The Truth About
Negotiations


The Mind and Heart
of the Negotiator
(3rd edition)


Making the Team:
A Guide for Managers
(3rd edition)


Organizational Behavior
Today


Creativity and Innovation in Organizational Teams


Negotiation Theory and Research


The Social Psychology of Organizational Behavior


Conflict in
Organizational Groups


Shared Cognition in Organizations: The Management of Knowledge

Making the Team: A Guide for Managers
(Second Edition)

by Leigh Thompson
(Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall)

Brief Contents

Preface
PART I THE BASICS OF TEAMWORK

Chapter 1

Teams in Organizations: Facts and Myths

Chapter 2

Performance and Productivity: Team Performance Criteria and Threats to Productivity

Chapter 3

Rewarding Teamwork: Compensation and Performance Appraisals

PART II INTERNAL DYNAMICS

Chapter 4

Building the Team: Tasks, People, and Relationships

Chapter 5

Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective Intelligence

Chapter 6

Team Decision Making: Pitfalls, and Solutions

Chapter 7

Conflict in Teams: Leveraging Differences to Create Opportunity

Chapter 8

Creativity: Mastering Strategies for High Performance

PART III EXTERNAL DYNAMICS

Chapter 9

Networking, Social Capital, and Integrating Across Teams

Chapter 10

Leadership: Managing the Paradox

Chapter 11

Interteam Relations: Competition and Cooperation

Chapter 12

Teamwork via Information Technology: Challenges and Opportunities

Appendix 1

Managing Meetings: A Toolkit

Appendix 2

Tips for Consultants and Facilitators

Appendix 3 A Guide for Creating Effective Study Groups
Appendix 4 Example Items from Peer Evaluations and 360-Degree Performance Evaluations

References
Author Index
Subject Index

 


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