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Teamwork
What Must Go Right/What Can Go Wrong

First Edition
Volume: 10
August 1989 | 152 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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What are the secrets of successful teams? Why do some teams achieve remarkable success while others fail or are consigned to mediocrity?

To find the answers, Larson and LaFasto interviewed a wide range of teams, including the space shuttle Challenger investigation team and executive management teams, and discovered a surprising consistency in the characteristics of effective teams. 

In Teamwork, they explore the eight properties of successful teams: a clear, elevating goal; a results-driven structure; competent team members; unified commitment; collaborative climate; standards of excellence; external support and recognition; and principled leadership. A final chapter examines the priority of the steps that lead to the building of a high performance team. The authors strive to make the concepts concrete, coupling solid theory with straightforward, practical advice on how to apply it and with lively, fascinating anecdotes. 
 
Toward Understanding Teams and Teamwork
 
A Clear, Elevating Goal
 
Results-Driven Structure
 
Competent Team Members
 
Unified Commitment
 
Collaborative Climate
 
Standards of Excellence
 
External Support and Recognition
 
Principled Leadership
 
Inside Management Teams

"Team Work is one of the best and most concise handbooks on team management around. No one interested in teamwork should miss reading this guide." 

The Learning Edge

Carl Larson

Carl Larson, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of Human Communication and past dean of Social Sciences at the University of Denver. His most recent work includes When Teams Work Best (Sage 2001), Successful Communication and Negotiation, and Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference. Larson consults in both the public and private sector. He received the Driscoll Master Educator Award given by the students at the University of Denver to the university’s outstanding professor.  More About Author

Frank M. J. LaFasto

Frank LaFasto, Ph.D., recently retired as Senior Vice President of Organization Effectiveness after 30 years with Cardinal Health, Inc., a multinational health care company. An internationally recognized author and lecturer on management issues, Frank has more than 35 years’ experience helping organizations build and sustain successful teams.  Frank has written two best-sellers on the subject: Teamwork and How Teams Work Best, co-authored by Carl Larson.  He currently consults with private and public sector organizations to help them build effective teams, lead critical change initiatives, and develop executive talent. Frank resides in... More About Author

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