Why Teams Can Fail and What To Do About It: Essential Tools for Anyone Implementing Self Directed Work Teams [Hardcover]

Darcy Hitchcock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1995

Teams that work well together can achieve some of the greatest breakthroughs in organizational history. But with the rapid growth in popularity of teams can come failures, and every organization has experienced teams that are disorganized, unmotivated, and ultimately, short-lived. Why Teams Can Fail identifies the most common problems faced by high-performance, self-directed teams and offers specific suggestions for spotting and solving the problems and creating teams that really work. This unique troubleshooting guide shows how to: turn fear and intimidation into confidence and motivation; overcome lack of faith and commitment, and set positive, reachable goals; smooth out adversarial relationships and handle the problem of anarchy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 225 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (April 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786304235
• ISBN-13: 978-0786304233
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,955,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars great book for modern work envronment, March 30, 2001

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This review is from: Why Teams Can Fail and What To Do About It: Essential Tools for Anyone Implementing Self Directed Work Teams (Hardcover)

In the past I had some concerns about work dynamics and why projects would keep failing, this book gave me amazing insights to the processes involved in team dymamics causing me to refocus my erergies, work style and accomplish better results in less time. Better than going to dilbert for figuring it out. They know how to make it work, read it. Its an important book for anyone who must particpate in elegate or be a part of the team structure environment that is cornerstione to the american work place. I think all managers and program managers who dont really owe to themselves to understand this concept to. Put it under the categorie on frequent read list of why companies fail. Alot do, but mostly wihthout a lot of people workign very hard to ensure they dont before hand. Buy the book.