
Team Building
Proven Strategies for Improving Team Performance
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 19. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-118-10513-9 (ISBN)
Description
The newest edition of the book that has become a classic on team building, this fifth edition describes the Four Cs of the Team Development Model: Context-Laying the Foundation for Team Success; Composition-Getting the Right People on the Bus; Competencies-Developing Team Skills for High Performance; Change-Devising More Effective Ways of Working Together. The new edition features a new student assessment measuring team performance that is posted online as premium content; new chapters on innovative teams and managing cross-cultural teams; information on virtual teams, and a wealth of new examples.
More details
Edition
5. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
373 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-10513-9 (9781118105139)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

E-Book
01/2013
5th Edition
Jossey-Bass
€48.99
Available for download

E-Book
01/2013
5th Edition
Jossey-Bass
€45.99
Available for download
Previous edition

William G. Dyer | W. Gibb Dyer | Jeffrey H. Dyer
Team Building
Proven Strategies for Improving Team Performance
Book
02/2007
4th Edition
Jossey-Bass
€39.90
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Persons
W. Gibb Dyer is O. Leslie Stone Professor of Entrepreneurship, Department of Organizational Leadership and Strategy, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University.
Jeffrey H. Dyer is Horace Beasley Professor of Global Strategy, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University.
The late William G. Dyer is the author of the first three editions of Team Building.
Content
About the Online Assessments v
Introduction 1
Part One: The Four Cs of Team Development 9
1 The Search for the High-Performing Team 11
2 Context: Laying the Foundation for Team Success 21
3 Composition: Getting the Right People on the Bus 37
4 Competencies: Developing Team Skills for High Performance 57
5 Change: Devising More Effective Ways of Working Together 85
6 Bringing the Four Cs Together: Designing a Team-Building Program 103
Part Two: Solving Specifi c Problems Through Team Building 127
7 Managing Confl ict in the Team 129
8 Overcoming Unhealthy Agreement 155
9 Reducing Confl ict Between Teams 169
10 Leading Innovative Teams 183
Part Three: Team Building in Different Types of Teams 205
11 Managing the Temporary Team 207
12 Creating Effective Cross-Cultural Teams 219
13 High-Performing Virtual Teams 235
14 Managing Interorganizational Alliance Teams 247
Part Four: The Challenge of Team Building for the Future 267
15 Challenges for Building Effective Teams 269
Notes 278
The Authors 287
Index 289