Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders (1-Off Series) - Softcover

Wheelan, Susan A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761918175 ISBN 13: 9780761918172

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1999

Synopsis

"Creating Effective Teams takes readers by the hand through the four developmental stages of getting from group creation to highly effective teams. It is packed with strategies for building and supporting well-managed, high-performing teams. The author provides ample checklists and case examples to guide members and leaders through their groups′ developmental states and to help them work through the times when they inevitably get stuck. She does an amazing job of summarizing a vast literature of empirical research on team functioning and development into a comprehensive yet uncomplicated, straightforward guide. She supports detailed explanations of how to start, build, and sustain a team with real-life examples from her many years of consulting experience. This book is a must for anyone whose work requires teamwork." --Andrea Markowitz, University of Baltimore Based on the author′s many years of consulting experience with teams in the public and private sector, the book tells us why teams are important, how they function, and what makes them productive and unproductive. The author clearly illustrates the developmental nature of teams and describes what happens in each stage. Separate chapters are devoted to the responsibilities of team leaders and team members. Problems that occur frequently in groups are highlighted, followed by what-you-can-do sections that offer specific advice. Real-life examples and questionnaires are used throughout the book, giving readers the opportunity for self-evaluation.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Wheelan was president of GDQ Associates, Inc. Until 2001, she was a professor

of psychological studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Center

at Temple University. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University’s Great Teacher Award

in 1992. She also worked as a psychologist in a number of hospital and clinical settings.

Dr. Wheelan was the author of Facilitating Training Groups; Group Processes: A

Developmental Perspective; Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders;

and Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration. She was editor of the Handbook

of Group Research and Practice and coeditor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current

Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She wrote 66 research articles for publication.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761918175
• ISBN 13: 9780761918172
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160