Why teams don't work
Subtitle: what went wrong and how to make it right
By: Harvey Robbins and Michael Finley
Contributors: Finley, Michael, 1950-
Publisher: Peterson's/Pacesetter Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781560794974; 9781560797043
Subjects: Teams in the workplace; Organizational Efficiency; Management Quality Circles; Teamwork; Groupes de travail
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Broken dreams, broken teams; title: Chap. 1. The team idea; title: Everybody get together; title: Chap. 2. Human needs; title: Desperately seeking teaming; title: Chap. 3. Individual needs vs. team needs; title: Ulterior motives; title: Chap. 4. Teamwork vs. socialwork; title: What a team we would make; title: Part two: Why teams come apart; title: Chap. 5. Misplaced goals, confused objectives; title: What are we doing here?; title: Chap. 6. Unresolved roles; title: It ain't my job, man; title: Chap. 7. Bad decision making; title: How not to make up your mind; title: Chap. 8. The wrong policies and procedures; title: You can't get there from here; title: Chap. 9. The people problem; title: I'm not working for that jerk!; title: Part three: What keeps teams from working; title: Chap. 10. Leadership failure; title: Who's in charge here anyway?; title: Chap. 11. Faulty Vision; title: If you don't know where you're goingp5syou'll probably get there; title: Chap. 12. Toxic teaming atmosphere; title: Organizational karma; title: Chap. 13. Communication shortfalls; title: How'm I doing?; title: Chap. 14. Rewards and recognition; title: Saying one thing and doing another; title: Chap. 15. Depleted trust; title: Why should I trust you?; title: Chap. 16. Change issues; title: Who's rocking the boat?; title: Part four: Team myths; title: Chap. 17. The myth of adventure learning; title: Belay that!; title: Chap. 18. The myth of personality type; title: It's what's outside that counts!; title: Chap. 19. The myth that people like working together; title: Heigh ho!; title: Chap. 20. The myth that teamwork is more productive than individual work; title: The team, the team!; title: Chap. 21. The myth of "the more, the merrier" on teams; title: Let's do 'the wave'; title: Part five: Turning teams around; title: Chap. 22. Moving teams through stages toward success; title: The teaming goes round and round; title: Chap. 23. Teams and technology; title: The 24-hour transworld team; title: Chap. 24. Long-term team health; title: The well-tuned first-string team; title: Epilogue.