Creating Effective Teams
A Guide for Members and Leaders
2nd Edition
Published on 3. August 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4129-1376-8 (ISBN)
Description
Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders is a practical guide for building and sustaining top performing teams. Based on the author's many years of consulting experience with teams in the public and private sector, the Second Edition describes why teams are important, how they function, and what makes them productive.
New to the Edition:
Offers necessary tools to help members and leaders work together to achieve high performance
Enhanced information about the design and management of meetings
Incorporates real-life examples and questionnaires giving readers the opportunity for self-evaluation
A bestseller in its First Edition, Creating Effective Teams, Second Edition is sure to be a perfect fit for team leaders and members, trainers, managers, consultants, psychologists, military, and educators. Students enrolled in organizational studies, management, human resources, social psychology, education, group studies, leadership, sociology, and communication courses may also benefit from this bestseller.
New to the Edition:
Offers necessary tools to help members and leaders work together to achieve high performance
Enhanced information about the design and management of meetings
Incorporates real-life examples and questionnaires giving readers the opportunity for self-evaluation
A bestseller in its First Edition, Creating Effective Teams, Second Edition is sure to be a perfect fit for team leaders and members, trainers, managers, consultants, psychologists, military, and educators. Students enrolled in organizational studies, management, human resources, social psychology, education, group studies, leadership, sociology, and communication courses may also benefit from this bestseller.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
226 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-1376-8 (9781412913768)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
08/1999
1st Edition
SAGE Publications Inc
€47.22
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Person
Susan Wheelan was president of GDQ Associates, Inc. Until 2001, she was a professor
of psychological studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Center
at Temple University. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University's Great Teacher Award
in 1992. She also worked as a psychologist in a number of hospital and clinical settings.
Dr. Wheelan was the author of Facilitating Training Groups; Group Processes: A
Developmental Perspective; Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders;
and Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration. She was editor of the Handbook
of Group Research and Practice and coeditor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current
Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She wrote 66 research articles for publication.
of psychological studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Center
at Temple University. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University's Great Teacher Award
in 1992. She also worked as a psychologist in a number of hospital and clinical settings.
Dr. Wheelan was the author of Facilitating Training Groups; Group Processes: A
Developmental Perspective; Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders;
and Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration. She was editor of the Handbook
of Group Research and Practice and coeditor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current
Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She wrote 66 research articles for publication.
Content
Why Groups?
Effective Organizational Support for Teams
From Groups to Teams: The Stages of Group Development
How Do High Performance Teams Function?
Effective Team Members
Effective Team Leadership
Navigating Stage 1
Surviving Stage 2
Reorganizaing at Stage 3
Sustaining High Performance
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Effective Organizational Support for Teams
From Groups to Teams: The Stages of Group Development
How Do High Performance Teams Function?
Effective Team Members
Effective Team Leadership
Navigating Stage 1
Surviving Stage 2
Reorganizaing at Stage 3
Sustaining High Performance
Bibliography
Index
About the Author