Team Development / Edition 1

by Michael M. Beyerlein, D. A. Johnson, Susan T. Beyerlein

Overview

Work teams have been in use for many years, yet research-based knowledge of the keys to high performance still has questions to answer. The development or maturity of a team is assumed to be closely related to the level of performance, but few studies have examined the maturation process thoroughly. Models of that process have emerged over the past half century, but their value seems limited. The chapters in this volume provide ideas, examples, and frameworks for improving our understanding of team development and the models we follow in fostering that development. As ideas like these become incorporated in research and practice, our ability to effectively move a team toward advanced levels of maturity will improve, and with that will come more frequent successes where teams outperform expectations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762307470
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	12/20/2000
Series:	Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams , #7
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors. Introduction. Foreword. Acknowledgments. Team learning: A model for effectiveness in high performing teams. Effects of status on the exchange of information in team decision-making: When team building isn't enough. Team diversity, cognition, and creativity. The climate for creativity in virtual teams. Shared leadership: Toward a multi-level theory of leadership. Team pay for novice, intermediate, and advanced teams. Turnover, retention, and the employment relationship of the future. Reconsidering our team effectiveness models: A call for an integrative paradigm. Understanding the team derailment process: A look at team skill and attitude deficiencies. Developing mature teams: Moving beyond team basics.