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Skills for Teamwork

Course Description

Research is increasingly becoming a collaborative activity in many disciplines. However, for many postgraduate students their PhD research may often be a solitary activity that does not provide much opportunity for developing teamworking skills. This workshop will explore the principles of effective teamwork. Participants will each discover their own unique strengths that they can contribute to any team.

The aims of the workshop are for participants to better understand:

• The various roles that make for a well balanced, effective team
• The roles they prefer to take on, or may default to when working in a team
• How to work constructively with a diversity of preferences and styles within a team

This two-day workshop will include reflective enquiry, group tasks and facilitated reviews. Two well-established theoretical frameworks will be used to explore the teamwork process. These are:

• Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
• Management teams roles indicator (MTRi)

Participants will develop awareness of their own preferred teamworking style and will develop their teamwork skills through experiential learning tasks.

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Course Recommended for

This course is particularly relevant to the following groups:

• 1st Year Research Students
• 2nd Year Research Students
• 3rd Year Research Students

Course Organisers

• Course Tutor - Dr Emma Williams - (External Institution)
  
• Administrator - Ms Kasia Bronk - (Graduate School)

Further Web Resources

• teamtechnology: http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/mtr-i.html

Further Reading

• Hirsh E., Hirsh K.W. & Hirsh S.K, Introduction to Type and Teams (2nd ed.), CPP Inc. (2003)
• Myers I.B. & Myers S.B, Gifts Differing, Davies Black (1980)
• Nash S, Turning Team Performance Inside Out, Davies Black (1999)
• Woodcock M, Team Development Manual, Gower (1989)

April 2013

April 2013

Description:	This is a two-day programme. Students should attend both days.
Points:	4
Places Available:	10
Sessions:	9:30am - 4:30pm on Mon 8 Apr 2013 Graduate School Training Suite, Lecture Room (B.09), 66-72 Gower Street, UCL, London, WC1E 6EA 9:30am - 4:30pm on Mon 15 Apr 2013 Graduate School Training Suite, Lecture Room (B.09), 66-72 Gower Street, UCL, London, WC1E 6EA
Preparatory Work:

 

September 2013

September 2013

Description:	This is a two-day programme. Students should attend both days.
Points:	4
Places Available:	22
Sessions:	9:30am - 4:30pm on Mon 9 Sep 2013 Graduate School Training Suite, Lecture Room (B.09), 66-72 Gower Street, UCL, London, WC1E 6EA (Map) 9:30am - 4:30pm on Mon 16 Sep 2013 Graduate School Training Suite, Lecture Room (B.09), 66-72 Gower Street, UCL, London, WC1E 6EA (Map)
Preparatory Work:

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