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When Teams Work Best: 6,000 Team Members and Leaders Tell What It Takes to Succeed » (1st Edition)
Authors: Frank M. J. LaFasto, Carl Larson, Carl E. Larson
ISBN-13: 9780761923664, ISBN-10: 0761923667
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: August 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Frank M. J. LaFasto
Book Synopsis
Based upon a 15-year survey of more than 6,000 team members and leaders from a variety of industries, this text describes the conditions that foster team success. The authors—a business consultant and a professor of human communication—have identified five factors that are common to successful teams and discuss each at length in individual chapters.
Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| How to Use This Book | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Prologue: A Brief Perspective on Teamwork and Collaboration | ||
| 1 | What Makes a Good Team Member? The Abilities and Behaviors that Matter | 1 |
| 2 | Team Relationships: Simple and Easy Versus Complicated and Hard | 33 |
| 3 | Team Problem Solving: Raising and Resolving the Real Issues | 65 |
| 4 | The Team Leader: What Works/what Gets in the Way | 97 |
| 5 | The Organization Environment: Promoting Clarity, Confidence, and Commitment | 157 |
| A Final Word | 197 | |
| Notes | 199 | |
| App | Reliability of the Collaborative Team Leader Instrument | 209 |
| Name Index | 211 | |
| Subject Index | 214 | |
| About the Authors | 221 |
Subjects
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Management & Leadership Leadership
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Management & Leadership Organizational Behavior