Making the Team
A Guide for Managers
Published on 8. March 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-13-014363-1 (ISBN)
Description
For a graduate management OR undergraduate management course in Organization Behavior, Group Dynamics, or Teamwork.
Making the Team unites cutting-edge research on groups with practical management principles. Making the Team organizes the art and science of teamwork in 3 primary tasks for the leader/manager: (1) Accurately assessing and improving team performance: (2) Managing the internal dynamics of teams (diversity, conflict, creativity within the team): and (3) Optimally leveraging the team within the larger organization. Making the Team is a great core book for a course or a supplement book for the course. The instructor's manual contains exercises for challenging in-class exercises and experimental learning. Managers-in-training as well as the seasoned executive will find the clear, step-by-step approaches offered in this book useful, provocative, and refreshing. This book is a perfect marriage of theory and practice.
Making the Team unites cutting-edge research on groups with practical management principles. Making the Team organizes the art and science of teamwork in 3 primary tasks for the leader/manager: (1) Accurately assessing and improving team performance: (2) Managing the internal dynamics of teams (diversity, conflict, creativity within the team): and (3) Optimally leveraging the team within the larger organization. Making the Team is a great core book for a course or a supplement book for the course. The instructor's manual contains exercises for challenging in-class exercises and experimental learning. Managers-in-training as well as the seasoned executive will find the clear, step-by-step approaches offered in this book useful, provocative, and refreshing. This book is a perfect marriage of theory and practice.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
489 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-014363-1 (9780130143631)
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05/2004
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Content
I. THE BASICS OF TEAMWORK.
1. Teams in Organizations: Facts and Myths.
2. Performance and Productivity: Team Performance Criteria and Threats to Productivity.
3. Rewarding Teamwork: Compensation and Performance Appraisals.
II. INTERNAL DYNAMICS.
4. Building the Team: Tasks, People, and Relationships.
5. Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective Intelligence.
6. Team Decision Making: Conformity, Pitfalls, and Solutions.
7. Conflict in Teams: Leveraging Differences to Create Opportunity.
8. Creativity: Mastering Strategies for High Performance.
III. EXTERNAL DYNAMICS.
9. Managing the External Environment.
10. Leadership: Managing the Paradox.
11. Interteam Relations: Competition, Social Identity, and Stereotyping.
12. Teamwork via Information Technology: Challenges and Opportunities.
Appendix 1. Managing Meetings: A Toolkit.
Appendix 2. Special Tips for Consultants and Facilitators.
Appendix 3. A Guide for Creating Effective Study Groups.
Appendix 4. Example Items from Peer Evaluations and 360-Degree Performance Evaluations.
References.
1. Teams in Organizations: Facts and Myths.
2. Performance and Productivity: Team Performance Criteria and Threats to Productivity.
3. Rewarding Teamwork: Compensation and Performance Appraisals.
II. INTERNAL DYNAMICS.
4. Building the Team: Tasks, People, and Relationships.
5. Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective Intelligence.
6. Team Decision Making: Conformity, Pitfalls, and Solutions.
7. Conflict in Teams: Leveraging Differences to Create Opportunity.
8. Creativity: Mastering Strategies for High Performance.
III. EXTERNAL DYNAMICS.
9. Managing the External Environment.
10. Leadership: Managing the Paradox.
11. Interteam Relations: Competition, Social Identity, and Stereotyping.
12. Teamwork via Information Technology: Challenges and Opportunities.
Appendix 1. Managing Meetings: A Toolkit.
Appendix 2. Special Tips for Consultants and Facilitators.
Appendix 3. A Guide for Creating Effective Study Groups.
Appendix 4. Example Items from Peer Evaluations and 360-Degree Performance Evaluations.
References.