Research Catalog

Title

Groups that work (and those that don't) : creating conditions for effective teamwork / J. Richard Hackman, editor.

Publication

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hackman, J. Richard.

Description

xxiii, 512 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

Authors analyze 27 task-performing groups to reveal why some work groups succeed while others fail - and to show how leaders and group members can improve their work groups' effectiveness ... examines in depth the factors that foster excellent team performance, high-quality outcomes, and enriching experiences for group members.

Series Statement

The Jossey-Bass management series

Uniform Title

Jossey-Bass management series

Subject

• Teamwork Musikgruppe
• Teams in the workplace
• Social groups
• Organization
• Group Processes
• Institutional Management Teams
• Organization and Administration
• Social groups
• Organization
• Teams in the workplace
• Arbeitsgruppe
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Teamwork
• Teamwork
• Leiderschap
• Effectiviteit
• Groupes de travail

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-508).

Contents

• Fairfield coordinating group / Russell A. Eisenstat -- Corporate restructuring team / Susan G. Cohen -- Hilltop hospital top management group / Susan G. Cohen -- Summary : top management groups / Russell A. Eisenstat, Susan G. Cohen -- The students ; The bankers / Connie J.G. Gersick -- Credit analysis team / Mary Lou Davis-Sacks -- Summary : task forces / Connie J.G. Gersick, Mary Lou Davis-Sacks -- The tracking team / Mary Lou Davis-Sacks -- Fairfield systems group / Russell A. Eisenstat -- Airline maintenance group / Daniel R. Denison -- Summary : professional support teams / Mary Lou Davis-Sacks, Daniel R. Denison, Russell A. Eisenstat -- Detroit string quartet / Tory Butterworth -- Children's theatre company / Stewart D. Friedman.
• University athletic teams / William A. Kahn -- New Haven Nighthawks / Jack Denfeld Wood -- Summary : performing groups / Tory Butterworth [and others] -- Operating room nurses / Daniel R. Denison, Robert I. Sutton -- Midwest federal correctional institution / Addie L. Perkins, David J. Abramis -- Mental health treatment teams / Robert Bruce Shaw -- Summary : human service teams / Addie L. Perkins, Robert Bruce Shaw, Robert I. Sutton -- Beer sales and delivery teams / Richard Saavedra -- Flight attendant teams / Susan G. Cohen, Daniel R. Denison -- Summary : customer service teams / Richard Saavedra, Susan G. Cohen, Daniel R. Denison -- Compressor team start-up / Russell A. Eisenstat.
• Airline cockpit crew / Robert C. Ginnett -- Semiconductor manufacturing team / David J. Abramis.

ISBN

• 1555421873
• 9781555421878

LCCN

• 89045597
• 9781555421878

OCLC

• ocm20294986
• 20294986
• SCSB-1901547

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library