Becoming a Team: Achieving a Goal [Paperback]

Roy C. Herrenkohl (Author)

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Publication Date: June 23, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0324177887 | ISBN-13: 978-0324177886 | Edition: 1

Becoming a Team puts the ideas, advice, and tools students need to successfully enter the workplace where employer demands "to work as a team" are intensifying. This text blends the latest research on "teams" with an assortment of assessments and exercises. Central to its approach is the requirement that students actively participate in class teams that form for the duration of the course. Roy Herrenkohl's, teaching experience in Lehigh's Business School's Executive Education courses led him to develop a course on "Teams" - a course based on student needs and one which has been taught in a variety of subject areas including business and engineering. In addition to teaching, he does research on teamwork and employee empowerment and also program evaluation research assessing the impact of educational, social and industrial training activities. Becoming a Team: Achieving a Goal will be a valuable resource for teachers and students alike in many arenas in which teamwork is taught and practiced.

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About the Author

Roy C. Herrenkohl is a Distinguished University Service Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Education in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Center for Social Research. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from NYU; attended Union Theological Seminary, attended University of Reading, England studying philosophy and Sociology on a Rotary Foundation Fellowship, and received his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University. In addition to his current position as Distinguished University Service Professor in the department of Sociology and Anthropology, he served as Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at Lehigh University, 1990-1996. His current research activities include research on teamwork and employee empowerment; research on family dynamics and child-rearing practices in a longitudinal study of maltreated and non-maltreated children; and program evaluation research assessing the impact of educational, social and industrial training activities. He is a licensed Psychologist and is a member of the American Psychological Association, American Psychological society, and the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 1 edition (June 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324177887
• ISBN-13: 978-0324177886
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #676,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great resource for training, May 28, 2007

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This review is from: Becoming a Team: Achieving a Goal (Paperback)

Our Registered Training Organisation has chosen this as the text to support accredited training we deliver at Certificate IV level.

This book is well set out and includes all the important topics that our adult learners need to cover in our course "Develop Teams and Individuals"