High Performing Teams is the essential handbook for managers seeking to enhance productivity and revitalize the workplace. It shows how to put teams together and accelerate their development so that they become high performing more quickly and thus repay the investment in setting them up. The book touches on the extensive theoretical background of teaming and focuses on pragmatic advice and experience. It is: *rich in case studies and applications *full of quick and easy checklists *and contains executive summaries.Michael Colenso is a freelance consultant and an Associate of Wilson Learning and of the Europe Japan Centre. The ...in brief books provide a critical 'snapshot' of the major management fashions and fads influencing business strategy. They cut through the consultants' jargon and steer a practical, common sense course through the theory and hype. They provide managers with a balanced view based on evidence rather than missionary zeal, so that they can be better informed. Author is a highly experienced author/project manager of training and open learning materialsShort, straightforward, comprehensive, pragmatic and broadly sympathetic to the daily plight of the line manager trying to manage changeIt really is a useful 'How to' book with practical advice on building and developing high performing teams.
Author(s): Michael Colenso
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 160
Front Cover......Page 1
High Performing Teams: ...in brief......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Chaptre 1. What is in this book–a user's guide......Page 12
Chaptre 2. What high performing teams are all about......Page 21
Chaptre 3. How the high priforming team concept developed......Page 29
Chaptre 4. How teams are used in organizations–types of terms......Page 40
Chaptre 5. How teams are used in organiztions–extending the concept......Page 45
Chaptre 6. Some applications and experience......Page 57
Chaptre 7. What makes high performing teams......Page 84
Chaptre 8. Setting up teams to achieve high performance......Page 88
Chaptre 9. Developing teams to high performance......Page 109
Chaptre 10. Teams and contemporary mangement trends......Page 123
Chaptre 11. Teams and the future......Page 146
Chaptre 12. Semi-SWOT analysis......Page 158
Chaptre 13. Other important things to think about......Page 161
Chaptre 14. Where to find out more......Page 171
Bibliography......Page 177
Index......Page 182