Title: The wisdom of teams : creating the high-performance organization /
Authors: Katzenbach, Jon R., 1932-; Smith, Douglas K., 1949-
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Teams in the workplace; Organizational effectiveness.; Industrial organization.; Group Processes; Organizational Innovation; Efficiency, Organizational
Abstract: Dozens of stories and case examples involving real people and situations that demonstrate the power of teams.
Contents: Why teams? -- One team : a story of performance -- Team basics : a working definition and discipline -- High-performance teams : very useful models -- The team performance curve -- Moving up the curve : from individual to team performance -- Team leaders -- Teams, obstacles, and endings : getting unstuck -- Teams and performance : the reinforcing cycle -- Teams and major change : an inevitable combination -- Teams at the top : a difficult choice -- Top management's role : leading to the high-performance organization -- Epilogue: A call to action -- Appendix: Teams researched for book.