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Team building : an exercise in leadership / Robert B. Maddux.

By: Maddux, Robert B.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Kogan Page better management skills.Publisher: London : Kogan Page, 1988 (1991)Description: 78 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 1850916446 ; 1850916403 .Subject(s): Teams in the workplace | LeadershipDDC classification: 658.402
Contents:
Which objectives do you want to achieve? -- Groups versus teams -- Group managers versus team leaders -- Team concepts can be applied in any organisation -- What can team building do for me? -- Attitudes of an effective team builder -- Can this supervisor be saved? -- Become an effective planner -- Strengthen your organising skills -- Build a motivating climate -- Establish a control system that will ensure goal achievement -- Which supervisor would you prefer? -- Select qualified people -- Make training useful -- Employee focus and commitment -- Make commitment possible -- Involve the team in setting goals and standards -- Teach employees problem-solving techniques -- Conditions which support effective problem-solving by teams -- The complaining employees -- Collaboration as a source of power in team building -- Facilitate open communication -- Review your communication skills -- Understand conflict -- Resolving conflict -- Building trust in teams -- Use praise wisely -- Accentuate the positive -- Reading review -- Ten unforgivable mistakes -- Develop a personal action plan -- Answer to cases.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.402 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00082629
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Utilizing questionnaires, worksheets and other forms of assessment, this guide describes how managers and supervisors can weld their staff into a unit which acts cohesively. It explains how to set constructive goals, how to improve communications, and how to evaluate staff.

Previous ed.: 1986.

Which objectives do you want to achieve? -- Groups versus teams -- Group managers versus team leaders -- Team concepts can be applied in any organisation -- What can team building do for me? -- Attitudes of an effective team builder -- Can this supervisor be saved? -- Become an effective planner -- Strengthen your organising skills -- Build a motivating climate -- Establish a control system that will ensure goal achievement -- Which supervisor would you prefer? -- Select qualified people -- Make training useful -- Employee focus and commitment -- Make commitment possible -- Involve the team in setting goals and standards -- Teach employees problem-solving techniques -- Conditions which support effective problem-solving by teams -- The complaining employees -- Collaboration as a source of power in team building -- Facilitate open communication -- Review your communication skills -- Understand conflict -- Resolving conflict -- Building trust in teams -- Use praise wisely -- Accentuate the positive -- Reading review -- Ten unforgivable mistakes -- Develop a personal action plan -- Answer to cases.

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