Making the Team: A Guide for Managers

Thompson, Leigh L.

ISBN 10: 0131416588 / ISBN 13: 9780131416581

Verlag: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2003

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For undergraduate or graduate management courses in Organization Behavior, Group Dynamics, or Teamwork; also appropriate for executives enrolled in degree and non-degree short courses on general management.

A perfect marriage of theory and practice, Making the Team unites cutting-edge research on groups with practical management principles. The text is organized into 3 primary tasks for the leader/manager: 1) Accurately assessing and improving team performance; 2) Managing the internal dynamics of teams (diversity, conflict, and creativity); and 3) Optimally leveraging the team within the larger organization.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Leigh L. Thompson is the J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor of Dispute Resolution and Organizations in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She is also the director of the AT&T Behavioral Research Laboratory at Kellogg and the Leading High Impact Teams Executive Program at Kellogg. An active consultant, Thompson has taught teamwork skills to a wide variety of executives and managers all over the world.

An internationally recognized scholar, Thompson has published four books and over 65 articles in leading management journals and books. Thompson has received numerous awards and honors for her research, including the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, California, and a grant from the Citigroup Behavioral Sciences Research Council of Citibank.

For more information about Leigh Thompson's teaching and research, please visit:
www.LeighThompson.com.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Making the Team: A Guide for Managers
Verlag: Pearson Prentice Hall
Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket