How Teamwork Works: The Dynamics of Effective Team Development [Hardcover]

John Syer (Author), Christopher Connolly (Author)

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Publication Date: September 30, 1996

In their quest to define the "success" factor, Syer and Connolly draw on many years of seminal thinking and research on small-group dynamics. They explore the underlying ways in which people in a team relate to each other and examine how these relationships can cause a team to succeed or fail.

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How Teamwork Works is the most comprehensive book on work team dynamics to date. It makes explicit how to create and devlop effective teamwork. Syer and Connolly show how a team discovers its identity, becomes self-regulating, and evolves to maximize its potential. They address: Relationships-how heightening the quality of relationships between team memebers optimizes performance. Complexity-how teams are complex systems. A project team of 20 members has 190 relationships and each member has a relationship to each other relationship. Contribution-how a conscious contribution to a shared purpose enhances motivation. Process-how interaction shapes the structure of the team's work life. Performance-how developing the team's identity improves and sustains high levels of performance.

Product Details

Hardcover: 394 pages
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (September 30, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0077079426
ISBN-13: 978-0077079420
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,605,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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