Matthias Ackermann

Leadership Effectiveness in Global Teams Matthias Ackermann

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management - Management Styles, FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie und Management gemeinnützige GmbH, Hochschulstudienzentrum Freiburg, language: English, abstract: This assignment discusses the topic 'leadership effectiveness in global teams'. It argues in detail the challenges the leaders of global teams have and which competencies are needed to fulfil the job of a global team leader. Content is also how leadership effectiveness can be measured and evaluated as well as the basic requirements on organizations. This assignment does not include the organizational specifics and changes by 'globalizing' a company. At the beginning key words in context of Leadership Effectiveness in global Teams are defined in chapter two. Chapter three includes theoretical models of leadership effectiveness, effective global leadership, measurement and evaluation of leadership effectiveness, and the organizational requirements to develop global team leaders. At the end a conclusion and outlook is given.