The exciting new third edition of Making the Team: A Guide for Managers combines cutting-edge theory with the latest research and real-world applications. It delivers the most current research on groups and teams in a digestible manner. An excellent resource for managers at every stage of the game, the book offers insight to help both players and coaches maximize their success.
PART I THE BASICS OF TEAMWORK
Chapter 1 Teams in Organizations: Facts and Myths
Chapter 2 Performance and Productivity: Team Performance Criteria and Threats to Productivity
Chapter 3 Rewarding Teamwork: Compensation and Performance Appraisals
PART II INTERNAL DYNAMICS
Chapter 4 Designing the Team: Tasks, People, and Processes
Chapter 5 Team Identity, Emotion, and Development
Chapter 6 Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective Intelligence
Chapter 7 Team Decision Making: Pitfalls and Solutions
Chapter 8 Conflict in Teams: Leveraging Differences To Create Opportunity
Chapter 9 Creativity: Mastering Strategies for High Performance
PART III EXTERNAL DYNAMICS
Chapter 10 Networking, Social Capital, and Integrating across Teams
Chapter 11 Leadership: Managing the Paradox
Chapter 12 Interteam Relations: Competition and Cooperation
Chapter 13 Teamwork via Information Technology: Teaming across Distance and Culture