in the process become more valuable to your organization.
Through a combination of case studies, simulations, discussion and role-playing, you’ll improve your ability to motivate employees, work within diverse groups, apply human resource management tools to build effective teams, and lead change.
This two-day program is for any level manager to learn key strategies for managing people and teams that achieve success.
What You Will Learn:
You’ll learn ideas and techniques you can apply right away, including:
- How to build your skills as a leader
- Defining and analyzing problems and developing viable action plans
- Creating and sustaining successful teams through a better understanding of how teams function and how you work in team settings
- Decision tactics for when it’s appropriate to use a team
- Aligning organizational structures to make teams more successful
- Methods for structuring incentives and motivating team members
Who Should Attend:
- Small business owners and entrepreneurs
- Rising supervisors and new managers
- Directors moving up to leading divisions or large-scale organizations
- Project managers
- Managers, directors and executives leading organizational change
Length of Program
2 DaysCost
$1,980Cost includes tuition, instructional materials, continental breakfast and lunch (all days).
Location
Owen Graduate School of ManagementMeet Your Instructor
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Bart VictorCal Turner Professor of Moral Leadership |
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Bart Victor joined the Owen faculty from the Institute for Management Development International (IMD), in Lausanne, Switzerland where he was Professor of Management and Director of the Program for Management Development. Prior to IMD, Bart was on the faculties of the University of North Carolina and the University of Nebraska. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Academy of Management and the International Association for Business and Society.
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David OwensProfessor for the Practice of Management and Innovation; Faculty Director, VU Accelerator-Summer Business Institute |
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David Owens’s research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the London Guardian and NPR’s Marketplace. His work in the area of business strategy, innovation process and product development has included engagements with NASA, LEGO, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He has also performed product design consulting work for a variety of firms including Daimler Benz, Apple Computer, and Coleman Camping. Most recently, while on leave from Vanderbilt University, Owens served as CEO of Griffin Technology Inc., the largest consumer electronics firm in the MP3/iPod accessory market space.
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