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Certificate of Achievement

Dr. Naraginti Amareswaran Reddy

has completed the following course:

Managing People: Teamwork and Diversity

University of Reading and Henley Business School

This course explored how teams are composed and the processes that help ensure organisations hire the right people, for the right job. It looked at the challenges of recruitment and selection and considered the best practices for team working: examining the theory behind teamwork including social aspects of teams, and the benefits that can occur through a diverse workforce.

3 weeks, 4 hours per week

Dr Yemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun

Post-Doctoral Fellow at Henley Business School

University of Reading

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Understand the strengths and weaknesses of team working
  • Apply the social value of team working into effective working practice
  • Explore how to design teams and reporting mechanisms so that team problems are avoided
  • Apply this understanding to management practice

Syllabus

Week one

  • An introduction to the course
  • Team formation and structure
  • Theories of teamwork
  • Putting the principles of good teamwork into practice

Week Two

  • Key concepts and processes of human resource management
  • Challenges in recruitment and selection
  • Performance management

Week three

  • Flexibility versus fit
  • The value in diversity
  • Course summary

Issued on 29th November 2019

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Managing People: Teamwork and Diversity

University of Reading