Making the Team, Global Edition, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (April 13, 2015) © 2016

  • Leigh L. Thompson Northwestern University

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  • A print edition
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Details

  • A print edition

Title overview

For undergraduate or graduate management courses in Organization Behavior, Group Dynamics, or Teamwork; also appropriate for executives enrolled in degree and non-degree short courses on general management.
Gain inside insight to help team leaders and team members maximize their success in business.
Making the Team: A Guide for Managers combines cutting-edge theory with the latest research and real-world applications in order to help team leaders and team members succeed in the business world.
Every chapter of this edition contains new information, new research, updated examples, and more.

Table of contents

  • PART I. THE BASICS OF TEAMWORK
  • 1. Teams in Organizations: Facts and Myths 
  • 2. Performance and Productivity: Team Performance Criteria and Threats to Productivity
  • 3. Rewarding Teamwork: Compensation and Performance Appraisals
  • PART II. INTERNAL DYNAMICS 
  • 4. Designing the Team: Tasks, People, and Processes    
  • 5. Team Identity, Emotion, and Development    
  • 6. Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective Intelligence    
  • 7. Team Decision Making: Pitfalls and Solutions    
  • 8. Conflict in Teams: Leveraging Differences to Create Opportunity    
  • 9. Creativity: Mastering Strategies for High Performance    
  • PART III. EXTERNAL DYNAMICS    
  • 10. Networking, Social Capital, and Integrating across Teams  
  • 11. Leadership: Managing the Paradox    
  • 12. Interteam Relations: Competition and Cooperation    
  • 13. Teaming Across Distance and Culture 
  • APPENDIX 1. Managing Meetings: A Toolkit    
  • APPENDIX 2. Tips for Facilitators    
  • APPENDIX 3. A Guide for Creating Effective Study Groups    
  • APPENDIX 4. Example Items from Peer Evaluations and 360-Degree Performance Evaluations

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