The wisdom of teams : creating the high-performance organization / Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith. [print]

By:

Katzenbach, Jon R, 1932- [Author]

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Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781633691063

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LOC classification:

HD66.S645.W573 2015

Contents:

Why teams? -- One team: A story of performance -- Team basics: A working definition and discipline -- High-performance teams: Very useful models --

The team performance curve -- Moving up the curve: From individual to team performance -- Team leaders -- Teams, obstacles, and endings: Getting unstuck --

Teams and performance: The reinforcing cycle -- Teams and major change: An inevitable combination -- Teams at the top: A difficult choice -- Top management's role: Leading to the high-performance organization --

Summary: The Wisdom of Teams is the definitive work on how to create high-performance teams in any organization. Having sold nearly a half million copies and been translated into more than fifteen languages, the authors' clarion call that teams should be the basic unit of organization for most businesses has permanently shaped the way companies reach the highest levels of performance. Using engaging case studies and testimonials from both successful and failed teams-ranging from Fortune 500 companies to the U.S. Army to high school sports-the authors explain the dynamics of teams both in great detail and with a broad view. Their conclusions and prescriptions span the familiar to the counterintuitive: • Commitment to performance goals and common purpose is more important to team success than team building. • Opportunities for teams exist in all parts of the organization. • Real teams are the most successful spearheads of change at all levels. • Working in teams naturally integrates performance and learning. • Team "endings" can be as important to manage as team "beginnings."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	HD66.K389.W573 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923002046049

Originally published: Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, 1993.

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING TEAMS -- Why teams? -- One team: A story of performance -- Team basics: A working definition and discipline -- High-performance teams: Very useful models --

PART TWO: BECOMING A TEAM -- The team performance curve -- Moving up the curve: From individual to team performance -- Team leaders -- Teams, obstacles, and endings: Getting unstuck --

PART THREE: EXPLOITING THE POTENTIAL -- Teams and performance: The reinforcing cycle -- Teams and major change: An inevitable combination -- Teams at the top: A difficult choice -- Top management's role: Leading to the high-performance organization --

EPILOGUE: A CALL TO ACTION.

The Wisdom of Teams is the definitive work on how to create high-performance teams in any organization. Having sold nearly a half million copies and been translated into more than fifteen languages, the authors' clarion call that teams should be the basic unit of organization for most businesses has permanently shaped the way companies reach the highest levels of performance. Using engaging case studies and testimonials from both successful and failed teams-ranging from Fortune 500 companies to the U.S. Army to high school sports-the authors explain the dynamics of teams both in great detail and with a broad view. Their conclusions and prescriptions span the familiar to the counterintuitive: • Commitment to performance goals and common purpose is more important to team success than team building. • Opportunities for teams exist in all parts of the organization. • Real teams are the most successful spearheads of change at all levels. • Working in teams naturally integrates performance and learning. • Team "endings" can be as important to manage as team "beginnings."

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