How Teamwork Works: The Dynamics of Effective Team Development

Syer, John

ISBN 10: 0077079426 / ISBN 13: 9780077079420

Published by McGraw-Hill Education / Australia, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Teamwork Works: The Dynamics of Effective Team Development
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Australia
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0077079426
• ISBN 13: 9780077079420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 720 grams

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Synopsis

How Teamwork Works is the most comprehensive book on work team dynamics to date. It makes explicit how to create and develop effective teamwork. Syer and Connolly show how a team discovers its identity, becomes self-regulating, and evolves to maximize its potential. They address: Relationships - how heightening the quality of relationships between team members optimizes performance. Complexity - how teams are complex systems. A project team of 20 members has 190 relationships and each member has a relationship to each other relationship. Contribution - how a conscious contribution to a shared purpose enhances motivation. Process - how interaction shapes the structure of the team's work life. Performance - how developing the team's identity improves and sustains high levels of performance.

From the Back Cover

How Teamwork Works is the most comprehensive book on work team dynamics to date. It makes explicit how to create and devlop effective teamwork. Syer and Connolly show how a team discovers its identity, becomes self-regulating, and evolves to maximize its potential. They address: Relationships-how heightening the quality of relationships between team memebers optimizes performance. Complexity-how teams are complex systems. A project team of 20 members has 190 relationships and each member has a relationship to each other relationship. Contribution-how a conscious contribution to a shared purpose enhances motivation. Process-how interaction shapes the structure of the team's work life. Performance-how developing the team's identity improves and sustains high levels of performance.