Teams and team pitfalls

Teams and team pitfalls

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Project Management (MGT 258)

Unit 5: Leadership and Team management for project

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of teams and team pitfalls.
• Apply the relevant concepts to a defined organizational or venture situation using evidence and stated assumptions.

Curriculum Scope

• Team building for project
• Role of teams
• Building high-performance project teams
• Project team pitfalls

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Team foundations

   1. Explain team roles and shared project goals.
   2. Select complementary skills and responsibilities.
   3. Establish working arrangements.

2. High performance

   1. Develop trust, clear communication and mutual accountability.
   2. Manage disagreement constructively.
   3. Support learning and coordination.

3. Pitfalls

   1. Identify unclear roles, groupthink, conflict and uneven participation.
   2. Assess causes in a project case.
   3. Recommend practical remedies and review indicators.

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Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 124–125.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.