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Includes bibliographical references and (p. 322-359) indexes The Basics of Teamwork -- Teams in Organizations: Facts and Myths -- What Is a Team? -- Why Should Organizations Have Teams? -- Customer service focus -- Competition -- Information age -- Globalization -- Types of Teams in Organizations -- Manager-led teams -- Self-managing teams -- Self-directing teams -- Self-governing teams -- Some Observations about Teams and Teamwork -- Teams are not always the answer -- Managers fault the wrong causes for team failure -- Managers fail to recognize their team-building responsibilities -- Experimenting with failures leads to better teams -- Conflict among team members is not always a bad thing -- Strong leadership is not always necessary for strong teams -- Good teams can still fail under the wrong circumstances -- Retreats wil not fix all the conflicts between team members -- What Leaders Tell Us about Their Teams -- Most common type of team -- Team Size -- Team Autonomy versus manager control -- Team longevity -- The most frustrating aspect of teamwork -- Developing Your Team-Building Skills -- Skill 1: Accurate Diagnosis of Team Problems -- Skill 2: Theory-based Intervention -- Ski

Who reads Making the Team: A Guide for Managers, Second Edition?

Author

Thompson, Leigh L.

Publisher

Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780131416581

Category

business

Subjects

Management, Business, Finance

Rating

3.7 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14