Effective Teamwork Practical Lessons from Organizational Research [Hardcover]

• A new edition of a bestselling book on teamwork from an acknowledged leader in the field
• Offers a unique integration of rigorous research with practical guidance to develop effective leadership teams
• Features new chapters on virtual teams and top management teams, plus contemporary themes of ethics and values
• Utilizes research based on positive psychology techniques

Part 1 Team Effectiveness 1

1 Creating Effective Teams 3

Task and Social Elements of Team Functioning 6

Team Effectiveness 7

Key Revision Points 12

Further Reading 12

Web Resources 12

2 Real Teams Work 13

Why Work in Teams? 17

Barriers to Effective Teamwork 21

What is a Team? 27

What do Teams do? 29

How can we build Effective Teams? 31

Conclusions 35

Key Revision Points 37

Further Reading 37

Web Resources 38

Part 2 Developing Teams 39

3 Creating Teams 41

Personality and Ability 43

Teamwork Skills 49

Diversity of Team Members 52

Benefiting from Team Diversity 57

Implications of Diversity 58

Key Revision Points 59

Further Reading 59

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