A marvellous work of integration, retaining the authoritative, imaginative and
intensely practical character of the first edition, this new edition has incorporated the
very latest insights into a complex and challenging area with great clarity. It is full of
interesting ideas and applications, lucidly expounded and creatively formatted for
students and practitioners alike." Professor Nigel Nicholson, Department of
Organisational Behaviour, London Business School
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Description
Effective Teamwork provides all the tools necessary to help teams become more effective,
including case studies, discussion questions, exercises and questionnaires.
This practical text provides all the tools necessary to help teams become more effective,
including case studies, discussion questions, exercises and questionnaires
Drawing on psychological research, the text examines those factors which prevent and
promote team effectiveness.
The second edition includes new chapters on creating teams and on conflicts in teams.
Now includes more material on team leadership, on the sorts of tasks that are best done by
teams, and on the relationship between working in teams and mental health.
Contains new sections on introducing teamwork, on virtual team working and team working
across national boundaries, on emotions in teams, and on trust within and between teams.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Task And Social Elements Of Team Functioning
Exercise 1: The Team Reflexivity Questionnaire
1. Do Teams Work?
2. Creating Teams
3. Leading Teams
4. Team Building
5. Team Vision
6. Participating In Teams
7. Aiming For Excellence In Team Work
8. Creative Problem-Solving
9. Team Support
10. Conflict In Teams
11. Teams In Organizations
Bibliography
Index
Detailed contents
About the Author
Michael West is Professor of Organizational Psychology and Director of Research at Aston
Business School. He is also a member of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London
School of Economics and Political Science. He has authored or edited 14 previous books
including The International Handbook of Organizational Teamwork and Co-operation (2003),
Effective Top Management Teams (2001), Developing Creativity in Organizations (1997) and
the Handbook of Workgroup Psychology (1996).
Paperback
224 pages
