Michael A. West

Effective Teamwork

Practical Lessons from Organizational Research

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Produktbeschreibung

Updated to reflect the latest research evidence, the third edition of Effective Teamwork provides business managers with the necessary guidance and tools to build and maintain effective teamwork strategies.

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780470974971
• ISBN-10: 0470974974
• Artikelnr.: 34550715

Autorenporträt

Michael West is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Lancaster University Management School, UK. Previously Executive Dean of Aston Business School, he has authored, edited or co-edited seventeen books. He has also published over 200 articles for scientific and practitioner publications, and numerous chapters in scholarly books. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS), the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology (SIOP), the British Academy of Management (BAM) and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements xi 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 Web
Resources 59 4 Leading Teams 60 The Three Team Leadership Tasks 61 The
Three Elements of Leading Teams 63 Tripwires for Team Leaders 77 Developing
Team Leadership Skills 79 Self-managing or Shared Leadership Work Teams 84
Key Revision Points 85 Further Reading 85 Web Resources 86 5 Team Training
87 The Stages of Team Development 89 Types of Team Training Interventions
91 Conclusions 101 Key Revision Points 102 Further Reading 102 Web
Resources 102 Part 3 Team Working 105 6 Setting Team Direction 107 Team
Objectives 107 The Elements of Team Vision 113 Strategy for Teams 115 Key
Revision Points 117 Further Reading 117 Web Resources 118 7 Team Playing
119 Interaction 120 Information Sharing 124 Influencing and Decision Making
125 Creating Safety in Teams 131 Key Revision Points 133 Further Reading
134 Web Resources 134 8 Team Quality Management 135 Groupthink 136 Team
Pressures to Conform 138 Obedience to Authority 139 Team Defence Mechanisms
139 Commitment to Quality 141 Task Focus/Constructive Controversy 142
Encouraging Constructive Controversy in Teams 143 Conclusion 151 Key
Revision Points 152 Further Reading 153 Web Resources 153 9 Creative Team
Problem Solving 155 Team Innovation 156 Creative Problem Solving in Teams
160 Techniques for Promoting Creativity within a Team 162 Using Creativity
Techniques in Team Meetings 166 Other Influences on Team Innovation 167 Key
Revision Points 170 Further Reading 170 Web Resources 171 10 Team Support
172 The Emotional Life of Teams 174 Social Support 176 Support for Team
Member Growth and Development 182 Balance between Home and Work Life 184
Social Climate 184 Conclusions 186 Key Revision Points 187 Further Reading
187 Web Resources 187 11 Conflict in Teams 188 Team Conflicts 188 Types of
Team Conflict 189 Resolving Team Conflicts 189 Organizational Causes of
Conflict 191 Interpersonal Conflicts 193 Difficult Team Members 195 Key
Revision Points 198 Further Reading 198 Web Resources 198 Part 4 Teams in
Organizations 199 12 Teams in Organizations 201 Introducing Team-based
Working (TBW) 202 The Relationship between Teams and their Organizations
205 What do Teams need from their Organizations? 207 The Role of Human
Resource Management (HRM) 209 What do Organizations require from Teams? 213
Bridging across Teams 216 Conclusions 219 Key Revision Points 219 Further
Reading 220 Web Resources 220 13 Virtual Team Working 221 What is Virtual
Team Working? 225 Advantages and Disadvantages of Virtual Teams 227 How to
Develop Effective Virtual Team Working 228 Lifecycle of Virtual Teams 235
Conclusion 238 Key Revision Points 239 Further Reading 239 Web Resources
240 14 Top Management Teams 241 Task Design 243 Team Effort and Skills 245
Organizational Supports 248 Top Management Team Processes 251 Top Team
Participation 254 Corporate Social Responsibility 255 Top Team Meetings 257
Conflict 262 CEO Leadership 263 Conclusions 266 Key Revision Points 268
Further Reading 268 Web Resources 268 References 269 Author Index 286
Subject Index 292