Effective Teamwork: Ten Steps for Technical Professions (NetEffect) - Softcover

Goetsch, David L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130485276 ISBN 13: 9780130485274

Publisher: Pearson, 2003

Synopsis

Approaching teamwork from the technical professional's perspective, this comprehensive, hands-on manual provides a ten-step model for effective teamwork and covers the essential teamwork principles with simulation cases in every chapter. The volume addresses the three types of team—work teams, improvement teams and standing committees—as well as the factors that work against effective teamwork, the character traits that promote effective teamwork and team leadership principles. The volume outlines a ten-step model to effective teamwork, establishing direction and goals, clear roles and ground-rules for teams and accountability, as well as developing team-leadership skills, communication skills and conflict-management skills. The volume also teaches how to establish a well-defined decision-making process and empower team members, positive team behaviors, recognize and reward team performance and make teamwork part of the culture. For engineers, architects, manufacturing personnel, construction managers, computer professionals and other technical professionals.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Effective teamwork tends to multiply the performance of its members by enhancing their strengths and compensating for their weaknesses, therefore allowing an effective team whose members work together well to outperform even the most talented collection of individuals whose efforts are not mutually supportive. This type of teamwork is essential to the success of technology companies in today's competitive global marketplace. Effective Teamwork: Ten Steps for Technical Professions offers a ten-step model, written specifically for technology companies and technical professionals, for establishing effective teams.

This step-by-step guide:

• describes the rationale for becoming a team-driven organization,
• provides a ten-step model for achieving effective teamwork, and
• explains those steps in detail.

About the Author

David L. Goetsch is provost of the joint campus of the University of West Florida and Okaloosa-Walton Community College and professor of management, quality, and safety. Dr. Goetsch is also president and CEO of the Institute for Continual Improvement, a private consulting firm dedicated to the continual improvement of employees, organizations, and communities. Dr. Goetsch welcomes feedback from his readers and may be reached at the following email address: ddsg200l@cox.net.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0130485276
• ISBN 13: 9780130485274
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192