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Effective Teamwork Practical Lessons from Organizational Research.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: West, Michael A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Effective Teamwork: Practical Lessons from Organizational Research
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part 1 Team Effectiveness
  • 1 Creating Effective Teams
  • Task and Social Elements of Team Functioning
  • Team Effectiveness
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • 2 Real Teams Work
  • Why Work in Teams?
  • Barriers to Effective Teamwork
  • What is a Team?
  • What do Teams do?
  • How can we build Effective Teams?
  • Conclusions
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • Part 2 Developing Teams
  • 3 Creating Teams
  • Personality and Ability
  • Teamwork Skills
  • Diversity of Team Members
  • Benefiting from Team Diversity
  • Implications of Diversity
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • 4 Leading Teams
  • The Three Team Leadership Tasks
  • The Three Elements of Leading Teams
  • Tripwires for Team Leaders
  • Developing Team Leadership Skills
  • Self-managing or Shared Leadership Work Teams
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • 5 Team Training
  • The Stages of Team Development
  • Types of Team Training Interventions
  • Conclusions
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • Part 3 Team Working
  • 6 Setting Team Direction
  • Team Objectives
  • The Elements of Team Vision
  • Strategy for Teams
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • 7 Team Playing
  • Interaction
  • Information Sharing
  • Influencing and Decision Making
  • Creating Safety in Teams
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • 8 Team Quality Management
  • Groupthink
  • Team Pressures to Conform
  • Obedience to Authority
  • Team Defence Mechanisms
  • Commitment to Quality
  • Task Focus/Constructive Controversy
  • Encouraging Constructive Controversy in Teams
  • Conclusion
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • 9 Creative Team Problem Solving
  • Team Innovation
  • Creative Problem Solving in Teams
  • Techniques for Promoting Creativity within a Team
  • Using Creativity Techniques in Team Meetings
  • Other Influences on Team Innovation
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • 10 Team Support
  • The Emotional Life of Teams
  • Social Support
  • Support for Team Member Growth and Development
  • Balance between Home and Work Life
  • Social Climate
  • Conclusions
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • 11 Conflict in Teams
  • Team Conflicts
  • Types of Team Conflict
  • Resolving Team Conflicts
  • Organizational Causes of Conflict
  • Interpersonal Conflicts
  • Difficult Team Members
  • Key Revision Points
  • Further Reading
  • Web Resources
  • Part 4 Teams in Organizations
  • 12 Teams in Organizations
  • Introducing Team-based Working (TBW)
  • The Relationship between Teams and their Organizations
  • What do Teams need from their Organizations?
  • The Role of Human Resource Management (HRM)
  • What do Organizations require from Teams?
  • Bridging across Teams
  • Conclusions