Team Building : Proven Strategies for Improving Team Performance

by Dyer, William G.; Dyer, W. Gibb; Dyer, Jeffrey H.; Schein, Edgar H.

• ISBN13: 9780787988937
• ISBN10: 0787988936
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-09
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

This book is filled with the concepts, ideas, and practical suggestions that are needed for any manager to have at hand if he or she is a member or creator of a committee, team, task-force, or any other activity involving collaboration among several people. The ideas are proven by several decades of experience and well-supported in the text with numerous examples.

Author Biography

William G. Dyer was the past dean of the Marriott School of Management and founder of the Department of Organizational Behavior at Brigham Young University. He passed away in 1997.

 

W. Gibb Dyer, Jr. is the O. Leslie Stone Professor of Entrepreneurship and the academic director of the Center for Economic Self-Reliance in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.

 

Jeffrey H. Dyer is the Horace Beesley Professor of Strategy at the Marriott School, Brigham Young University, where he is the chair of the business strategy group.

 

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

The Authors

The Four Cs of Team Development

The Search for the High-Performing Team

Context: Laying the Foundation for Team Success

Composition: Getting the Right People on the Bus

Competencies: Developing Team Skills for High Performance

Change: Devising More Effective Ways of Working Together

Bringing the Four Cs Together: Designing a Team-Building Program

Solving Specific Problems Through Team Building

Managing Conflict in the Team

Overcoming Unhealthy Agreement

Reducing Conflict Between Teams

Team Building in Different Kinds of Teams

Managing the Temporary Team

High-Performing Virtual Teams

Managing Interorganizational (Alliance) Teams

The Challenge of Team Building for the Future

Challenges for Building Effective Teams

Notes

Index

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