BUS533 - Leadership and Teamwork: Agrodome Tourism Lesson Plan

This assignment presents a comprehensive lesson plan designed for the Agrodome Tourism Company, focusing on the critical concepts of leadership and teamwork. The lesson aims to educate employees on the significance of these concepts and their practical application within the organization. It covers the definitions of leadership and teamwork, their interrelation, and related concepts. The plan includes discussion points on employee motivation, internal and external factors influencing leadership and teamwork, and the impact on organizational performance. The lesson incorporates resources such as academic journals and articles to support the learning objectives. The session structure includes defining leadership and teamwork, analyzing their relationship, and exploring related concepts with activities and discussions. References from various scholars are included to provide a strong theoretical foundation.

APPLICATION OF
LEADERSHIP
Study on Agrodome Tourism Company

Lesson Plan (1b)
Interns’ name:
Interns’ IDs:
Date:
Duration: 20 Minutes
Seminar Topic:
Leadership Strategies and Team Work for the Agrodome Company
Aims of lesson:
The aim of the assignment is to provide the members of the Agrodome Tourism Company with the understanding of the concepts of leadership and teamwork. As per the
members of the organization, they felt that there is a need to make the employees aware of the need and importance of these concepts and the significance of the practice
of the same.

Lesson Plan 1b (Contd...)
Lesson objectives: Students (Staff of Agrodome) will be able to…
Understand the meaning and definition of Leadership and Teamwork.
Understand how these two concepts are related.
Know and understand related concepts to these two.
Understanding the impact of the relationship upon the work environment of an organization.
Assumed prior knowledge:
As according to the managers or the members of the organization, the employees had a basic understanding of how the tourism Company works, and the very basic
understanding of how the business conducts should be executed.

Lesson Plan 1b (Contd...)
Resources:
Sohmen, V. S. (2013). Leadership and teamwork: Two sides of the same coin. Journal of IT and Economic
Development, 4(2), 1-18.
McIntyre, H. H., & Foti, R. J. (2013). The impact of shared leadership on teamwork mental models and performance
in self-directed teams. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 16(1), 46-57.
Ford, K., Menchine, M., Burner, E., Arora, S., Inaba, K., Demetriades, D., & Yersin, B. (2016). Leadership and
teamwork in trauma and resuscitation. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 17(5), 549.
Shockley-Zalabak, P. (2014). Fundamentals of organizational communication. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Overall, J. (2015). A conceptual framework of innovation and performance: The importance of leadership,
relationship quality, and knowledge management. Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, 21(2), 41.
Overall, J. (2015). A conceptual framework of innovation and performance: The importance of leadership,
relationship quality, and knowledge management. Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, 21(2), 41.
Chuang, C. H., Jackson, S. E., & Jiang, Y. (2016). Can knowledge-intensive teamwork be managed? Examining the
roles of HRM systems, leadership, and tacit knowledge. Journal of management, 42(2), 524-554.
Salas, E., Shuffler, M. L., Thayer, A. L., Bedwell, W. L., & Lazzara, E. H. (2015). Understanding and improving
teamwork in organizations: A scientifically based practical guide. Human Resource Management, 54(4), 599-622.
Bouranta, N., Psomas, E. L., & Pantouvakis, A. (2017). Identifying the critical determinants of TQM and their impact
on company performance: Evidence from the hotel industry of Greece. The TQM Journal, 29(1), 147-166.

Lesson Plan 1b (Contd...)
Time Content & Teacher Activity Student Activity
1min
2min
3min
4min
Defining Leadership
Defining Team Work
Proposing the relation between these two.
A detailed analysis of the concepts related to the concepts of Team Work and Leadership
 Recap of today’s session
Listening, Jotting Down Points, Asking
Questions, Asking for a Clear Chart to have
Better Understanding.
Homework/assignments set (If any):
Proposing to make a PPT that will clearly uphold the understanding of the students related to the topic that is covered in the class.
Hand in date:

Team Work and Leadership
• Team work, as can be viewed, consists of two terms, team and work,
and the basic understanding is that within an organizational set up,
teams are made in order to solute the problems that may crop up
within the organizational set up.
• The significance of the leadership is understood and realized , to
understand whether the teams are doing well, and to evaluate the
performance of the skills of the teams, it is essential to evaluate the
works that have been conducted by the students.
• A leader is the one who guide the team members, and support them.

Importance of Motivation:
• Employee motivation is much important for any business house, and it
is essentially to be conducted by the leaders of the organization.
• The motivated employees are always more proactive and efficient.
• The term motivated refers to the fact that an employee is committed to
his or her job, and thus increases the employee satisfaction.
• The motivated employees will help to employ a successful and effective
communication strategy within the organizational conduct.
• A motivated employee base is more involved into the communication
system, which in turn increaser the organizational performance and
output.

Internal and External Factors:
• The internal factors firstly, the normative structure of the organization.
• Secondly, the organization involves a great team composition within the
organizational structure.
• The organization also involves two external factors that influences the
leadership and team work structure.
• The organization involves a reward system that recognizes and rewards
the potential employees or team members.
• The organization has a collaborative culture which includes all the
members of the organization, and the organizational culture recognizes
and promotes individual achievements.

References:
Bouranta, N., Psomas, E. L., & Pantouvakis, A. (2017). Identifying the critical determinants of TQM and their
impact on company performance: Evidence from the hotel industry of Greece. The TQM Journal, 29(1), 147-166.
Chuang, C. H., Jackson, S. E., & Jiang, Y. (2016). Can knowledge-intensive teamwork be managed? Examining the
roles of HRM systems, leadership, and tacit knowledge. Journal of management, 42(2), 524-554.
Ford, K., Menchine, M., Burner, E., Arora, S., Inaba, K., Demetriades, D., & Yersin, B. (2016). Leadership and
teamwork in trauma and resuscitation. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 17(5), 549.
McIntyre, H. H., & Foti, R. J. (2013). The impact of shared leadership on teamwork mental models and
performance in self-directed teams. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 16(1), 46-57.
Overall, J. (2015). A conceptual framework of innovation and performance: The importance of leadership,
relationship quality, and knowledge management. Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, 21(2), 41.
Salas, E., Shuffler, M. L., Thayer, A. L., Bedwell, W. L., & Lazzara, E. H. (2015). Understanding and improving
teamwork in organizations: A scientifically based practical guide. Human Resource Management, 54(4), 599-622.
Shockley-Zalabak, P. (2014). Fundamentals of organizational communication. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Sohmen, V. S. (2013). Leadership and teamwork: Two sides of the same coin. Journal of IT and Economic
Development, 4(2), 1-18.