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Leveraging Collaborative Assets
By Susan Schwartz - Virtual collaboration is becoming a standard skill requirement. So, how can organizations and individuals overcome the challenges of cultural barriers, silo-based functions, and distance to become a cohesive, goal-achieving team? (Added: 19-Jan-2003 Hits: 97 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Groupthink
By NA - Groupthink is a concept that was identified by Irving Janis9 that refers to faulty decision-making in a group. Groups experiencing groupthink do not consider all alternatives and they desire unanimity at the expense of quality decisions. Learn more about groupthink and then complete the interactive exercise at the end of the discussion. (Added: 6-Oct-2003 Hits: 12 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Team Building: Developing a Productive Team, CC352
By Arnold Bateman - EXCELLENT! Team building is an effort in which a team studies its own process of working together and acts to create a climate that encourages and values the contributions of team members. Their energies are directed toward problem solving, task effectiveness, and maximizing the use of all members' resources to achieve the team's purpose. Sound team building recognizes that it is not possible to fully separate one's performance from those of others (Added: 26-May-2002 Hits: 579 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Together We Stand, Divided We Fall
By Kaia Thiese - Task cohesion is defined as a general orientation toward achieving a group's goals and objectives. Social cohesion is defined as a general orientation toward developing and maintaining social relationships within a group (Carron, Widmeyer, & Brawley, 1985). In the sport realm, a coach and the team must be more concerned with task cohesion than with social cohesion. (Added: 23-Feb-2001 Hits: 696 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

New NLRB Decision Supports Employee Involvement and Empowerment
By NA - Confused about the legitimate role of employee teams and committees in a non-union work setting? If so, you are not alone. Employers have been cautious for years. A new NLRB decision may shed some light. Truly empowered teams rock! Read more (Added: 23-Sep-2001 Hits: 194 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Living with Self-Directed Work Teams - and a Review of Herzberg's concepts
By Peter Grazier - As the concept of self-direction continues to grow, it helps to look at the basic principles involved. Sometimes this is best served by listening to the people who are actually living it. (Added: 20-Apr-2001 Hits: 760 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Tuning up a dysfunctional team
By Joan Lloyd, C.S.P. - To the uninitiated, a professional football game can look like a war. They jab one another, jump on each other, steal the ball and run for their lives. You know, kind of like some of the teams you’ve seen at work. In fact, "team" is a term that is loosely applied when it comes to groups of people who work together. Some groups are so dysfunctional, you wonder how they score any points at all. (Added: 8-May-2002 Hits: 241 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Teambuilding And Conflict
By Peter Grazier - In team building, you will hear people say that %u201Cconflict%u201D is good for teams, and so they encourage it. What I think they mean is that %u201Cdisagreement%u201D is good for teams. Conflict has an emotional component that tends to be destructive, whereas, disagreement is a non-emotional presentation of differing viewpoints. (Added: 20-Apr-2001 Hits: 560 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

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