Effective Teamwork: Practical Lessons from Organizational Research (Psychology of Work and Organizations)

Michael A. West

ISBN 10: 1405110570 / ISBN 13: 9781405110570

Published by WileyBlackwell, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Effective Teamwork: Practical Lessons from Organizational Research (Psychology of Work and Organizations)
• Publisher: WileyBlackwell
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405110570
• ISBN 13: 9781405110570
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

Effective Teamwork provides all the tools necessary to help teams become more effective, including case studies, discussion questions, exercises and questionnaires.

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• This practical text provides all the tools necessary to help teams become more effective, including case studies, discussion questions, exercises and questionnaires
  
• Drawing on psychological research, the text examines those factors which prevent and promote team effectiveness.
  
• The second edition includes new chapters on creating teams and on conflicts in teams.
  
• Now includes more material on team leadership, on the sorts of tasks that are best done by teams, and on the relationship between working in teams and mental health.
  
• Contains new sections on introducing teamwork, on virtual team working and team working across national boundaries, on emotions in teams, and on trust within and between teams.

About the Author

Michael West is Professor of Organizational Psychology and Director of Research at Aston Business School. He is also a member of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has authored or edited 14 previous books including The International Handbook of Organizational Teamwork and Co-operation (2003), Effective Top Management Teams (2001), Developing Creativity in Organizations (1997) and the Handbook of Workgroup Psychology (1996).