Effective Teamwork: Practical Lessons from Organizational Research

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 fieldOffers a unique integration of rigorous research with practical guidance to develop effective leadership teamsFeatures new chapters on virtual teams and top management teams, plus contemporary themes of ethics and valuesUtilizes research based on positive psychology techniques.

Lifecycle of Virtual Teams.

Effective Teamwork: Practical Lessons from Organizational Research; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Team Effectiveness; 1 Creating Effective Teams; Task and Social Elements of Team Functioning; Team Effectiveness; Key Revision Points; Further Reading; Web Resources; 2 Real Teams Work; Why Work in Teams?; Barriers to Effective Teamwork; What is a Team?; What do Teams do?; How can we build Effective Teams?; Conclusions; Key Revision Points; Further Reading; Web Resources; Part 2 Developing Teams; 3 Creating Teams; Personality and Ability; Teamwork Skills; Diversity of Team Members.

Benefiting from Team DiversityImplications of Diversity; Key Revision Points; Further Reading; Web Resources; 4 Leading Teams; The Three Team Leadership Tasks; The Three Elements of Leading Teams; Tripwires for Team Leaders; Developing Team Leadership Skills; Self-managing or Shared Leadership Work Teams; Key Revision Points; Further Reading; Web Resources; 5 Team Training; The Stages of Team Development; Types of Team Training Interventions; Conclusions; Key Revision Points; Further Reading; Web Resources; Part 3 Team Working; 6 Setting Team Direction; Team Objectives.

The Elements of Team VisionStr…