Working groups are the building blocks of organizations. They occur in all areas of the organization, from research and development to customer service, and at all levels, from the Executive Suite at the factory. Some of them are incredibly successful, and other serious errors. Team work is hard work, and too often groups do not live up to its potential. Provides a framework for the analysis of the group so that the group leaders and members can identify actions that will increase their effectiveness. Helps provide an understanding of the factors that most profoundly shaping the development, dynamics and effectiveness of the tasks of the group and, in particular, the group culture, its origins and consequences. To illustrate how the framework is used, it looks and analyzes the actual group work: a new team of product merit Corporation. Examines the influence of culture on the leadership style of the results, and describes how individual style single leader can affect the teams to work and perform.
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by Linda A. Hill, Michelle Anteby 18 pages. Publication Date: August 30, 2006. Prod. #: 407032-PDF-ENG
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