Making the Team: A Guide for Managers — Leigh L. Thompson (2017)

Book Description

The basics of teamwork — Teams in organizations : facts and myths — Performance and productivity : team performance criteria and threats to productivity — Rewarding teamwork : compensation and performance appraisals — Internal dynamics — Designing the team : tasks, people, and processes — Team identity, emotion, and development — Sharpening the team mind: communication and collective intelligence — Team decision making: pitfalls and solutions — Conflict in teams: leveraging differences to create opportunity — Creativity: mastering strategies for high performance — External dynamics — Networking, social capital, and integrating across teams — Leadership : managing the paradox — Interteam relations : balancing competition and cooperation — Teaming across distance and culture — Appendix 1 managing meetings : a toolkit — Appendix 2 tips for meeting facilitators — Appendix 3 a guide for creating effective study groups — Appendix 4 example items from peer evaluations and 360-degree performance evaluations — References — Name and author index — Subject index

Book Details

• Author: Leigh L. Thompson
• Publisher: Pearson
• Published Date: 2017-01-04
• Published Year: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9780134484204