Building Smart Teams
A Roadmap to High Performance
- Carol A. Beatty - Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Brenda Barker Scott - Queen's University, Ontario, Canada
August 2004 | 208 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Building Smart Teams is an essential guide to creating a smart team fast. Based on research results from close to 2000 individuals organized in more than 250 teams, Building Smart Teams identifies the three critical skill sets that teams need and shows how to transfer these skills to a group. The authors' research and experience shows that, by concentrating on these three critical skills sets, a group is almost certain to quickly become a high performing team.
Chapter 1 Building High-Performance Teams: An Introduction
Chapter 2 Creating Top-Notch Team Management Practices
Chapter 3 Problem-Solving for Pros
Chapter 4 Handling Team Conflict
Chapter 5 Maintaining a Supportive Climate for Teams
A useful text giving informative information on team work in practice and academically.
CHILDCARE AND HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, Central Bedfordshire College
February 18, 2015
many thanks
students found this book invaluable in their learning to analyse team dynamics and evaluating their own performance in team management
Management , Kingston University
August 7, 2013
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 1. Building Smart Teams: A Roadmap to High Performance
Chapter 3. Team Problem Solving for Pros