The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook: Strategies, Tools, and Techniques - Softcover

Michael M. Beyerlein; Craig McGee; Gerald Klein; Jill Nemiro; Laurie Broedling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787963755 ISBN 13: 9780787963750

Publisher: Pfeiffer, 2003

Synopsis

The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook is a comprehensive reference that offers practitioners a resource for dealing with the challenges of designing and implementing collaborative work systems in value chains, organizational networks, partnerships with stakeholders, web-based teams, cross-functional teams, strategic alliances, and team-based organizations. The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook is filled with ideas, examples, and tools and includes a wealth of matrices, margin notes, and symbols that make locating relevant information easy. Part of The Collaborative Work Systems series and based in part on principles introduced in the flagship book-- Beyond Teams, This Fieldbook is written for change leaders, OD managers, steering team members, design team members, line managers, and functional leaders who need a hands-on resource for dealing with collaborative work systems issues.

About this title

About the Author

Michael M. Beyerlein is the director of the Center for the Study of Work Teams and professor of industrial/organizational psychology at the University of North Texas. He is the author and editor of numerous books including Beyond Teams: Building the Collaborative Organization (Pfeiffer).

Craig McGee is a consultant with more than twenty years experience in change management.and coauthor of Beyond Teams: Building the Collaborative Organization (Pfeiffer).

Gerald Klein is associate professor of organizational behavior and management in the College of Business Administration Behavior and Management in the College of Business Administration at Rider University.

Jill E. Nemiro is an assistant professor in the Behavioral Sciences Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Laurie Broedling is the vice chair of the California Team Excellence Award Council and the president of the LB Organizational Consulting.

Review

"Increasingly, high-performing institutions are integrating team-based approaches into their organizational designs. The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook is the best reference text available for such challenges, and contains valuable perspectives from some of the best thinkers and practitioners in the field of team-based systems."
― Jon Katzenbach, author, The Wisdom of Teams

"An excellent collection of authors sharing a well-structured informative book on Collaborative Work Systems. A must-read for those looking for the keys to successful alignment when building a collaboration organization."
― Ed Rose, author, The Trainer's Role in the Transition to SDWT

"Using an innovative format, The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook is a fascinating amalgam of thoughtful concept papers, practical how-to tools, and real-life cases that will be useful to organizational leaders, practitioners in a wide variety of settings, and students of work team systems."
― Glenn Parker, author, Cross-Functional Teams:Working with Allies, Enemies, and Other Strangers

Edition details

• Publisher: Pfeiffer
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0787963755
• ISBN 13: 9780787963750
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 704