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Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Pro...
