Why Teams Don't Work: What Went Wrong and How to Make it Right (Business Essentials S.)

by Michael Finley (Author), Michael Finley (Author), Harvey Robbins (Author)

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  2000

  $3.25

  Today's companies are fast turning to teams for organizing and doing work. Yet, many managers have found teams prone to problems that make them ineffective. But fad or not, teams are here to stay - and when they do work, companies and managers benefit enormously. In this much acclaimed book (winner of the Financial Times Global and Business Books Award) - now updated and revised - the authors identify the obstacles that prevent teams from achieving their potential. They provide practical methods and tools to enable team members and managers to make the promising of teams - greater effiency, flexibility and productivity - come true.

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  Paperback
  1998

  $3.25

  Toady's companies are fast turning to teams as a means of organising and doing work. In theory, teams increase productivity; they improve communication; they make better use of resources; they are more creative and more efficient at solving problems, they make and implement higher-quality descicions. In reality however, many companies and managers have found teams prone to problems that make them ineffective. Teams become confused about goals; they have a difficult time making descicions; individuals don't accept their roles; team members often aren't rewarded appopriately, and team leaders don't always act like one. Packed with practical questions and answers about teams, this award-winning bookidentifies the obstacles preventing teams from achieving their potential and suggests ways to remove them.