Creating Effective Teams : A Guide for Members and Leaders

by Wheelan, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781412913768
• ISBN10: 1412913764
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
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Summary

This book will publish in a new edition on September 9, 2009. We are no longer supplying instructors with complimentary review copies of this edition.* Please click here to request a review copy of the new edition. * If you need an urgent desk copy of the existing edition for a class this semester, please call 1-800-818-7243 and we will be pleased to process your request. Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders is a practical guide for building and sustaining top performing teams. Based on the author's many years of consulting experience with teams in the public and private sector, the Second Edition describes why teams are important, how they function, and what makes them productive.   New to the Edition:    Offers necessary tools to help members and leaders work together to achieve high performance Enhanced information about the design and management of meetings Incorporates real-life examples and questionnaires giving readers the opportunity for self-evaluation   A bestseller in its First Edition , Creating Effective Teams, Second Edition is sure to be a perfect fit for team leaders and members, trainers, managers, consultants, psychologists, military, and educators. Students enrolled in organizational studies, management, human resources, social psychology, education, group studies, leadership, sociology, and communication courses may also benefit from this bestseller.

Table of Contents

Why Groups?	1	(6)
Effective Organizational Support for Teams	7	(18)
From Groups to Teams: The Stages of Group Development	25	(14)
How Do High Performance Teams Function?	39	(14)
Effective Team Members	53	(24)
Effective Team Leadership	77	(22)
Navigating Stage 1	99	(6)
Surviving Stage 2	105	(12)
Reorganizing at Stage 3	117	(6)
Sustaining High Performance	123	(12)
Bibliography	135	(10)
Index	145	(6)
About the Author	151