Katzenbach / Smith The Discipline of Teams

A Mindbook-Workbook for Delivering Small Group Performance
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-471-15131-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

An essential guide for any small group that must deliver teamperformance.
With the demand for project-oriented work and faster, morenimble responses, successful small-group performance is morecrucial than ever. Katzenbach and Smith, authors of theinternational bestseller The Wisdom of Teams, have again joinedforces, revealing how to implement the disciplines, frameworks,tools, and techniques required for team- and small-groupperformance. Combining their insights and practical strategies,they offer concepts and pragmatic, doable exercises for teamleaders and team members to deliver results. Hot topics coveredinclude: why small-group performance demands expertise at twodisciplines, team level and leader level, instead of one; virtualteams; and global teams. This book combines practical exerciseswith cutting-edge insights, and both authors are authorities on thesubject.
Attend a featured author workshop at the 13th InternationalConference on Work Teams: Collaborating for Competitive Advantage,September 23-25, 2002, in Dallas, TX. For information, contact theCenter for the Study of Work Teams at 940 565 3096 or visit themonline at www.workteams.unt.edu.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Katzenbach, Jon R.

Smith, Douglas K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Mastering Two Disciplines--Not One.
Virtual Teaming.
Outcomes--Not Activities--Shape Your Choice.
Performance Agendas for Applying Both Disciplines.
Applying the Team Discipline: Number and Skill.
Applying the Team Discipline: Common Purpose, Goals, and WorkingApproach.
Applying the Team Discipline: Mutual and IndividualAccountability.
Obstacles and Opportunities for Virtual Teaming.
Getting Unstuck.
Teams and Change.
Epilogue: Wisdom is Discipline.
Index.