The wisdom of the teams : creating the high-performance organization /
Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith.
- London : McGraw-Hill Publishing, 1994.
- xii, 291 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-277) and index.
Prologue: A note about what to expect -- Part One: Understanding teams -- Why teams? -- One team: a story of performance -- Team basics: a working definition and discipline -- High-performance teams: very useful models -- Part Two: Becoming a team -- The team performance curve -- Moving up the curve: From individual to team performance -- Team leaders -- Teams, obstacles and endings: Getting unstuck -- Part Three: Exploiting the potential -- Teams and performance: The reinforcing cycle -- Teams and major change: An inevitable combination -- Teams at the top: A difficult choice -- Top management's role: Leading to the high-performance organization -- Epilogue: A call to action.