Effective Teamwork : Practical Lessons from Organizational Research.

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 -- Key Revision Points -- Further Reading -- Web Resources -- 13 Virtual Team Working -- What is Virtual Team Working? -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Virtual Teams -- How to Develop Effective Virtual Team Working -- Lifecycle of Virtual Teams -- Conclusion -- Key Revision Points -- Further Reading -- Web Resources -- 14 Top Management Teams -- Task Design -- Team Effort and Skills -- Organizational Supports -- Top Management Team Processes -- Top Team Participation -- Corporate Social Responsibility -- Top Team Meetings -- Conflict -- CEO Leadership -- Conclusions -- Key Revision Points -- Further Reading -- Web Resources -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- EULA.

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