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Management teams : why they succeed or fail / R. Meredith Belbin ; with a foreword by Antony Jay.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0750659106
  • 0750659106 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.402
  • 658.402 21
LOC classification:
  • HD 31 .B45 2004
Contents:
A study of teams : how it all began -- The Apollo syndrome -- Teams containing similar personalities -- Creativity in the team -- Team leadership -- Key team roles -- Unsuccessful teams -- Winning teams -- Ideal team size -- Features of teamsmen -- Designing a team -- Teams in public affairs -- Where we are now.
Summary: Meredith Belbin's work on teams has become part of everyday language in organizations all over the world. Management Teams, second edition, is required reading for managers concerned with achieving results by getting the best from their key personnel. The first edition is one of the most widely read, imaginative and influential books on this vital area of management research. The second edition includes eleven case studies plus a new chapter on how, during the years since the book was first published, the ideas on team-role theory have been put into practice. Management Teams is a classic and world-renowned title. This new edition contains a range of case studies that illustrate Belbin's theories in action. In addition a new means of obtaining the team roles inventory is now available based on the most up-to-date research. Book jacket.
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Books The MUA Library South C campus - Open Collection HD 31 .B45 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 2008-3157

Previous ed.: 1981.

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Includes index.

A study of teams : how it all began -- The Apollo syndrome -- Teams containing similar personalities -- Creativity in the team -- Team leadership -- Key team roles -- Unsuccessful teams -- Winning teams -- Ideal team size -- Features of teamsmen -- Designing a team -- Teams in public affairs -- Where we are now.

Meredith Belbin's work on teams has become part of everyday language in organizations all over the world. Management Teams, second edition, is required reading for managers concerned with achieving results by getting the best from their key personnel. The first edition is one of the most widely read, imaginative and influential books on this vital area of management research. The second edition includes eleven case studies plus a new chapter on how, during the years since the book was first published, the ideas on team-role theory have been put into practice. Management Teams is a classic and world-renowned title. This new edition contains a range of case studies that illustrate Belbin's theories in action. In addition a new means of obtaining the team roles inventory is now available based on the most up-to-date research. Book jacket.

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