LEADING AND MANAGING TECHNICAL TEAMS
Key team management concepts, principles, and practices. Team dynamics, team roles, leading and facilitating teamwork, and managing team conflict in the context of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)-related work.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe team dynamics, roles, and expectations that influence a STEM team’s performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and effectively deploy specific team member strengths relevant for technical projects / deliverables Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Plan, lead and facilitate productive team meetings Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify and manage team conflict more effectively and constructively Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Assess and improve their current STEM team leadership methods and practices Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe team dynamics, roles, and expectations that influence a STEM team’s performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and effectively deploy specific team member strengths relevant for technical projects / deliverables Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Plan, lead and facilitate productive team meetings Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify and manage team conflict more effectively and constructively Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Assess and improve their current STEM team leadership methods and practices Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027