49-857 Dynamic Global Teams

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

Dynamic teamwork and collaboration is a critical success factor and a major source of competitive advantage and frustration for companies worldwide. Many startups have engineering teams based in low cost parts of the world. Established companies have disturbed teams working in RD and Engineering in different geographies. Mobile and remote communication technologies have transformed the global business landscape. Superflexible teams drive and execute entrepreneurship and innovation. This course will focus on profiles of dynamic collaborative teams, what it takes to balance different priorities, create trust and alignment, interact with diverse stakeholders, and perform under time pressures and resource constraints, all under complex, fastmoving and unpredictable global markets. This course will study critical success factors in driving innovation and explore how superflexibility enables rapid, real time adaptation. The course will describe practical action steps for organizing and managing superflexible teams, study and apply fundamental findings in cognitive psychology that support adaptability and creativity of teams, introduce methods for training crossfunctional teams to excel at innovation, and learn how to use practical tools and techniques that can turn ideas into action. Priority registration will be given to Technology Ventures MSTV students.

Prerequisites: none listed

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